Architecture

197 posts in 'Architecture'

Frank Gehry Napa Valley groundbreaking today

by Kris   ⋅   July 27, 2007   ⋅   Comment now

A new six building 110,000 square-foot Napa Valley winery which celebrated architect Frank Gehry designed for Craig and Kathryn Hall is having its official groundbreaking ceremony today. Unconventionally, the groundbreaking is taking place after initial construction has already begun. Mrs. Hall, the former U.S. ambassador to Austria, is a known avid art collector [...]

The Hagia Sophia collapsed

by Kris   ⋅   May 7, 2007   ⋅   Comments [2]

The Hagia Sophia, otherwise filed in a space in my collegiate brain under “Christ, another thing I half memorized and forgot”, may not need such a big space anymore. The immense gorgeously sunlit Byzantine dome (31 meters/102 feet diameter, 56 meters/184 feet high) of the Hagia Sophia crumpled early this morning following an earthquake. [...]

MOVIE REVIEW . Sketches of Frank Gehry

by Kris   ⋅   April 24, 2007   ⋅   Comment [1]

When I was first introduced to Frank Gehry’s work, I honestly did not like it. Giant binoculars (Chiat/Day/Mojo Headquarters) and fish sculptures (Fishdance restaurant in Kobe, Japan), oh how literal. His Nationale-Nederlanden office building in Prague is Dali-esque at best and his Wynton Guest House looked like kinderblocks to me. Really, I [...]

I vant Dracula’s castle back

by Kris   ⋅   January 8, 2007   ⋅   Comments [2]

Chris and I were totally going to do this “Dracula’s Castle” trip in the Carpathian Mountains and Transylvania this past Halloween, but it was postponed. I know that it’s only speculated that Vlad the Impaler may have roamed the halls or even briefly bunked there, but it still seems eerily romantic. There’s a [...]

MOVIE REVIEW . Always - Sunset on Third Street

by Chris   ⋅   November 19, 2006   ⋅   Comment now

Okay, I’ll admit it. I initially picked up Always - Sunset on Third Street (aka: Always san-chôme no yûhi) because of star Koyuki (Kairo, Last Samurai, Antique Cake Store). Usually when I pick up a film due to its featuring an attractive star I’m endlessly disappointed, but much to my delight, I found Always provided [...]

Gehry: Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Lunch at the MoMA

by Kris   ⋅   April 29, 2006   ⋅   Comment now

At first glance, buildings designed by the King of Deconstructivism Frank Gehry are not exactly synonymous with phrases like “beautiful” or the first choice for designs for jewelry mogul Tiffany, but at second glance, they can be sweepingly graceful like a Mobius cutout. There’s no denying that they are, to say the very least, [...]

Trump Bumps Proposed Spire

by Kris   ⋅   April 14, 2006   ⋅   Comment now

Perhaps for his own gain, uhm what am I saying.. for his own gain, Donald Trump spoke out against the 124-story, 2000 ft tall Fordham Spire, arguing that it will be a terrorist target and even called its proposal “a charade” to the NY Times last year. But its elegant, twisty-turny, rubber-neck-inducing design by [...]

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