For years classical music has been tainted with a stigma of being stuffy, out of touch and somewhat redundant as regards contemporary culture; the home of the New World (Symphony) Center in Miami Beach, Florida is looking to combat this unfortunate branding head on with a sculptural new rendition by 81 year old architect Frank Gehry.
Looks like some lovely interiors; I am happy to praise Gehry.
But consider the whole building much less its neighborhood context.
(see the photos in the link above.)
It's terrible journalism that the magazine shows so little and steers readers to the eye candy.That's one of the reasons there is such lack of critical visual thinking.

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