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Frank Gehry Is Right: 98% Of Architecture Today 'Has No Respect For Humanity'

2014-12-04T14:27:00-05:00

The architect, who implicitly exempted himself from that 98%, might have been arrogant, but that doesn’t mean he wasn’t right. [...] many if not most buildings are the work of contractors, not architects, and that this has been and will likely always be the case. Unfortunately, architectural education and criticism tends to focus on important buildings at the expense of the common and ordinary.

Famous architects flipping the bird

2014-10-28T13:44:00-04:00

It was just a matter of time before this Tumblr emerged... feeding off the buzz of Frank Gehry losing his cool the other day, "Supporting Frank Owen Gehry"

Frank Gehry gives the crowd a piece of his mind (and his middle finger)

2014-10-23T16:20:00-04:00

The crowd fell silent as the Great Gehry replied by slowly curling his hand into a fist and extending his middle finger towards the sky. The moderator asked for the next question. But Gehry was not finished, according to El Mundo (translated back into English by our own Jesus Diaz):

Let me tell you one thing. In this world we are living in, 98 percent of everything that is built and designed today is pure shit. There's no sense of design, no respect for humanity or for anything else. They are damn buildings and that's it. Once in a while, however, there's a small group of people who does something special. Very few. But good god, leave us alone! We are dedicated to our work. I don't ask for work. I don't have a publicist. I'm not waiting for anyone to call me. I work with clients who respect the art of architecture. Therefore, please don't ask questions as stupid as that one.