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After Bumps and Bribery Charges, Frank Gehry's Library Opens at Princeton
For its trouble, the university has gotten a structure that will probably inspire and delight those who work in it. (Photo by Brian Wilson, Princeton U.)
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Loren Pope, Admissions Adviser and Author Known for 'Usonian' House, Dies
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The Bush Library Contest: 'For an Architecture of Disconnection'
A detail from one of the latest entries in the Back-of-the-Envelope Bush Library Design Contest. To see the full version of this entry, click here.
If you had planned to enter the Back-of-the-Envelope Bush Library Design Contest, you’d better get sketching. The deadline is today.
We realize that brilliant designers work under pressure, so we expect a flood of creative and compelling designs in these last few days. We haven’t been disappointed.
The library above, the product of a Canadian designer, is one of the better entries we’ve gotten lately. Under a title that says “For an Architecture of Disconnection,“ the designer has created a boxy structure with no windows and a large atrium in the middle. It is a library that has walled off the outside world.
Send us your designs of disconnection, of dysfunction, of desperation. Or send us something happier. The best design, as judged by our readers, could win an iPod Touch. Here are the rules.
Postmark those envelopes by February 1. Time is running out.
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Some “sketch” – makes you wonder what the finished drawing(s) will look like.
— John Finlay Feb 7, 12:43 PM #
Where are the rest of the entries?
— Ken Gilkes Feb 22, 10:52 AM #