Comments on: New York's New Gehry: Splendor in the Glass http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2007/04/27/new_yorks_new_gehry_splendor_i/ Reflections on art and architecture by TIME critic Richard Lacayo. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:49:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: coool cat http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2007/04/27/new_yorks_new_gehry_splendor_i/comment-page-1/#comment-49 coool cat Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:47:30 +0000 http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2007/04/27/new_yorks_new_gehry_splendor_i/#comment-49 cool building yo cool building yo

]]> By: C. Whitman http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2007/04/27/new_yorks_new_gehry_splendor_i/comment-page-1/#comment-48 C. Whitman Tue, 01 May 2007 03:08:29 +0000 http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2007/04/27/new_yorks_new_gehry_splendor_i/#comment-48 Gehry has become a cliche, like a Rodin bronze copy or a Picasso print in the 50's -- every middle class home had to have one to show their sophistication, but they all are variations on a theme. One can hardly blame the client: trendy is trendy. But this dependence on the same architectural shops leads to boring cities, where a few name brand boxes that all look alike from city to city will ensure that this nouveau-international (trans-national?) style will crowd out regional variation, originality, and new architects. Gehry has become a cliche, like a Rodin bronze copy or a Picasso print in the 50's -- every middle class home had to have one to show their sophistication, but they all are variations on a theme.

One can hardly blame the client: trendy is trendy. But this dependence on the same architectural shops leads to boring cities, where a few name brand boxes that all look alike from city to city will ensure that this nouveau-international (trans-national?) style will crowd out regional variation, originality, and new architects.

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