http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/abc-of-architects-animatio.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 14:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/abc-of-architects-animatio.html#comment-1624413 Frank W Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204838#comment-1624413 FYI: That's not a Secession building, it's The Secession Building. The Wiener Secession's club house. FYI: That’s not a Secession building, it’s The Secession Building. The Wiener Secession’s club house.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/abc-of-architects-animatio.html#comment-1624252 DJ Tilley Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204838#comment-1624252 Well they've only got 26 spaces, plenty of important folks had to be left out. Well they’ve only got 26 spaces, plenty of important folks had to be left out.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/abc-of-architects-animatio.html#comment-1624159 Buddy Bradley Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204838#comment-1624159 That was nice but I was puzzled to see "Secession building - Vienna" on there. That's a little like saying, "Victorian brownstone - New York." Not exactly one of a kind. That was nice but I was puzzled to see “Secession building – Vienna” on there. That’s a little like saying, “Victorian brownstone – New York.” Not exactly one of a kind.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/abc-of-architects-animatio.html#comment-1624014 el capullo Wed, 09 Jan 2013 22:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204838#comment-1624014 Not including Buckminster Fuller and his Geodesic dome makes this list ridiculously incomplete. Not including Buckminster Fuller and his Geodesic dome makes this list ridiculously incomplete.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/abc-of-architects-animatio.html#comment-1623915 Lemoutan Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204838#comment-1623915 But apart from those, what did Calatrava ever do to us? But apart from those, what did Calatrava ever do to us?

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/abc-of-architects-animatio.html#comment-1623898 GuyInMilwaukee Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204838#comment-1623898 That's a pretty high bar you set for the kind of buildings these starchitects design. That said, César Pelli seems like a pretty nice and competent guy. That’s a pretty high bar you set for the kind of buildings these starchitects design. That said, César Pelli seems like a pretty nice and competent guy.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/abc-of-architects-animatio.html#comment-1623884 stillcantfightthedite Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204838#comment-1623884 While Calatrava certainly isn't a saint, neither are/were many other famous architects.  Frank Lloyd Wright, for example.  Can anyone name a famous architect who's buildings were always completed on schedule, under budget, and functioned properly (i.e. no leaky roof) and were very personable and nice people?  I'm actually interested to know. While Calatrava certainly isn’t a saint, neither are/were many other famous architects.  Frank Lloyd Wright, for example.  Can anyone name a famous architect who’s buildings were always completed on schedule, under budget, and functioned properly (i.e. no leaky roof) and were very personable and nice people?  I’m actually interested to know.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/abc-of-architects-animatio.html#comment-1623872 Ashen Victor Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204838#comment-1623872 Overpriced projects, repetitive designs, horrible cost overruns, stupid design decisions, insecure bridges, putting intellectual property over user safety, involvement in several corruption schemes, chronic delays, unusable spaces, non eco-friendly buildings, buildings inaccessible to the disabled, defection from his own country, a 20 million € mock-up, and general deep assholery. Overpriced projects, repetitive designs, horrible cost overruns, stupid design decisions, insecure bridges, putting intellectual property over user safety, involvement in several corruption schemes, chronic delays, unusable spaces, non eco-friendly buildings, buildings inaccessible to the disabled, defection from his own country, a 20 million € mock-up, and general deep assholery.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/abc-of-architects-animatio.html#comment-1623865 stillcantfightthedite Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204838#comment-1623865 Why? Why?

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/01/09/abc-of-architects-animatio.html#comment-1623815 Ashen Victor Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204838#comment-1623815 Just one thought: Calatrava con go f*ck himself straight to hell!  Just one thought: Calatrava con go f*ck himself straight to hell! 

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