Two of a Kind
From The Guardian's article on Brad Pitt designing a restaurant and residential penthouse in Frank Gehry's redevelopment of the Hove seafront (my amendments in [brackets]):
Brad Pitt
Born
Shawnee, Oklahoma, US
Age
41
Career highlights
Johnny Suede, Fight Club, Ocean's 11 [Se7en, Twelve Monkeys, Snatch]
Career lowlights
Seven Years in Tibet, Meet Joe Black [Troy, Interview with the Vampire]
Why he matters
'He combines the matinee idol looks of Gary Cooper with the sex symbol loveliness of Marilyn Monroe' [He's one of the most popular actors in the world.]
Frank Gehry
Born
Toronto, Canada
Age
76
Career highlights
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao; Walt Disney concert hall, Los Angeles [DG Bank, Berlin; Cardboard and Bentwood Furniture]
Career lowlights
Experience Music Project, Seattle [American Center, Paris]
Why he matters
'One of the most prominent contemporary American architects with his open, curvilinear, diverse and sometimes playful west coast style'. [He's the most famous living architect in the world.]
I don't like the Experience Music Project either. While he does draw attention to architecture, he's being iconoclastic. Mr. Gehry is just being flashy. One of my favorite architecture words is contextuality. His designs are meant to stand alone. It kinda irks me.
ReplyDeleteBrad Pitt is good at acting. He should stick with that.