tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post1898056608961135296..comments2024-03-27T06:20:06.991+00:00Comments on fantastic journal: London lovesCharles Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08749776401395551607noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-92006218537149327052011-08-10T09:15:00.439+00:002011-08-10T09:15:00.439+00:00Alice
It IS an odd thing. In a good way. Funny to...Alice<br /><br />It IS an odd thing. In a good way. Funny too how many of the critical commentary can be reversed. As in, an architectural stutter sounds quite interesting. More interesting than bombastic assertiveness anyway...<br /><br />CCharles Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08749776401395551607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-8253547563052816842011-08-05T07:26:17.162+00:002011-08-05T07:26:17.162+00:00I remember one of the critics at the time calling ...I remember one of the critics at the time calling it an 'architectural stutter'. It was run down generally by the architectural press, but personally I like it. Note the word 'like' rather than the more enthusiastic 'love'. The eye slides off it, more or less uninterrupted, as you look around the square. It is an odd thing, it does become more interesting the more you look at it, if you notice it at all.Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04050764267992140599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-3419959963038964862011-07-28T14:00:12.141+00:002011-07-28T14:00:12.141+00:00and ZH has demonstrated quite clearly that excitin...and ZH has demonstrated quite clearly that exciting is dull....getouttamawayroadhoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13652687261665318688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-55656839249923803022011-07-28T13:56:19.303+00:002011-07-28T13:56:19.303+00:00it is quite simply a tour de force of intelligence...it is quite simply a tour de force of intelligence ranging across the broadest of historical and cultural reference, curiously from the land where irony went missinggetouttamawayroadhoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13652687261665318688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-43679250229323442852011-07-27T20:19:35.890+00:002011-07-27T20:19:35.890+00:00Frankfurt's revenge! I love it.Frankfurt's revenge! I love it.Charles Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08749776401395551607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-18384086863321856802011-07-26T19:05:20.518+00:002011-07-26T19:05:20.518+00:00VSB "and" (plus) Blur?
how much better d...VSB "and" (plus) Blur?<br />how much better does it get? :)<br />Sainsbury Wing is such a dramatic * (and still "problematic") small masterpiece<br />i came to see it as "both" Oberlin Museum (much) younger brother (or sister...) and Frankfurt’s ** revenge!<br />but also as the first of it's kind (Seattle)<br />too much PO-MO... not enough PO-MO...<br />by 1991 (after Decon huge MoMA "fashion") it seams "passé"...<br />but it still stands<br />au contraire some much more recent and "exciting" *** Zaha...<br /><br />* the "sad relations with our client" (Letter to Friends about to visit the Sainsbury Wing)<br /><br />** the museum competition they lost to sadly boring (but not at all in a good way) Richard Meier<br /><br />*** "Zaha Hadid’s critique of the Sainsbury Wing: "It´s ... it’s ... not ... it’s not ... exciting": c’est vrai." (Mall Mots: Aphorisms-Sweet and Sour- by an Anti-Hero Architect)AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15091766956169042796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-3429584169962862072011-07-26T16:08:26.205+00:002011-07-26T16:08:26.205+00:00I am! DSB and RV has still a lot to say about our ...I am! DSB and RV has still a lot to say about our time.Pär Eliaesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04290062290255361503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-29600097499718821122011-07-26T09:02:34.544+00:002011-07-26T09:02:34.544+00:00Thanks Willie, I'll look that up.
Pär Are yo...Thanks Willie, I'll look that up. <br /><br />Pär Are you reading Having Words? That's a great book....Charles Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08749776401395551607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-65211448179532223642011-07-26T07:42:42.295+00:002011-07-26T07:42:42.295+00:00Lovely, Charles!
The Sainsbury Wing stands there a...Lovely, Charles!<br />The Sainsbury Wing stands there as an high quality reminder of queer. We need those examples so much...<br />I have been reading DSB this summer. Lucidity is the word!Pär Eliaesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04290062290255361503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795208825742635713.post-58066772201455535882011-07-25T18:09:25.941+00:002011-07-25T18:09:25.941+00:00Thanks Charles - I like this, though I doubt that ...Thanks Charles - I like this, though I doubt that many will thank you for it. If you ever get a chance to see AA Files 62 there's an amusing article by Mathew Aitchison entitled, 'Who's Afraid of Ivor de Wolfe' which connects Venturi (and many others) to the Townscape stuff. A nice parallel piece.<br /><br />Yours, in some sort of context,<br /><br />WillieWillie Millerhttp://www.williemiller.co.uknoreply@blogger.com