zaha used to be my boyfriend

In a lecture, I heard Zaha jokingly give him credit as the brain behind some of the work, even though her name is all over it.

any ladies out there that have been sexually harassed by Richard Meier? i know 3... such a dirty old man!

This seems as bad as Entertainment Tonight or some other pathetic show people like to watch because there lives are unintresting. LAME.

any ladies out there that have been sexually harassed by Philip Johnson? i know 3... such a dirty old man!

Alright .. Here's one of Charles Correa -

Correa was commissioned to design the "British Council " in New Delhi, India. He completed a beautiful and much appreciated design and was all set to start construction. Except for one hurdle, namely the "Urban Arts Commission", who judges whether the building is culturally and aesthetically good enough to be built in that location. The trouble is Correa had designed a low rise building of I think about 5 floors or so and the rest of the buildings in that area were all skyscrapers and comparably much taller.

So during the assessment meeting, the commission gave him a long list of reasons, as to why the building would not pass,

Materials used does not gel with the surrounding buildings,
Height does not do justice to the location,
Not enough parking space… and so on and on …. ( they can actually be a pain )

Apparently Correa just got up and told them " So what ??? I'm Charles Correa !!!" and just stormed out of the room!!. He had no more meetings with them or any other correspondence.

The building now stands proud. And the design was untouched !!! It's still the shortest building in the block, but it's also the best.


http://www.charlescorrea.net/0102ixM.htm
check out british council in the linked page

maybe he should have left the toilet seat up.

I once heard about an up-and-coming architect who photocopied his genitals and faxed it to his old boss/ friend with a title on it something along the lines of ‘Beautiful Oak Tree’, however the old boss/ friend who wasn'tt born yesterday wasn’t fooled and correctly identified it as his genitals.

I only know of one starchitect that unwarrantably posted his images on the walls of GSD. He is a bad-ass and could get away with it. Not everyone can get away with it.

i heard one about Zaha giving a guest spot at some new england ivy, after the presentation they had cocktails with lecturers and students. Around midnight it was seen a line of lads and a few lasses, as she walked and inspected them. Moments later the chosen ones (one male one female) were seen driving off with her. The rumour continues that they went off for a little "fun" in her hotel room. I don't know how true it is but Zaha, give me a call.

But the king of course would have to be Jean Nouvel aka Dr Evil. Whose partying would kill most. Now the first part is true as i know, cause i happened to be there. There was some architectural benefit funded by some bity old foundation looking to build a museum of contemporary art for some works of cuban artists that had died before their prime. A second do was held after all the formal events and Doc Evil went with a few from his practice and some interns he had recently interviewed. They ended up in many a south beach bar one of which i was in (Keigel), dancing and laughing it up. They had a blast and apparantly left only after the police where brought in assist the owners in getting the folks out - this was at 11am, messrs Nouvel and co wait straight to the airport boarded their flight and did it all over again. With Nouvel being arrested for indecent display at a Parisian brothel. go figure.

umm, ewwww.

for all the latest on archiects behaving badly and Zaha's love life check out....gutter

dunno must just be me but it seems as if Zaha would be a dominatrix. Must be all the odd porn I borrowed from Rem

> namely the "Urban Arts Commission", who judges whether the building > is culturally and aesthetically good enough to be built in that location

and now charlie heads the urban farts commission. say what kind of nazism is a 'culturally and aesthetically good enough' building?

Enough Zaha please....here goes....

Polshek-An Ex employee finds world largest stash of male porn in his linen closet. Fact or Fiction?

Richard Meier-on Sept 10, 2001 in Dallas FW airport, throws a hissy fit because he got bumped off the flight to LGA. Someone was standing next to him in the adjacent counter. ONe seat left on the last flight to Newark. Cost to change my flight-Astronomical, bumping RM off the flight because he had Executive Platnum status and Tricky Dick did not-priceless.

Potzemparc-What famous french designer and his two diminutive employees made total idots of themselves at a NY christmas party by getting rip roaring drunk, and started man kissing each other in a wild european "i love you monseur" spectacle? HMMMM.

Was it KPF or SOM?-Which partner was known to all car service drivers to like taking the Lincoln downtown for some Alphabet City pick up action?


Any good stories about Michealangelo?

One of my former professor worked for Zaha Hadid after he graduated from the AA in London. He worked at her office for about 8 months. After our final review, I asked about good 'ol Zaha. He, obviously pretty drunk, called her a whore that loved sleeping her way through the architecture circle, and prospective clients. Direct words from a former employee...

ouch .... very bichy that professor of yours ...

but must have been a funny moment ..

either that or shocking !!

shocking. and hilarious. it was completely out of character for the man to be 1) drunk and 2) talking shit about a starchitect.

I once sat with a elderly man of sustantial means, from Texas. He was associated with "Black Gold." Anyhow on to the story. He maintained an apartment in New York as a young man about town,
and floated in lofty places. The name Phillip Johnson came up in
conversation more than once among friends, so with a desire to build
his own home he thought he might like to visit with this Phillip Johnson. So he set an appointment for 11:30, with the thought
Mr. Johnson might just take him to lunch or he might do like wise if
there was a connection.

He showed up at Johnson's Office and was told Mr. Johnson was not in the office but would return in due time. So he sat and waited and
closing on the lunch hour Johnson arrived, and with not more than
a statement of urgency told theTexan to grab his coat and they would
be on the way. The Texan not being one to miss a step figured they
were on their way to lunch. Little to his surprise they arrived at the Rockerfeller estate, where the afternoon was spent hanging painting
and adjusting pieces of scupture to the liking of Mr. Johnson. During the whole afternoon the Texan, made no mention as to his desire to
retain Mr. Johnson as an Architect to design his home. He just took
orders and went about the day. Upon arrival back at Johnson't office,
there was an offer of payment for the Texans assistance, but of course
it was denied, with a clarification from the Texan, he was only interested in visiting Mr. Johnson about designing him a home. This was with futher clarification: well at the lunch hour that was his intent, but after spending an afternoon with him he thought it was best if he found someone else to design his home.

Jacques Herzog....is really Telly Sevalus from Ko Jack ?

never heard of him.
google images. never seen the guy or his photos.
i've heard of groucho marx.

Richard Marx is a washed-up pop/rock sensation from the 80's. He lives in Lake Forest, Illinois. Back in a former life, I sold him some blank tapes while working at a Circuit City store in nearby Vernon Hills.