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"We pontificate, therefore we are"
-- "You may have assumed that architecture is an oasis of calm, rational thought - a haven for civilised minds where the only thing to disturb the tranquil air is a polite discussion about mezzanines and enfilades. Wrong. Architecture is a vicious series of street battles where no prisoners are taken, and the only building worth designing is a ferro-concrete bunker." (Moore C, p/nz_98.12.11)

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... starting over
-- "It was back in September 1998 that Gund, one of the city's most noted architects ... began building an unusual two-story home that consisted of four individual modules sprawling across 11,300 square feet of space.
The foundation went in, the walls went up. The roof was on and four chimneys awaited finishing. Then Gund doubted himself. And he bulldozed the whole thing last spring.
He started over. This time his design was much more conventional, essentially a three-story box with an attached garage. ... Gund said at the time that his thinking had 'evolved over time,' ...
Now Gund's thinking has evolved some more. Just before Christmas work crews began tearing out the foundation again ...
And he is starting over." (Steve Bailey, bg_00.01.05) *** saga continued ...

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[Graham Gund House, Cambridge]
visions come and go
Gund's new vision looks a lot like his first. He didn't return a call yesterday. But according to records filed with the City of Cambridge, Gund has essentially decided he liked his original idea after all." (Steve Bailey, bg_00.01.05)

the old-fashioned way
"Certainly Gund can afford his trial-and-error approach, having acquired his fortune the old-fashioned way - by inheriting it from dad, a Cleveland banker and industrialist. ..." (Steve Bailey, bg_00.01.05)

charitable
"He has a split inside of himself ... He is the client and the architect. I would cut him considerable slack on this." (neighbor Swanee Hunt, the former ambassador to Vienna, in Steve Bailey, bg_00.01.05)

unbearable slack
"OK, let's cut him some slack. Let's stipulate he's an excellent architect ... Send your ideas ..." (Steve Bailey, bg_00.01.05)

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another opening, another show
"Returning to Japan, Ban began his professional practice with a series of Case Study houses that gave so-called White architecture a Japanese twist. ... In the West, the term refers to unbuilt projects designed by architects like Hejduk, who hold themselves in such artistic high regard that they seldom deign to build. "

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* bg_00.01.05 * lat_00.01.18	[Graham Gund House, Cambridge] visions come and go Gund's new vision looks a lot like his first. He didn't return a call yesterday. But according to records filed with the City of Cambridge, Gund has essentially decided he liked his original idea after all." (Steve Bailey, bg_00.01.05) the old-fashioned way "Certainly Gund can afford his trial-and-error approach, having acquired his fortune the old-fashioned way - by inheriting it from dad, a Cleveland banker and industrialist. ..." (Steve Bailey, bg_00.01.05) charitable "He has a split inside of himself ... He is the client and the architect. I would cut him considerable slack on this." (neighbor Swanee Hunt, the former ambassador to Vienna, in Steve Bailey, bg_00.01.05) unbearable slack "OK, let's cut him some slack. Let's stipulate he's an excellent architect ... Send your ideas ..." (Steve Bailey, bg_00.01.05)
***	[Wall-less House, Karuizawa] another opening, another show "Returning to Japan, Ban began his professional practice with a series of Case Study houses that gave so-called White architecture a Japanese twist. ... In the West, the term refers to unbuilt projects designed by architects like Hejduk, who hold themselves in such artistic high regard that they seldom deign to build. "
*** fortune_99.10.04	[SGI Amphitheater Technology Center, Mountain View, California] tuning fork "Meanwhile, in Mountain View, another SGI campus is under construction ... glassy, rectilinear, and flexible enough to be leased out or sold, as economics dictates. These blocky structures are decidedly not interpretations of the 3-D fantasia inside SGI's computers. But they could reflect the firm's red-ink-laden 1998 balance sheet." (Karrie Jacobs, "... Gets Some Style," fortune_99.10.04)