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May 19, 2010
Architects at Play, Dangling Medals
The New York Times
by Aric Chen
Shhh, ixnay on Lantic Yardsatay, here comes Frank.
Frank Gehry (’89), whose own Pritzker ceremony took place in Nara, Japan — “As a student, I learned how to make tatami mats and was in a gagaku orchestra,” he reminisced — could be spotted in head-to-toe black and, at 81, looking slimmer than before. “I go up and down,” he shrugged.
At 8 p.m. it was feeding time, and the crowd of 400-plus was ushered into the soaring, barrel-vaulted Great Hall. Looking across the moodily lighted space blooming with peony table centerpieces, one could guess at the conversations taking place: about how shockingly few of the New Yorkers had been to Ellis Island. About how many Sanaa buildings one had visited. About anything but Atlantic Yards and Beekman Tower’s flying construction debris, if Mr. Gehry was within earshot.
Posted by eric at May 19, 2010 11:09 PM