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TWUG, your blanket statement about "all modern architecture" is silly

Posted by con_carne Oct 2 '14, 09:34

When it first opened, the Walt Disney Concert Hall by architect Frank Ghery had no shortage of detractors. Now, you can't imagine the downtown Los Angeles skyline without it.

Architectural innovation does more than make buildings look a certain way. It promotes commerce and travel because it gives people a visual frame of reference that let people know where they are. Public artistic achievements have the capacity to reach people emotionally in a way a signpost never can.

http://www.musiccenter.org/Media/F_AboutUs/F1OurVenues/F1_1_Walt-Disney-Concert-Hall.jpg (www.musiccenter.org)

F1_1_Walt-Disney-Concert-Hall.jpg

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That fits right in with the type of architecturd I mean. It's an ugly building. -- nm - TWuG Oct 2, 09:40 7
- Totally disagree. He also did the Pritzker Pavillion here and I think it's great. -- nm - pmb Oct 2, 09:42 1
  - Oh, I hated the Disney Hall at first. Seeing it in person a couple times and also watching that Ghery documentary changed my mind on it 180 degrees -- nm - con_carne Oct 2, 09:49
- Totally accidental misspelling of architecture, but completely appropriate. -- nm - TWuG Oct 2, 09:41 4
  - What I'm saying is your insinuation that its useless to even try for fear of becoming outdated is wrong. - con_carne Oct 2, 09:47 2
    - I think the most recent style to have any staying power is art-deco. Everything more recent begins to age badly. - TWuG Oct 2, 09:53 1
      - So what? Every new architectural style has its detractors... that is kind of the point. How does this translate "the lesson is never try?" - con_carne Oct 2, 10:01
  - I thought it was intentional, actually -- nm - znufrii Oct 2, 09:42

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TWUG, your blanket statement about "all modern architecture" is silly

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