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Gehry in Dubai

mdler

Does anyone else think it weird...

 
Sep 25, 06 2:24 pm
treekiller

is he pulling a micheal jackson and fleeing southern california because the papazzi are hounding him too much?

Sep 25, 06 3:02 pm  · 
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mdler

he is doing the new Guggenheim...Muslim country, Jewish architect

Sep 25, 06 3:10 pm  · 
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treekiller

following in Kahn's footsteps... won't be a good a project as dhaka.

Sep 25, 06 3:34 pm  · 
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abracadabra

now it is israel's turn to hire a muslim architect...

Sep 25, 06 4:15 pm  · 
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dasein

abu dhabi, not dubai.

Sep 25, 06 4:46 pm  · 
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dasein

and why is it weird considering the tremmendous building effort in the gulf region? zaha, calatrava, nouvel, koolhaas, som, pelli, arquitectonica all have projects in this area.

Sep 25, 06 4:51 pm  · 
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archasm

it's not like frank decided he wanted a building in the uae, they came and got him for the project. every city wants a fog building before he kicks it. for the tourism revenue it generates. the "bilbao" effect. but if every city gets a fog bldg, then no one will travel for the experience. he needs to stop whoring himself out to the highest bidder, or start showing us something new and different.

Sep 25, 06 5:50 pm  · 
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kissy_face

who is living and working in all of these projects?

Sep 25, 06 10:19 pm  · 
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vado retro

since gehry is pushing 80 has he established a legacy that will continue in a period that i will call necrogehryphilia, similar to what is experienced in places like taliesen with the abundant flwrightophelia?

Sep 25, 06 10:30 pm  · 
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cj w.

philip johnson once mentioned that architects are high class whores... i guess gehry is a proponent then...

Sep 26, 06 11:35 am  · 
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