| No Frank Gehry fans here? I have to admit, I'm a sucker for his organic, swoopy designs, even small scale projects like Chicago's Millennium Park. Somewhat less a fan of other designs, like the leaky MIT building that's in litigation.
Calatrava's stuff is cool, too, and I agree about Gaudi. Gaudi's stuff is a lot more fun than the modernist stuff that emerged later - too bad there's not more of it! If Gaudi had the tools that Gehry has exploited, I bet we'd see some real fantasy buildings.
I'd love to get to Dubai, although as an architecture destination Shanghai looks like it might be even better. Slightly more restrained and elegant, but still highly creative. |