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| This building, named after its main sponsor, was opened in the Haymarket area of Sydney, this week. It is the new home for the School of Business at the University of Technology (UTS). I find it quite splendid, indeed, any photographer would. The architect Frank Gehry, born in Canada but resident in Los Angeles, is now 85, and was present for the opening. Today, the queues for guided tours were a couple of hundred people long, the sun hot, and benches non existent. I feel the building could do with a greensward abutting its entrance. Not going to happen, I fear. |
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tres tres original j aime bcp ;o)
ReplyDeleteThat man is an architectural genius. I'd love to take a tour of all of his public buildings.
ReplyDeleteHe is a great architect. I'm guessing this building will be a big hit with the local photographers and one or two visitors1
ReplyDeleteNice addition to your city. The wave facade reminds me a bit of casa mila from gaudi in barcelona. Still a great eyecatcher here. Thanks for showing.
ReplyDeleteI've been a Gehry fan for years - way before he became a star. Thanks for showing this, Julie! I love it.
ReplyDeleteI predict that in the coming years Gehry will be regarded like Frank Lloyd Wright, namely, a creative architect who designed buildings that leak, can't be maintained, and are a financial drag on owners who want to tear them down but are afraid of the public backlash.
ReplyDeleteHah, Jack, jack, jack. You sound like a Republican.
ReplyDeleteSC, I was immediatly reminded f Gaudi, also. The difference being that Gaudi is mre gaudy than Gehry. But as I wandered around Barcelona in 2010, I was equally as mesmerised as I was yesterday. Quite fantastic that, here in Sydney, we have this vision. I put it up there with the Opera House, just a different function.
ReplyDeleteThe style is visually appealing!
ReplyDeleteI think it is a wonderfully imaginative building Julie. I am so sick of the lego buildings with glass panels - they are so ugly.
ReplyDeleteI dislike this style of wonky architecture.
ReplyDeleteThe wavy effect reminds me of Mies van der Rohe's work. But the rest is totally unique. What an imaginative piece of architecture that has a wonder about it.
ReplyDeleteOn ne peut pas dire que ce soit très joli, mais on est peut-être très bien dedans, ce qui est l'essentiel.
ReplyDeleteDefinitively strange to me
ReplyDeleteDefinitely on my must see list for April Julie.
ReplyDeleteIt's out there but I like it.
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