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Old Posted May 16, 2009, 5:09 AM
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Originally Posted by samoen313 View Post
Gehry can do nice, mature work these days (Beekman Tower, isn't it a gem?) But this is just too much of a throwback to the years after Bilbao when he could do WHATEVER he wanted simply because he was Frank Gehry. It's frivolous, chaotic, and purely cosmetic whereas there are plenty of other firms doing equally distinctive but more organized, cohesive work.
The IAC headquarters is, IMO, Gehry's most restrained and appropriate building. It has a rhythm instead of a jumble, yet it is still sensually curved and deformed as one would expect out of a Gehry building.
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