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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 03:00 PM Original message |
CNN, Daniel Libeskind: why are architects so f'ing whacky? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. i don't think either gehry or pei would say they don't |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 03:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. My not referencing the past annoyance is more directed at Libeskind |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 03:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. can't help you out -- i love the pyramid -- |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yah, the pyramid by the Louvre leaves me cold. just doesn't fit there |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. Libeskind technically didn't design the actual buildings for the WTC |
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Johnny Noshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 03:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. First off |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. I agree except for leaving the site empty |
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Johnny Noshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 05:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. I know |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. The Denver museum is a dry run for the ROM expansion in Toronto |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I live a block from the ROM and see it almost every day |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 03:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Condolences |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 04:09 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Is that the one down by the AGO? |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 04:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Yeah, the "flying tabletop" |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. Unfortunately, so-called "experts" in architecture |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Well, no |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Ha! And we all know now what happens when people don't mind their history |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 04:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. I'm tired of a bunch of architectural elitists saying that anything post-war |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. I like all three you named |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 04:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I just don't really like modern architecture |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 04:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Yeah, I understand |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 04:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. And the Mosque of Cordoba was new at one time, |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 04:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. "Modern" architecture has been around for more than 60+ years |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. You know what's ugly... |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 04:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Aye-freakin-men! |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Testify! |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
19. Pei's design of the east building of the National Gallery is brilliant. |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 04:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Yes, I don' like the way it violates the processional space |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 04:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I'm not talking about the Louvre, I'm talking about the National Gallery in DC. n/t |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 04:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Sorry it's late in Europe, 11pm, didn't catch that DC reference n/t |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
20. I work with architects. He's not that far off, actually. |
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never cry wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. As an architect, I agree with you |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Daniel Liebeskind is not different for the sake of different |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 04:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. Nobody's arguing with you on that, read my disclaimer: personal taste |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 05:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Some folks are |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 04:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Starchitect!! Brilliant! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
27. (shrug) I kind of like the DAM. I of course realize that no one in an art-ish... |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
29. IM Pei's architecture is sublime and intensely spiritual. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
38. Look at Frank Lloyd Wright - mad as a hatter |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
39. I love the art museum. |
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