September 19, 2008
After $74-Million and Counting, Frank Gehry's Library Opens at Princeton
There is no doubt that constructing a Frank Gehry building is difficult. The architect is known for curvy and bizarre structures designed on software akin to that used for high-performance sports cars and aircraft. His buildings can bust budgets and schedules. And then comes the question everyone asks after construction of the Ray and Maria Stata Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology went awry: Will the building stand up to the weather?
In putting up its new,
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