Just north of the SR-134 Freeway in Burbank, vertical construction is all but finished for the Warner Bros. Second Century expansion, and exterior finishes are climbing the hulking concrete buildings. — Urbanize Los Angeles
In August of last year, it was reported that the concrete frames of the Frank Gehry-designed project had risen. Now, as seen through new photos, the exterior finishes of the Warner Bros. Second Century expansion, which resembles staggered blocks, look to be reaching completion. The project is set to be complete in 2023 and will consist of two office towers, one seven stories high and the other nine, spanning 800,000 square feet atop a large underground parking structure.
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It only took 93 years, but this Frank guy finally showing promise
With a building that seems like its falling down?
Gehry has changed the game of design and global architecture, after his 70 year career. Yet, I am done with the elaborate his strange and too much form over function.
"form over function" is a dead giveaway that you're done with Gehry but he's not done with you....
Please look closer. Gehry is a great innovator and his forms support functions BRILLIANTLY. From the catwalks with universal track lighting designed just for this building to control illuminating art without having to use the silly ladders with wheels as they do in other museums, to the ramp for handicapped in Toronto where wheelchairs and walking people have the same route through the building, the little intimate exterior spaces surrounding the
...Disney Concert Hall in LA, and the daylight in the garage that building, Gehry is second to none in supporting human activities in his buildings.
stunning!
Gehry produces some fine works when at their restrained best. The IAC in NYC was one, their work in Philadelphia as well.
Don't know where the idea Gehry privileges function over form. It is possible to do both and not end up with conventional buildings. Gehry is probably more careful than many conventional architects to get the functional stuff, the urban stuff, and the behavioral stuff all lined up and working. And the emotional hit is pretty powerful on top of all that, not in spite of it. Not many architects can do that.
I've been driving past this building on the freeway side. It has a strong presence. It is exciting and beautiful! This would all be the "emotional hit" will galloway wrote about above.
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