Architect Frank Gehry courts curves and controversy, and the deputy vice-chancellor of UTS admits to a degree of trepidation. A first look inside reveals whether those fears were justified [...]
The city’s first building by the controversial architect is part of a larger $1.1bn masterplan for the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), but is already attracting a lot of attention.
— theguardian.com
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Barf.
this is so dumb...
it looks like someone punched a regular building really hard.
At least the inside is interesting.
I3wis, lol
Such insightful commentary here. Especially from Miles Jaffe.
Keep crushing those starchitects guys!
WHAT THE FUCK is up with Frank O Gehry, hes churning amazing pieces of shit these days. Its time he stop.
Jaffe really is the best.
Some more info and photos for Frank Gehry's new "paper bag" building from Inhabitat:
http://inhabitat.com/inside-frank-gehrys-paper-bag-building-at-the-university-of-technology-sydney/
What do you think it looks like?
it does kind of look like someone punched a regular building. that works for me. the brickwork is pretty incredible. the contractor definitely should get kudos for not just making it a flat wall :)
perhaps not every building should look like a regular building was punched, but i don't see why some can't.
UTS Chancellor: " I'd like to return this building, please. It came out all wrinkly."
ham-fisted
These are the part of Gehry's portfolio that I have a lot of difficulty with.
I rather like his buildings that are more purely sculptural, and make no reference to other building types. Bilbao, Disney Hall, etc. But there is a whole sub-genre of Gehry where he takes an established building type and deconstructs it. It seems so cynical to me. It's almost like he's saying, "See this type of building that you normal folks are so, I don't know, comfortable with? Well, look at what I can do to it! It's melting!"
Its not so bad when the building type is one that's not particularly beloved, like the 1970's plain vanilla spec office building type, as in the case of this building. But it really gets perverse when he does something like the building in Prague, where he's mocking the much-beloved fabric of a classic European city. Or the Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas.
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