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June 9, 2009
KC sports architecture firm snares Brooklyn arena project
The Kansas City Star
By Kevin Collison
Last week's stunning announcement that Bruce Ratner ditched Frank Gehry's arena design for a cheaper off-the-shelf version isn't the first time that a Kansas City architecture firm edged out the world-famous starchitect.
Kansas City sports architecture firms 2, Frank Gehry 0.
For the second time this decade, the local team has knocked off one of the world’s best-known architects for a major sports design commission, this time an NBA arena planned for Brooklyn, NY.
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In 2004, Gehry led a group that was competing to design the Sprint Center in downtown Kansas City. The city wound up choosing an all-star consortium of local sports architecture firms, the Downtown Arena Design Team. Ellerbe Becket was part of the winning group.
Posted by lumi at June 9, 2009 5:18 AM