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...buildings are easier to dislike than those of any other important American architect. They are often dissonant and usually constructed of homely materials -- unpainted metal and plywood, asphalt shingles, stucco, rough concrete. They typify no up-and-coming architectural trend. In the postmodernist era, when much fashionable architecture has been charming and playful and not much more, Frank Gehry's difficult, edgy buildings are singular and brave...
...feel I don't have to prove so much," Gehry says. "It feels like I can relax a little." That is all to the good. Not very long ago, Frank Gehry seemed only a very interesting architect. Today, full of confidence, he seems more like a great one. He has peers who are more influential and whose work is more stylish. But no other architect can claim a body of work so distinctly his own or so characteristically American...
...chief architect of the Core Curriculum,former Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciencesand Corporation member Henry Rosovosky, said hehad no response to the speech as of last night...
...Georgia's exclusive Sea Island, expensive homes with white columns or wrought-iron grillwork face the Atlantic, reflecting understated elegance. But now they are being joined by an intrusive newcomer, a sprawling collage of concrete and glass. The 12,500-sq.-ft. extravagance is the creation of Atlanta Architect John Portman, whose atriums and glass elevators have entranced visitors in hotels from Los Angeles to Manhattan...
...Kipling's "East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet," the show will feature a sampler of art, music and sports. Painter Keith Haring, Musicians Philip Glass and Lou Reed and a member of Paik's "family" of video robots will appear in Manhattan, Architect Arata Isozaki and Fashion Designer Issey Miyake will be on from Tokyo, and outside Seoul, cameras will follow the running of the marathon at the Asian Games. "The hardest part was not raising the money but dealing with three different countries that historically mistrust one another," notes Korean- born Paik...