Public opinion weighs in on HdM's de Young museum with harsh words. (Wait a minute, didnt this happen with Rem's SPL... then everyone went ga-ga.) | sfgate | pics
classic quote alert:
"If San Francisco can swallow a pyramid without belching, it can digest a slab-topped museum just fine." - John King, SF Chronicle
we've seen this happen over and over throughout history and the fact is H&deM are quality architects and something of quality that is different is always met with skepticism.
i saw it under construction about 6 months ago and it's strong and commanding but still fits in if you know what i mean. it's under the trees except for the tower ~ give it a year and people will love it !!
"If they plant ivy right now," asked forward-thinking Mike Lewin, "(will it) grow fast enough to cover the de Young before anyone notices how ugly it is?"
Take it from someone who knows the trials of Intenational architecture debacles. San Fransisco should be so lucky to get the first H&dDe musuem building in the States, look at what occured at the University of Texas Blanton Gallery proposal, a missed opprotunity?
-Texan Architect-
new architecture porn...not sleek surfaces, glass and marble, bu twisted steel and concrete semi brutalist monsters! maybe clad in some expensive cutting edge materials...i love it, i want to be famous so i can do it too...
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classic quote alert:
"If San Francisco can swallow a pyramid without belching, it can digest a slab-topped museum just fine." - John King, SF Chronicle
it will be:
Fan-tas-tique !!
we've seen this happen over and over throughout history and the fact is H&deM are quality architects and something of quality that is different is always met with skepticism.
i saw it under construction about 6 months ago and it's strong and commanding but still fits in if you know what i mean. it's under the trees except for the tower ~ give it a year and people will love it !!
wrong, but funny.
Take it from someone who knows the trials of Intenational architecture debacles. San Fransisco should be so lucky to get the first H&dDe musuem building in the States, look at what occured at the University of Texas Blanton Gallery proposal, a missed opprotunity?
-Texan Architect-
new architecture porn...not sleek surfaces, glass and marble, bu twisted steel and concrete semi brutalist monsters! maybe clad in some expensive cutting edge materials...i love it, i want to be famous so i can do it too...
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