Architecht

xiandude · 03-30-2008, 04:23 PM

Only 3 options? Wright was an ass; Gehry is a one-trick pony (design something out of plastic, melt it in a oven, and you have a passable Gehry design); Pei is one of the best. You should also include Michael Graves, Phillip Johnson, Louis Kahn, Cesar Pelli,Louis SullivanEero Saarinen, and a few others.

Also, Kansas City is the Mecca of sports architecture. HOK Sport, HNTB, Ellerbe Becket, 360, and a few other spin-off firms are all located there. It all started when Kivett Meyers Architects teamed with Deaton out of Denver to design the Truman Sports Complex. HNTB bought KV, and HOK and Ellerbe were spin-offs from HNTB. 360 spun off from HOK; and Crawford spun off from Ellerbe. There are a bunch of other smaller players in the market as well.

View Poll Results: Who's the best architecht?
Frank Gehry	4	12.90%
IM Pei	8	25.81%
Frank Lloyd Wright	19	61.29%
Voters: 31. You may not vote on this poll

03-30-2008, 04:23 PM	#29
xiandude Rookie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: St. Louis Casino cash: $10004900	Only 3 options? Wright was an ass; Gehry is a one-trick pony (design something out of plastic, melt it in a oven, and you have a passable Gehry design); Pei is one of the best. You should also include Michael Graves, Phillip Johnson, Louis Kahn, Cesar Pelli,Louis SullivanEero Saarinen, and a few others. Also, Kansas City is the Mecca of sports architecture. HOK Sport, HNTB, Ellerbe Becket, 360, and a few other spin-off firms are all located there. It all started when Kivett Meyers Architects teamed with Deaton out of Denver to design the Truman Sports Complex. HNTB bought KV, and HOK and Ellerbe were spin-offs from HNTB. 360 spun off from HOK; and Crawford spun off from Ellerbe. There are a bunch of other smaller players in the market as well.
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