Frank Gehry

  • MIT is suing famous architect Frank Gehry for "providing deficient design services and drawings" regarding his firm's work on the Stata Center academic complex. Evidently, there are persistent leaks, cracks, a mold problem, and falling ice and snow blocking emergency exits. They should claim it's susceptible to earthquakes, too, as any superficial glance at the building will make you think one already hit it. (thx, flea) (0) #
    11/8/2007

Gehry in Las Vegas

Lou Ruvo Alzheimer's Center

No matter what city I live in, I can't seem to get away from Frank Gehry's architecture. In Cambridge, I lived less than a mile away from Gehry's Stata Center on the MIT Campus. Now here in Las Vegas, Gehry recently unveiled his design for the Lou Ruvo Alzheimer's Center, to be built in the downtown area.

Reactions to the design have been mixed -- business as usual for a Gehry building. But a letter in today's Review-Journal asks: Will Gehry's amorphous design confuse the very Alzheimer's patients it's meant to help? My inclination is to say no -- I have the feeling that the building is quite navigable from the inside, based on my experiences exploring the Stata Center. Still, not a terrible point, no?

Thu, 03/16/2006 - 1:51pm
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