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...Next came the Dec. 13 rampage. At 11:40 that day, one of the Toontown-type sedans used by Indian bigwigs got through the Parliament gates in New Delhi because it had an official-looking light on top and a home ministry decal on the windshield. Five militants got out and started firing assault rifles and grenades as they moved toward three separate entrances of the structure. None got inside; one man, who was wired with explosives, detonated himself near the main gate, through which he could have reached the chamber filled with legislators. After some 20 minutes of gunfire...
...Next came the Dec. 13 rampage. At 11:40 that day, one of the Toontown-type sedans used by Indian bigwigs got through the Parliament gates in New Delhi because it had an official-looking light on top and a home ministry decal on the windshield. Five militants got out and started firing assault rifles and grenades as they moved toward three separate entrances of the structure. None got inside; one man, who was wired with explosives, detonated himself near the main gate, through which he could have reached the chamber filled with legislators. After some 20 minutes of gunfire...
...suicide mission wasn't terribly sophisticated. The windshield decal that gave the terrorists access to the compound was anything but official. It read, in fractured English: "No body allows to stop this car. India is very bad country and we hate india we want to destroy india ... brother bush he is also a very bad person he will be next target." Once the carnage was over, the government recovered the terrorists' cell phones, with records of recent calls to Kashmir and Pakistan. Arrests in New Delhi and Kashmir came up with some alleged collaborators...
...despite the meticulous planning, Windshield soon became an ironic symbol for the primacy of function over form in architecture. A week after the Browns moved into their new home, the wind of a hurricane tore off the roof of the house and popped out many of the houses windows and frames. Debris littered the grounds of the house, and it took a year to rebuild, although none of the traditional homes on Fisher’s Island suffered any damage. Not surprisingly, Neutra soon published an essay called “Regionalism,” touting the value of considering...
Unfortunately, this exhibit fails to fully address the issues of artistic permanence that the ill-fated Windshield project necessarily occasions. It is notoriously hard to mount an exhibition about architecture; the finished project usually cannot be exhibited, leaving only secondary sources—photographs, drawings or models—to convey an artistic sentiment. While the Windshield exhibition does a commendable job in giving a sense of the house through these sources, it never engages with the larger issues of creation and permanence that the exhibition itself raises...