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[South Bank, London]

Trocadero-on-Thames
"This does not mean it is timid. It takes some nerve to knock down major arts buildings like the Hayward and the Queen Elizabeth Hall, rebuild them somewhere else, and calmly install a multiplex cinema where they once stood ... reeking of popcorn trodden into fitted carpets, and with all the dismal tat ..." (Moore R, les_98.12.07)

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[San Jose City Hall] *** more

dysfunctional meeting
"Hired a year ago, Meier spent his first six months working from elaborate design guidelines approved by the previous mayor and council. The new mayor, Ron Gonzales, and others have been judging Meier's designs based on their own ideas, without clearly communicating that the rules had changed." (Editorial, sjmn_00.01.13)

an architect with an ulcer
"What's not clear is whether Meier can meet the new criteria. Gonzales wants a building that says 'government' all over it, with classical signals like a dome or columns.
Meier is known for his distinctive designs, but also for his ability to work with communities. San Jose is giving him an unparalleled opportunity to demonstrate this latter talent." (Editorial, sjmn_00.01.13)

taquer(acu)as
"Meier's plans don't fit San Jose. Not for any reason HizRonner or the council may say. They don't fit because San Jose is a 21st century city. Meier and the people who hired him were thinking in the 19th century." (Joe Rodriguez, sjmn_99.12.14)

*** nyt_98.08.13
[-] winner
*** nwk_04.09.25

[William J Clinton Presidential Library, Little Rock]

atwitter
"But the architectural world really went atwitter when Mr Gwathmey was seated at the President's table at a White House dinner on June 17 for the presentation of the Pritzker Architecture Prize to Renzo Piano ...
'It was sort of obvious,' said Mr Gehry, the Los Angeles-based creator of the wavy titanium steel facade ... 'Everybody said, 'Oh, he's doing the library!'" (Purdum TS, nyt_98.08.13)

empathy
"... President gave Mr Gehry some reason for hope, too.
'He came up to me and waved his arms like he was describing Bilbao and said, "I can see it all now in Arkansas," ' Mr Gehry said with a chuckle. 'I think he's probably gone from architect to architect." (Purdum TS, nyt_98.08.13)

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n e w A r r i v a l
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[Zuidas, South Amsterdam]

storied canals
"So important is the project ... they are contemplating digging their own canal." (Raghavan A, wsj_98.12.09)

(*****) contested projects in general press

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[National Museum of Australia, Acton Peninsula on Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra]

colored protuberances
"The museum's council chairman, former Liberal Party president Tony Staley, told the crowd he remembered Prince Philip opening Parliament House in 1988.
'He looked up at it and said, 'Does anyone like this building?' Mr Staley recalled." (Annabel Crabb, age_01.03.12)

maxims
'I really think this new museum kills the new Victorian Museum,' he threw in for good measure." (Tony Staley , in Annabel Crabb, age_01.03.12)

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[Scottish Parliament House] *** previous

Holyrood star
"Enric Miralles plays down his responsibilities. 'This isn't the end of the world. We will do a building, open it, and then go somewhere else.'" (Scott RD, ts_98.10.15)

shambolic
"... Enric Miralles, the Catalan architect leading the project, has up his sleeve is a novel way of opening each parliamentary session. Using a specially designed basketball emblazoned with the saltire, the speaker will be required to shoot for the hoop installed on the rim of the public gallery. As soon as he gets a basket, parliamentary business can begin." (Scott RD, ts_98.10.15)

dunking it
"It's just that there can't be many world-class architects who used to play professional basketball and for a top European team at that. Miralles played for Barcelona for a season before deciding to pursue architecture (he played guard, if you must know)." (Scott RD, ts_98.10.15)

take it on trust
"'El Collapso' was one headline over the story of a roof which had collapsed on one of his previous projects, though it turned out to have been the builders' fault." (Scott RD, ts_98.10.15)

airy-fairy
"... there were nods and winks that Miralles's best work was as much that of his former wife (and partner) as his own." (Scott RD, ts_98.10.15)
bario gothico
"Then there was the worrying unanimity between the architecture pundits that he was the best possible choice." (Scott RD, ts_98.10.15)
articles of faith
"And just when you thought it couldn't get any worse ..." (Scott RD, ts_98.10.15)

recondite theorising
"... he wasn't deliberately retreating into Delphic utterances -- 'the best way to be on time is never to finish' was another cracker -- but simply doing his best to talk about things that he barely understood himself ..." (Scott RD, ts_98.10.15)

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[Shanghai Grand Theater, China]

$100 bet
"... an architectural triumph, at least compared with the slapdash skyscrapers, dripping with heavy chrome and tartly colored glass, that have heralded the economic boom of recent years. With a curved roof that opens toward the sky like a giant offering plate, the opera house has a luminous, sleek design that seems ..."

[Federal Courthouse, Fort Channel, Boston]

hoary trope
"Cobb, 72, says that 'without any question' the judges are 'the most intelligent and dedicated clients I've ever had in my life.' " (Forgey B, wp_98.10.03)

[Nanyang Polytechnic, Singapore]

"John Naisbitt, the futurist, put it this way: When Asians like something, they call it modern. When they don't, they call it western." (Muschamp H, nyt_98.09.13)

[Lucerne Culture and Convention Center, Lake Lucerne]

Rodolphe Luscher
"If I cannot go to the water, the water shall come to me." (Jean Nouvel, in Riding A, nyt_98.08.25)
Russell Johnson
"Before construction began, however, Mr Nouvel was joined by the renowned American acoustician Russell Johnson. The connection was fortuitous ... and would prove felicitous. ... 'I am the guardian of the eye,' Mr Nouvel, 51, explained. 'Russ Johnson is the guardian of the ear.'" (Riding A, nyt_98.08.25)

[Felix Nussbaum Museum, Osnabruck]

triangle
"The violent geometry reflects the displacements of Nussbaum's life to create collisions within the building." (Daniel Libeskind, in Riding A, nyt_98.08.12)

orientation system
"The design uses a system of interrelated lines to symbolize Nussbaum's restlessness and search for orientation." (News Briefs, arec_98.08)

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***	[South Bank, London] Trocadero-on-Thames "This does not mean it is timid. It takes some nerve to knock down major arts buildings like the Hayward and the Queen Elizabeth Hall, rebuild them somewhere else, and calmly install a multiplex cinema where they once stood ... reeking of popcorn trodden into fitted carpets, and with all the dismal tat ..." (Moore R, les_98.12.07)
***	[San Jose City Hall] * more dysfunctional meeting "Hired a year ago, Meier spent his first six months working from elaborate design guidelines approved by the previous mayor and council. The new mayor, Ron Gonzales, and others have been judging Meier's designs based on their own ideas, without clearly communicating that the rules had changed." (Editorial, sjmn_00.01.13) an architect with an ulcer "What's not clear is whether Meier can meet the new criteria. Gonzales wants a building that says 'government' all over it, with classical signals like a dome or columns. Meier is known for his distinctive designs, but also for his ability to work with communities. San Jose is giving him an unparalleled opportunity to demonstrate this latter talent." (Editorial, sjmn_00.01.13) taquer(acu)as** "Meier's plans don't fit San Jose. Not for any reason HizRonner or the council may say. They don't fit because San Jose is a 21st century city. Meier and the people who hired him were thinking in the 19th century." (Joe Rodriguez, sjmn_99.12.14)
* nyt_98.08.13 [-] winner * nwk_04.09.25	[William J Clinton Presidential Library, Little Rock] atwitter "But the architectural world really went atwitter when Mr Gwathmey was seated at the President's table at a White House dinner on June 17 for the presentation of the Pritzker Architecture Prize to Renzo Piano ... 'It was sort of obvious,' said Mr Gehry, the Los Angeles-based creator of the wavy titanium steel facade ... 'Everybody said, 'Oh, he's doing the library!'" (Purdum TS, nyt_98.08.13) empathy "... President gave Mr Gehry some reason for hope, too. 'He came up to me and waved his arms like he was describing Bilbao and said, "I can see it all now in Arkansas," ' Mr Gehry said with a chuckle. 'I think he's probably gone from architect to architect." (Purdum TS, nyt_98.08.13)
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