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April 3, 2009
Frank Gehry learns to like Ike — and the memorial competition
LA Times Blogs
"Mammoth Atlantic Yards" designer Frank Gehry wins competition to design the new Eisenhower memorial in DC.
To be sure, it will be a benefit for cities to see our most talented and experienced designers tackle public projects as opposed to the oversized and purely commercial developments, such as Gehry’s mammoth Atlantic Yards design in New York, that have lately occupied so much of their creative energy. Competitions for public projects ought to be far more common in this country than they are now. Spain and other European nations have revitalized their cities by requiring design competitions for most public buildings.
NoLandGrab: What ever happened to the wooly mammoth?
Posted by lumi at April 3, 2009 5:09 AM