Thom Mayne of the Los Angeles firm Morphosis Architects wants to inspire curiosity about science, the natural world and technology. And he succeeds. The Perot’s architecture evokes wonder, the way ancient ruins, animal skeletons or petroglyphs do.
A lot of people wish wilfully spectacular architecture like the Perot’s would die off. Mayne, who recently received the American Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal, shows us what it can do at its best.
— bloomberg.com
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Glad to see that in this building "architecture evokes wonder, the way ancient ruins, animal skeletons or petroglyphs do.". But it also looks ridiculously similar to CalTrans which is supposed to "evoke the movement of the automobile." Quit the stupid metaphors.
Can we finally quit all of this sycophant obsession with these architects that produce the same building over and over??
yeah! you should get attention for one building and that's IT! sayonara!
$185 million. $185 million. Seriously?? If it takes $185 million for Thom Mayne to make 'architecture', he has a problem. It needn't be expensive. Plus, I love how much that building activates the urban edge. Take everyone away from street level via stairs, push the entrance back, don't provide any glass to see in and out, and provide a loading dock??
http://uncouthreflections.wordpress.com/2013/01/07/thom-mayne-must-be-stopped/
Oh look, PerrennialWhole is back.
Indeed, blowhard esq. preaches faux-old lame-ism,
Like the flintstones of architecture.
I think his critique of the building is pretty spot-on, actually.
PerrennialWhole?
how can it be spot on? there's no criticism. its just someone who doesnt like something making a list of metaphors and similes.
i dont like x. x is like some other thing i dont like.
and it opens with some nonsensical reference to a random website - tough taking that apart!
not worth checking, unless you like getting eddie blake rolled.
ok bye!
EKE: Thanks for the link and compliment. Appreciate it.
Keyword: Let me assure you that there is nothing faux about my "old lame-ism." It is entirely genuine and sincere.
It's a small-minded broken record playing metaphors from the 80's.
except that a broken record playing metaphors from the 80s might be interesting
Mies Van De Rohe said: 'I don't want to be interesting, I am want to be good.'
nuf said.
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