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