Astral Codex Ten

Frank Gehry

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Frank Gehry

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Frank Gehry is a recurring person in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between October 04, 2021 and November 10, 2023. The archive places it in contexts such as “Because people like Frank Gehry are making stuff like this”; “frank gehry vs frank lloyd wright vs moshe safdie vs zaha hadid”; “Frank Gehry-tier “starchitect” buildings like MIT’s Stata Center”. It most often appears alongside Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Twitter.

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  • Category: People
  • Mention count: 2
  • Issue count: 2
  • First seen: October 04, 2021
  • Last seen: November 10, 2023

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

Highlights From The Comments On Modern Architecture
October 04, 2021 · Original source
Also, are we still doing this? Because people like Frank Gehry are making stuff like this:
…which doesn’t exactly scream “penitence” or “silent contemplation of the evil within us all”.
i think the most famous and esteemed architecture of the last 50 years is *extremely* diverse. frank gehry vs frank lloyd wright vs moshe safdie vs zaha hadid look like they come from different planets.
Followup: Quests And Requests
November 10, 2023 · Original source
B) Modernist detailing is deceptively expensive, so the apparent simplicity doesn't actually save money. And I'm talking about normal modernist buildings here, and not even touching the crazy Frank Gehry-tier "starchitect" buildings like MIT's Stata Center, which tend to be fiendishly difficult to build, expensive, and prone to defects.
I think I have pretty good insight on why all new buildings look like smooth blobs. I'm a design student, have spent 100's of hours studying form development. When I look at the AI generated frank gehry my first reaction is "wow, that's a pretty cool building". It seems like spending 100's of hours studying form development and such perhaps makes you think that really sophisticated blobs are the way to go. This is a problem because most people have not spent the time training their brains to recognize really sophisticated blobs and prefer classic architecture.