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Gehry & Childs: We’ll Take LA!
So many years have passed since their design for the new New York Times tower was passed over—as we speak their rival’s steel is piling high on 8th Ave.—that we can properly call this a grand reunion. Frank Gehry and David Childs, together again—feel the power!—this time for a Related Co. project in Los Angeles. The news is buried seven grafs deep in a right honest screed posted on the Slatin Report. You’ll also want to read on to find this:
Assessing a design problem requires an open mind, taking the largest possible view of both the immediate site and the urban-design implications for surrounding buildings and spaces. But Gehry can only design in one mode, and that is the starring role, belting out show stoppers at the top of his lungs. He is the Ethel Merman of architecture.
See, we can bury the lead too.
· Grand Gesture, Short Sighted? [The Slatin Report; via ANN]
