Tag Archives: Frank Gehry

Darrell Issa wimps out

Posted on September 11, 2014 by David Brussat

A commenter on my recent blog updating readers on Frank Gehry’s proposal for a memorial to General Eisenhower points out that I relied on an incomplete report of what California Rep. Darrell Issa said of the proposal’s latest revisions. Since … Continue reading →

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Ike memorial update

Posted on September 6, 2014 by David Brussat

Frank Gehry has agreed to remove the two smaller of three giant screens, or as he calls them, tapestries from his design for a memorial on the Washington Mall to Dwight Eisenhower. It appears that the central sculptural plaza would … Continue reading →

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Starchitorture torched

Posted on May 10, 2014 by David Brussat

Curbed.com recently published a list, compiled by Spencer Peterson, of rejected modernist projects proposed by certifiable starchitects. Of this list it may be said with confidence that it is not long enough, not by far. The seven rejects include Steven … Continue reading →

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Column: Build a real memorial to Eisenhower

Posted on April 24, 2014 by David Brussat

The horizon keeps receding for Frank Gehry’s notion of what a memorial to Dwight Eisenhower should look like. The other day his design was rejected by the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) for narrowing the view corridor down Maryland Avenue … Continue reading →

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And I thought I was tough on Gehry!

Posted on February 16, 2014 by David Brussat

Kristen Richards, who applies exquisite snark in describing some of the columns of mine that she posts on her stellar website ArchNewsNow.com, has sent me this amazing diatribe against Frank Gehry, by Geoff Manaugh, posted on Gizmodo.com, called “Frank Gehry … Continue reading →

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How vulnerable is Gehry’s Ike?

Posted on February 5, 2014 by David Brussat

The industry journal that rules on Capitol Hill is not the Washington Post but Roll Call. Here it publishes “It’s Time to Bury Gehry’s Eisenhower Memorial Design,” an assessment of the prospects for Frank Gehry’s not just ridiculous but sinister … Continue reading →

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Priceless. Absolutely hilarious. Nails Gehrymania

Posted on February 1, 2014 by David Brussat

Here is a piece by Joe Queenan in the Wall Street Journal a couple of years ago. I am reposting it from my earlier Journal blog, in which I said I’d pay $300,000,000.01 to have written this essay, which seemed … Continue reading →

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Column: Architecture critic, heal thyself!

Posted on January 30, 2014 by David Brussat

Witold Rybczynski’s 18th book, “How Architecture Works: A Humanist’s Toolkit,” opens with a quarrel in its title. By any definition of humanism, architecture has been broken for at least seven decades. The book, published in October by Farrar, Straus and … Continue reading →

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Column: World roses and raspberries for 2013

Posted on January 23, 2014 by David Brussat

Here, from around the globe, are roses and raspberries for buildings, people and events that moved the world as we know it closer to or further from the world as we’d like it to be: • A raspberry to Lisbon … Continue reading →

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Blast from past: Middle way in architecture?

Posted on January 16, 2014 by David Brussat

I here inaugurate a “Blast from the past” feature based on my newly discovered ability to find posts from my lapsed Providence Journal blog, also called Architecture Here and There. I have created a page called Archives From My Old … Continue reading →

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