Gehry fhtagn!

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MIT is suing Frank Gehry over numerous design flaws in the Stata Center.



Indeed, the lawsuit "said that the geometry of the dream-place ... was abnormal, non-Euclidean, and loathsomely redolent of spheres and dimensions apart from ours."

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[umom-ne-poniat.livejournal.com]

I remember this building being built when me and Asya lived in Boston, and wondering what was up with these weird shapes. Now we know - it's meant as a portal for Cthulhu to enter this world.

[yelya.livejournal.com]

Вот антисемиты! :)

[vremyavpered.livejournal.com]

yeah, well, they cite actual structural and safety problems, but notestaff always said it was impossible to work in --
huge open spaces, причем открытые не только горизонтально, но и вертикально -- ты постоянно у кого-то на виду, как в зоопарке.

[kutya.livejournal.com]

гагагага

[(Anonymous)]

Однако судили-то за инженерно-экспуатационные проблемы:

In 2007, MIT sued architect Frank Gehry and the construction company, Skanska USA Building Inc., for "providing deficient design services and drawings" which caused leaks to spring, masonry to crack, mold to grow, and drainage to back up.[6] A Skanska spokesperson said that prior to construction Gehry ignored warnings from Skanska and a consulting company regarding flaws in his design of the amphitheater, and rejected a formal request from Skanska to modify the design.[6] Former Boston University president John Silber had previously said of the building, "It really is a disaster."[7]

Однако модная общественность предпочитает пренебрегать функциональностью и прочей поебенью, потому что

However, architecture critic Robert Campbell said such problems are "inevitable... in any unconventional building," and praised the Gehry for "break[ing] up the monotony of a street of concrete buildings" and being "a building like no other building."[6]

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