Interviewed by Paul Goldberger, the New York architecture critic who advised the Obama Foundation on the architect selection process for the library, Williams and Tsien revealed conceptual ideas for the project, said Obama critiqued an early plan of theirs as too quiet [...]
"He said it was too unflashy," ArchDaily quoted Tsien as saying. "He looked at what we did and he said, 'I said you could be sort of quiet, but I think you're a little too quiet.'"
— Chicago Tribune
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As if he doesn't understand value engineering...
Mom jeans.
Thats an image...
Would like to see what they actually came up with and what Obama considers too quiet otherwise it's quite the pointless article imo.
Agreed.
Frankly, this is also my criticism of much of TWBTA's work. It sometimes seems trapped in a kind of upper class world of understated social decorum, which can seem calculating and guarded. I would assume that they know how to create powerful and visually striking poetic architectural gestures and they just choose not to.
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