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August 21, 2007
Blimey, Gehry goes batty in Blighty!
From Brit in Brooklyn:
After years of often rancorous debate, Frank Gehry's scheme for the Brighton and Hove seafront in Blighty is a go. Back in 2003, the Independent's Jay Merrick predicted that "[t]he Californian's vision will launch a thousand metaphors: crumpled trousers patched with Shreddies, ice lollies jammed into shattered Cornettos...an expletive-cum-exclamation mark marking the end of the promenade."
NoLandGrab: You gotta be impressed by the starchitect's ability to create massive projects that primarily exist in relation to themselves (sure, blame it on "the program"). Though the fortress-like enclave will block their seaviews, Hovites will surely be comforted by the bulwarks' undulating rooflines.
Like "the Bride that Ate Brooklyn" (Atlantic Yards' signature tower inanely dubbed "Miss Brooklyn"), the Hove project was presumably inspired by a romantic female ideal: this time it's Victorian Maidens.
Posted by lumi at August 21, 2007 11:04 AM