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Posted: 5/9/2003 2:26:24 PM EDT
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Need a little more info. |
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Posted: 5/9/2003 2:35:12 PM EDT
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It is ugly and probably cost a fortune to build and is inefficient, etc., etc. And the architect probably thinks he did a good job and has a model or photo of it on his desk.
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Posted: 5/9/2003 2:38:22 PM EDT
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It looks like a plane crashed into it.With fusilage sticking out all over the place.
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Posted: 5/9/2003 5:02:10 PM EDT
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Peter Lewis is the pres of Progressive ins. He's a super liberal who advocates the use of marijuana. Maybe his architect was on a LSD trip when it was designed. That's the only explanation I can come up with. He came up with the $$$$$$$ for that monstrosity...
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Posted: 5/9/2003 7:34:23 PM EDT
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I heard Lewis is so pissed off about the building design he won't give CASE any more money till the board steps down. I also just saw some of the webcam footage of the SWAT team inside the building.
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Posted: 5/9/2003 7:37:58 PM EDT
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Not a 90 degree angle in the joint...
Should make SWAT's sweep interesting... Scott |
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Posted: 5/9/2003 8:32:06 PM EDT
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I like Gehry's buildings, especially the Bilbao Guggenheim. The Rock n' Roll museum in Seattle is pretty hideous though.
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Posted: 5/10/2003 2:05:43 AM EDT
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The hell y'all talkin' about?
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Posted: 5/10/2003 2:35:35 AM EDT
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I agree. That is one uglyass artsy-fartsy abomination of a building.
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Posted: 5/10/2003 3:37:58 AM EDT
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What's the tin-foil shite hanging all over it?? They get the guy yet?
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Posted: 5/10/2003 3:39:13 AM EDT
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Pictures, people! Some of us don't have televisions.
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Posted: 5/10/2003 5:06:34 AM EDT
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Quoted: Pictures, people! Some of us don't have televisions. |
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Posted: 5/10/2003 5:13:19 AM EDT
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You couldn't give me that place!!!
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Posted: 5/10/2003 5:22:14 AM EDT
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Art buildings are cool and all, plus its always good to see something different once in a while even if you dont like it.
However, all that planning and work to make the roof different looking, they could have done something better with the Brick foundation, just looks stupid and doesn't match the crazy roof. I guess its like having a Rolex with a cheap rubber wrist band. |
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Posted: 5/10/2003 12:53:51 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Pictures, people! Some of us don't have televisions. My social misery would never end. Please don't tell the rest of the community. [:d] |
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Posted: 5/10/2003 1:17:58 PM EDT
[#16]
When we turned the news on my wife, & I thought they were showing the tornado damage in OKC, then they showed the swat team headed in.
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Posted: 5/10/2003 1:43:46 PM EDT
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[img]http://www.weatherhead.cwru.edu/lewis/photosHome/bellflower.jpg[/img][img]http://www.weatherhead.cwru.edu/lewis/photosHome/southwest.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.weatherhead.cwru.edu/lewis/photosHome/west.jpg[/img][img]http://www.weatherhead.cwru.edu/lewis/photosHome/south.jpg[/img] |
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Posted: 5/10/2003 2:06:06 PM EDT
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You know, somebody had to stand back and look at a drawing of that thing and say "Yeah baby, I love it. Lets spend millions building it". [rolleyes]
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Posted: 5/10/2003 3:46:16 PM EDT
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Frank O. Gehry is a fucking genius! Even if you don't like the looks of that building you have to appreciate the complexity of the structure.
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Posted: 5/10/2003 3:51:09 PM EDT
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Well, I'm an architect, and I can appreciate what Gehry was trying to do. He's like some indie filmaker - trying to change our preconceived notions of what a building should be. The red brick box is a reference to a cliche.
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Posted: 5/10/2003 5:09:16 PM EDT
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That is cool as fuck !
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Posted: 5/10/2003 5:22:48 PM EDT
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Still looks like an airplane came down on top of it, no matter how "cool" it is.
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Posted: 5/10/2003 6:24:58 PM EDT
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Quoted: Frank O. Gehry is a fucking genius! Even if you don't like the looks of that building you have to appreciate the complexity of the structure. Frank Gehry is a f#%king A$$hole! Have you ever met him? I DOUBT YOU HAVE. Otherwise you'd know this fact. As far as the complexity of his structures, he didn't even do 0.0% of the structural design of his buildings. His FIRM did. I like SOME of his buildings, but for the most part I hold a personal grudge against him. He's the second biggest jerk I've ever met! I see the Weisman Art Museum EVERY DAY, and it's one of the few that I like. However, he only does the initial sketches of his projects, writes down some of the theory, and passes it on to his staff who does ALL of the structure, and working drawings. Gehry's merely an artist. When it comes to ARCHITECTURE it is his FIRM that truly made him famous, and he never gives them recognition for their conversion of his ideas into the reality that made him famous. Don't get me wrong, I like some of his buildings, but I have very little respect for him PERSONALLY. I respect his firm's employees FAR more than him. BTW, have you seen his HOUSE!? OMFG!!! What an abomination of his approach to deconstruct the box. He clearly did it to pi$$ off his neighbors (who live in a more modernistic area), and AFAIK he succeeded admirably. I mean really, who drapes chainlink fence across his bedroom windows on the second floor of his house? WTF? This is in no way meant to flame you, merely stating my opinions of the egomaniac. His work on the Weisman is VERY nice, but like I said, it is his EMPLOYEES that make his drawings a reality. The Weisman was a mere sketch/crumpled NAPKIN until he passed his idea onto his employees! Then THEY made it into this amazing building which is FANTASTIC when the summer downtown skyline reflects off it during twilight: [img]http://hudson.acad.umn.edu/building/Sunset36K.jpg[/img] Sincrerelyjustanarchitecturestudentwhometthejerkinperson |
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Posted: 5/11/2003 9:57:06 PM EDT
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One of my architecture profs worked with Louis Kahn. From the stories I heard about Kahn, I would say that he was truly an asshole too.
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Posted: 5/11/2003 10:55:31 PM EDT
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The first time I saw that building, I didn't know where it was or what it was about, but thinking it was damaged, I commented to the wife, "Look what the tornados did to that building, Honey."
Of course, much to my surprise, I later found out where it was located and that it was built that way on purpose. |
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Posted: 5/11/2003 11:18:14 PM EDT
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Quoted: Even if you don't like the looks of that building you have to appreciate the complexity of the structure. No I don't. [img]photos.ar15.com/ImageGallery/IG_LoadImage.asp?iImageUnq=476[/img] [url=www.nra.org][b][red]NRA[/red][/url] [url=www.nra.org][blue]Life Member[/blue][/url] [url=www.gunowners.org][b][red]GOA[/red] [/url] [url=www.gunowners.org][blue]Life Member[/blue][/url] [url=www.saf.org][red]SAF[/red][/url] [url=www.saf.org][blue]Supporter[/blue][/url] [url=sas-aim.org][red]SAS[/red][/url] [url=sas-aim.org][blue]Supporter[/blue][/b][/url] |
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Posted: 5/11/2003 11:59:34 PM EDT
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Sucks from the word "go"!
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Posted: 5/12/2003 12:26:59 AM EDT
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This is apparantly his house:
[img]http://www.greatbuildings.com/gbc/images/cid_1042767014_Gehryhouse.150.jpg[/img] Found it on greatbuildings.com: [url]http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Gehry_House.html[/url] [Edit: It wont let me add the big picture. Click the link and then the small picture, then click "Continue to image" or something like that, in order to see the big picture.] |
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Posted: 5/12/2003 12:34:52 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Even if you don't like the looks of that building you have to appreciate the complexity of the structure. No I don't. To each his own. *shrug* |
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Posted: 5/12/2003 1:43:14 AM EDT
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And now, for something completely different.
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