Archive for November, 2007
2007/11/7
“M.I.T. Sues Frank Gehry, Citing Flaws in Center He Designed”
Hoho… It does suck compared to the Brain and Cognitive Sciences building right across the street.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has sued the architect Frank Gehry and a construction company, claiming that “design and construction failures” in the institute’s $300 million Stata Center resulted in pervasive leaks, cracks and drainage problems that have required costly repairs.
The center, which features angular sections that appear to be falling on top of one another, opened to great acclaim in the spring of 2004. Mr. Gehry once said that it “looks like a party of drunken robots got together to celebrate.”
Gehry should stick to designing museums, and, the MIT planning offices should stick to practicality.
