The 4 most amusing responses to frank gehrys uts business school

Architect Frank Gehry has reached an enviable place in his career. After 53 years in the business, Gehry has the experience and clout to manifest his experimental ideas of giving buildings a sense of movement.

4. "It looks like

His plastic sense of form has changed architecture for all time. The Dr. The building utilizes some , custom-designed bricks; some of these project outward from the building along several curves and folds. He looks to the kinetics of cars and airplanes, the native aesthetic of any large city, to create a feeling not found in conventional architectural design.

So of course people are griping about the new building. The most common complaint, and one we can certainly see ourselves, is that the building resembles a crumpled paper bag. In an article on ArchDaily , you can see how the detractors are falling over each other to heap derision on the design. This all came to a head in October when Gehry spoke with Spanish journalists at the Prince of Asturias Awards programme for the arts.

A reporter asked Gehry for his response to critics who accuse the architect of creating buildings for show. In the world we live in, 98 percent of what gets built and designed today is pure shit. New and fascinating buildings come out with such alarming frequency that we barely have the time to cover them on CFile. A lover of nontraditional storytelling, he explores the role of narrative in art.

Bill is Managing Editor of cfile. As a Sydney resident watching the building bring a wasteland of a precinct to life I say more creative risk taking is very, very welcome! Your email address will not be published.