Libeskind’s fantastic flying machine?
Friday, October 22, 2010 at 2:24PM
c mullen & jeanne chinard

 

by c mullen ••• I was buzzing through the interwebs one day last week (www.mymodernmet.com) when I spotted this unidentified flying object. It easily could have been an invention of Lockheed Martin’s Skunkworks - designed to fly between the twenty-three known and suspected dimensions. But it wasn’t. It was a building, solid and connected to the ground. ••• The building is The Frederic C. Hamilton Building, and is an extension of the existing Denver Art Museum. Yes Denver. Take that you Chelsea gallerists, curators and snobs. (By the way, how boring is the Museum Of Modern Art in New York? My wife says it looks like an upscale retail space. And she was being kind.) ••• I was surprised to find out that Denver’s frenetic building was completed in 2006. (What rock have I been under?) But I wasn’t surprised to discover that the architect responsible for this dynamic structure was none other than Daniel Libeskind. Sometimes the good guys do win. ••• I can’t tell you how disappointed I was when those morons who are in charge of rebuilding of the World Trade Center eviscerated Libeskind’s genius design and forced an unacceptable compromise on us all. What a loss. ••• So take a couple of clicks and head over to Libeskind’s site and marvel at his talents and his accomplishments. And if you can, go to Denver and see how this building moves the real world. It’s on my list of to do(s) other things list. 

 

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