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Architect Christian De Portzamparc's innovative 23-story building in Manhattan with a faceted, overlapping glass facade [FALL PREVIEW, Sept. 6] is indeed striking, but perhaps he has unknowingly taken a leaf from Apple Computer's book. With a Bondi Blue color typical of the iMac and a translucent exterior, can this building be mistaken as anything but an iRise? Perhaps later we'll see versions in lime, blueberry, tangerine, grape and strawberry? DENNIS WINDRIM Edmonton, Alta...
...elegance and monolithic monster is easy to traverse. Even more hairy is designing a high-rise--in the heart of Manhattan, no less--that is to be the U.S. headquarters for LVMH, the fashion, champagne and other image-heavy-goods conglomerate. Ugly just won't do. But Christian de Portzamparc, the Pritzker-prizewinning French architect, has created a tower with elan. His 23-story building has a kinky, faceted, overlapping-glass facade, like a whimsical piece of origami, which nevertheless abides by all the city's fiddly zoning laws. The mixture of transparent and opalescent glass and the etched patterns...
...spectacular showcase concert hall has opened at the Cite de la Musique, the shell-shaped rosy white complex of institutions and advanced-research facilities devoted to musical study and performance. The striking auditorium in the Parc de la Villette was built in modular fashion by French architect Christian de Portzamparc so the stage can be easily moved and seating capacity expanded from 800 to 1,200. Sophisticated technology in the oval hall allows the acoustics system to be instantly modified. Through July, an eclectic program of 75 concerts is scheduled, offering medieval, Renaissance, baroque, Romantic, jazz, pop and world music...