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February 21, 2005
Shhh, don't tell him about Moss and what too much bilious, undulating transparency gets you. These days, you just aren't a playa unless you are renovating. Can anyone name a museum in this town that isn't undergoing, or just completing, an expansion of some kind? Last week, the Museum of the Moving Image got on the bandwagon, presenting initial sketches of their renovation courtesy of Leeser Architects (don't go to Leeser's site with high expectations -- it's under a lot of construction, apparently).
And what did I say about about cool, sexy late modernism? Cuz it's more of the same here -- not that there's anything wrong with that. Clearly, in the burgeoning East Coast/West Coast scene, Cali-style is on the outs. And don't forget they're already making apologies for the Gehry theater ("but it's hard putting two theaters on top of each other! And we haven't even come up with a new metal cladding system that is untested and will require expensive maintenance for decades, yet!"). Can't find the link for that one, but if anyone still has it, I'd welcome the hookup (my recollection is that it was from mid-January, and in the Times).