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MIT Sues Frank Gehry Over Buggy $300M CS Building

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the modern-architecture-means-modern-bugs dept.

theodp writes "MIT has filed a negligence suit against world-renowned architect Frank Gehry, charging that flaws in his design of the $300 million Stata Center, one of the most celebrated works of architecture unveiled in years, caused leaks to spring, masonry to crack, mold to grow, and drainage to back up. The complex, which houses a Who's Who of Computing including Tim Berners-Lee and Richard Stallman, includes the William H. Gates Building."

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  1. It is a great building by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    For me to poop on!

    PHOENIX

  2. Who's who? by tomstdenis · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sorry, what's stallmans academic background again? Being a throwback hippie from the 60s? I didn't realize being nostalgic was a major.

    Playah hating!

    Tom

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  3. Re:Architecture vs. Engineering by pedro · · Score: -1, Troll

    Eyesore is a perfect description. Frank Gehry is to architecture what Philip Glass or Andrew Lloyd Weber are to classical composition.. an unmitigated hack.
    All of his stuff looks like it belongs in Toontown.

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