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E-PrinceThe first time I visited Lewis Library, I missed most of the drama of its exterior. I went late one Sunday night, my large pile of work weighing heavily on my mind, and my first distinct impression was not of ...(back to the article)
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It wasn't fully designed by Gehry, you should look into the guy who actually designed it, one of gehry's underlings. Some better researsh would have really improved this article.
the "footballs" (actually called "boats" ) are a typical patch used in softwood plywood where a knot is taken out of the wood veneer. its not a "trademark" but is typical of a middle-grade wood veneer plywood. What is typical of Gehry is the use of mid-grade plywood for finished furniture.
@09:
You said "it wasn't fully designed by gehry" but rather "one of gehry's underlings"
what's your point?
pretty much every firm, especially a large one like gehry's, has lots of employees who do lots of designing, all under the guidance of the architect in charge (in this case, gehry). no building was every "fully designed" by gehry, hadid, koolhaas, or anyone else. there are always lots of people designing them. a building may have a "project architect" who is the head designer on the project who has to answer directly to gehry or koolhaas or whoever but very often does more designing than the guy whose name is on the firm. that's just the way this industry works (and most other industriek work). i do know that gehry has a lot more of a direct hand in the design of his buildings than many starcitects.
btw, i like this building. it's a little tame and it's certainly not gehry's best. but it's got beautiful spaces on the inside and its outside brings some nice spunk to this otherwise boring corner of campus.