He reviews the new Dee and Charles Wyly Theater and the Margot and Bill Wispear Opera House.
He reviews the new Dee and Charles Wyly Theater and the Margot and Bill Wispear Opera House. His conclusion?
The no-nonsense approach of these buildings — one cautiously experimental, the other more backward looking — should fit nicely in our new era of cautious restraint, even if they were designed when the excesses were still not over.
NYT | Previously: Strangers in Dallas' arts scene by Christopher Hawthorne
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An may i add that although he writes in the piece that he didn't like (or thought clumsy) the use of astroturf on the outdoor terrace of the Wyly
I actually think that at least per the photo from the NYT slideshow that something about it's use seems very Texas.
IMHO
i am enjoying the interior of oma/joshua prince-ramus (and zaha for that matter) much more recently...there is a certain bravado and playfulness that reflects todays' cultural aesthetics well, though at the same time still being sophisticated.
i am still not fully convinced on their form/massing...it seems their agenda is pushed through then, as if they crossed over the line they so carefully set on their interior...
but then again, that's just me...it could be my love for concrete!
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