CWRU Bldg

EvilGentleman: 4th Sep 2006 - 22:01 GMT

Was Gehry a student of Guggenheim's, by any chance? Looks a bit like the museum in Bilbao.

Jon: 4th Sep 2006 - 23:32 GMT

Its a shame cleveland's gehry isnt as promenant as chicagos. The chicago one is seen by everyone who visits the city. Our archetictural landmark is the questionable rock hall

EvilGentleman: 4th Sep 2006 - 23:34 GMT

Ah, that would explain it. I still have so much to learn.

David: 4th Sep 2006 - 23:45 GMT

I always make sure to show visitors the Gehry building. It may not be as prominant as Chicago's, but the museums and the garden are a pretty big tourist draw. There aren't many better places for it.

David: 4th Sep 2006 - 23:46 GMT

P.S.
It's awesome to see two C-town posts in one day.

colavitos ghost: 5th Sep 2006 - 04:38 GMT

i think it's awesome to see the word "prominent" misspelled in two different ways on the same day.

also:"questionable"? come on jon---im pei, like him or not, is one of the most important (and recognizable) architects working today.

a final note: just a stone's throw away from that gehry-designed building is the under-construction cleveland museum of art. it is undergoing a massive renovation and expansion helmed by renowned uruguayan architect rafael vinoly.

Jon: 6th Sep 2006 - 22:10 GMT

Well, I wish Gehry did the Rock hall. there. I said it.

Jon: 6th Sep 2006 - 22:12 GMT

I think that its tight to have the gehry there, and it gives CWRU something to brag about, but its too bad that people will be missing it. I wish gehry did cleveland browns stadium.

joey: 7th Sep 2006 - 05:51 GMT

that's like saying, i wish gehry did the eiffel tower.

Jon: 11th Sep 2006 - 15:53 GMT

You gotta dream, right? by the way, i think he's doing the new basketball stadium in brooklyn

Jon: 11th Sep 2006 - 15:56 GMT

Did you hear that ColaGhost? Does it make it a little harder to say boo to the dvt in fort greene?

CartLegger: 24th Jun 2007 - 15:40 GMT

I don't really think that Brooklyn neeeds a Gehry. We need the life of our streets, not a pompous architectural tribute to corporate profit. His skills as an architect are without a doubt. But when it comes to Atlantic Yards, they are being used to justify a mammoth giveaway to developer Bruce Ratner. Our neighborhood, our city, will feel the impact of this building far beyond the beauty of Gehry's design. Its Ratner's designs we are worried about.

procyon: 24th Jun 2007 - 16:39 GMT

I don't care too much for his buildings, the one we have here in Chicago being among a few exceptions; the fact that it's a bandshell rather than a museum, classroom building, etc. gives it a chance to do something different and I feel like it doesn't suffer as much from the sameness that bothers me about a lot of his other work involving billowy sheets of metal.
(Side note: I love the way the rock hall looks. Too bad the exhibits inside aren't as interesting as the ones at Seattle's EMP, which Gehry designed, sound like they are. And someday I'm going to have to do a post about Viñoly's GSB at the U. of Chicago--it's really something. It'll be interesting to see what the completed CMA looks like.)