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Jun 21, 2005

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There's a bit of a kerfuffle going on in the new-urbanist camp. The CNU has surprised everyone by giving the shiniest of all 'starchitects', Frank Gehry (mates with Brad Pitt, appeared in The Simpsons), an award for good urban design for his LA Philharmo [Read More]

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Thanks for the interesting info about this award and all the commentary about it! From what I've read so far, I would give the "game" to Aurbach also.

Although I'm not that familiar with the written principles of New Urbanism, just on a common sense level it seems to me that a very striking building has to be more than a very striking building to win its architect an award FOR URBANISM -- rather than, say, an architectural award for its striking architecture, instead.

To the extent that Disney Hall is successful, it appears to be successful as a striking object, DESPITE its failures to meet the criteria of successful urbanism as laid out in the written principles of New Urbanism. So why give its architect an award for urbanism? To give it an award for urbanism, as defended by Stefanos Polyzoides, is to say that the more striking (and difficult to pull off) a building is, the more worthy its architect is for an award for urbanism.

As you implied earlier, the phrase that most seems to apply here "surely in jest."

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