Prompted by an article about this building by Frank Gehry in the NY Times...
...I decided to take a little internet tour of other buildings by Frank Gehry.
Dancing House - Prague
Same building...
The Guggenheim
Gehry Tower - Hanover (Germany? Delaware? Micronesia? Dunno. Hanover.)
That's just awesome.
Weisman Art Something or Other.And then there's one of my favorites: The Stata Center
I can't wait to have a few free moments to roam around Boston exploring the architecture. I've totally forgotten that living in a city allows such little pleasures.
Incidentally, this will be the building I will be working in this summer. (Not cool.)
A hearty dose of acid should make it just right.
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Oops! My comment just vanished in space...Am typing it again. The pics are very interesting. THe State Centre reminds me of an open book or a furled scroll.
Anjali
There were some office buildings by Gehry in the "new town" part of Duesseldorf. I think they're all crap--yeah, they can be interesting, and oooh every window had to be individually made to fit the curves of the walls--but they look absolutely ridiculous. Yeah, I have no taste or background in architecture, we all know this. But I'm convinced that Gehry is just pulling an emperor's-new-clothes scam.
-M.
I dunno. I looked up the Dusseldorf buildings, which assume is this:
http://www.guggenheim.org/exhibitions/past_exhibitions/gehry/neue_18.html
...And they look awesome.
The way I feel is this: In Super Mario Brothers world, or something like it, you will have these dancing mushrooms, dancing trees, swaying buildings, whistling tulips...all sort of bouncing to the music. I feel like if you just did an immediate freeze frame, it would look like the Dusseldorf shot.
Clearly I have no background in architecture either, but I'm not sure what else to go on besides the fact that I like looking at them.
I agree--the buildings definitely belong in Toontown from Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
And I myself am madly in love with all sorts of Art Deco/Art Nouveau style buildings with their crazy stylized friezes or reliefs or whatevers. I will have to take some pictures around town--Philly has some great ones.
Also I am very fond of things like this: http://www.muar.ru/ve/2003/moscow/index_e.htm
-M.
It's not the critic who has the harshest words: it's Frank Gehry himself. "When a building's finished. I don't like it. I want to change it ( Documentary by Sydney Pollack)
He's unconventional, non conformist trying to blend art and commerce.
Anjali
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