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.
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.
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?
Gehry in Dubai
Does anyone else think it weird...
is he pulling a micheal jackson and fleeing southern california because the papazzi are hounding him too much?
he is doing the new Guggenheim...Muslim country, Jewish architect
following in Kahn's footsteps... won't be a good a project as dhaka.
now it is israel's turn to hire a muslim architect...
abu dhabi, not dubai.
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.
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.
who is living and working in all of these projects?
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?
philip johnson once mentioned that architects are high class whores... i guess gehry is a proponent then...
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