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February 2, 2007

Celebrity Architects Reveal a Daring Cultural Xanadu for the Arab World

The NY Times

Starchitect Frank Gehry's wet dream is in the desert. Gehry, who once publicly relished the opportunity to "build a neighborhood practically from scratch" and described the Atlantic Yards footprint as "an empty site," has finally found a tabula rasa:

“It’s like a clean slate in a country full of resources,” said Mr. Gehry, who appeared at the exhibition to show off his model for the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi.

By "resources," we think that Gehry means "money."

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Posted by lumi at February 2, 2007 6:32 AM