ugly building

[Dan_Harris]

Disney spent $274 million for this butt ugly concert hall. Set to open today. The architect must have been

[allthumbs]

[sk]

that is just an eye sore

[catbirdseat]

The architect must have been Frank Ghery, who also gave us EMP. A lot of people like his designs. I'm not one of them. Where's that new vomit emoticon? I need it now.

[iain]

 

Also the Weisman art museum at University of Minnesota. Trippy.

[catbirdseat]

Actually the Weisman isn't all that bad because even though it lacks symmetry, it at least seems to have a theme- some repetitive elements that make the parts appear to be part of the whole.

[iain]

I always thought it was cool.

[chelle]

It would be pretty cool looking if not book-ended by stale brick buildings that look like entrances to some kind of manufacturing plant in the midwest.

[Dan_Harris]

trask said:

How did you get a picture of my car and dog?

The bearded dude in a dress is scary. I'm going to have nightmares now.

[marylou]

I think the new concert hall is pretty awesome.

[iain]

maybe they could open a skate park on top of it. If things get too rowdy they could attach a generator to the thing and shock everybody. bzzzt.

[Dru]

isnt that building made of titanium? maybe they subcontracted Ushba to fab it.

[Necronomicon]

I think the architect wanted to use titanium, but it proved to be too expensive.

[marylou]

The Bilbao Guggenheim is clad in Ti. Can't imagine why/how cost would have been a factor in cladding this concert hall in Ti given the overall construction costs $$$$.

[iain]

A plutonium picket fence out front would have been a nice touch, and would keep miscreant rollerbladers at bay.

[Dru]

Necronomicon said:

I think the architect wanted to use titanium, but it proved to be too expensive.

 

yeah, I guess they went with carbon fibre instead, less weight but more vibration... i wonder if they are going leashed or leashless

[Necronomicon]

What is carbon "fibre"? What is "Fib-Ray"? Is that spanish for something?

[iain]

I think it's the equivalent of k-rab.

[Dru]

It's like a cheque, eh.

[Necronomicon]

Dru said:

It's like a cheque, eh.

 

What's a "Chee-Q"? Is that some kind of hat y'all wear to keep your heads from melting?

[marylou]

Dru is trying to confuse us by speaking Canadian.

[AlpineK]

catbirdseat said:

The architect must have been Frank Ghery, who also gave us EMP. A lot of people like his designs. I'm not one of them. Where's that new vomit emoticon? I need it now.

 

I'm not down with the outside of EMP, but I went to see a show at the Liquid Lounge last week and the inside of the building is pretty cool, and the acoustics are great too.

[cj001f]

Now what do people think of the new public library?http://www.spl.org/lfa/central/ConstructionCamera/index.html

 

 

[marylou]

FG didn't do many of the interior spaces in EMP. JBL theatre, retail, restaurant, and the big stairs, and obviously the interior cladding bits. I think it would be a lot more cohesive inside if they had let him do the whole inside.

 

I got to see FG speak at the O House shortly before the bldg was completed, and he used the term "client-driven design" many, many times when he was talking about the EMP. In talking about some of his other projects, I don't think he ever said that once. Architects tell me that that term is secret code for "not my idea".

 

Personally, I am a big FG fan, but EMP is not at all among my favorites. The outside colors are too garish for me, and that glass-and-steel froo froo on the 5th Avenue side looks stupid.

[iain]

Ghery's home: