Shocking, just shocking...

[jducoeur]

The news of the day is that MIT is suing architect Frank Gehry, because -- shock, surprise -- it turns out that Stada Center is badly designed. I could have told them that years ago.

Yes, yes -- the problem isn't that the building is ugly, it's that it is actually disfunctional. But y'know, those aren't unrelated. The rules of architecture were developed for good reason, and casting them (not to mention common sense) aside in the name of Art is always a bit dangerous...

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Masonry?

[oakleaf-mirror.livejournal.com]

I'm curious about why you tagged this post Masonry? Is that in the sense of piling stones together to build structures as it relates to architecture, or (as I believe you're generally used it) relating to Freemasonry? If the latter, what's the relevance? Is Gehry a Mason?

Re: Masonry?

[jducoeur]

The tag came just before I posted, and realized how much my opinions about architecture are colored by Freemasonry. The name of the organization comes from the fact that architecture is the guiding metaphor of the whole thing: getting inducted into Masonry is, in part, a brief education in the subject...