MIT Sues Gehry, Citing Leaks In $300m Complex

The Boston Globe ^ | 11/6/07 | Shelley Murphy

[ikka]

They had $300 Million to blow on a new building complex, yet we are told constantly about how education never gets enough money ...

[saganite]

LOL! Is the picture before or after it started collapsing because it looks like a bombing victim!

[Anti-Bubba182]

Bughouse architect!

It is hideous!

[Lorianne]

With Gehry, you get what you pay for.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I studied architecture in college before going into another profession. I am a lover of, and promoter of, modern architecture. I think this guy’s stuff is ugly, wasteful cr@p!

[expatpat]

That’s not the first architectural screw-up at MIT. They put up a building on three inclined legs (in the late 50’s I think), and pretty soon the legs started moving apart.....

[Sgt_Schultze]

Isn’t MIT a world-class engineering school? Shouldn’t the preeminent scholars in engineering have been able to spot the glaring design flaws?

[expatpat]

Probably, I should have phrased that better, and said the legs moved outwards.

[Roccus]

Didn’t Ghery have problems with another of his acclaimed works, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA? IIRC, the reflection of sunlight off some of the walls blinded drivers and caused some extreme micro climate temperatures.

[expatpat]

MIT grads are very arrogant.......

[CaptainK]

Didn’t anyone from MIT check out the structural integrity of the building? I thought they were all geniuses up there.

[bert]

Glaziers rule..... the window that leaks will always be in the bosses new ofice.

[jaydubya2]

[Suzy Quzy]

LOL!! Those ENGINEERING STUDENTS AND the ENGINERING PROFESSORS couldn’t find the flaws BEFORE it was BUILT??? LOL!! Gehry is like Frank Lloyd Wright.....ALL HYPE!!

[zek157]

Building a daring artpiece like that you get the problems you deserve and pay for.

Form over function doesn’t weather well.

[gondramB]

>>They had $300 Million to blow on a new building complex, yet we are told constantly about how education never gets enough money ...<<

MIT is a national treasure. They do more to increase our economy than just about any other institution.

[ikka]

http://twistedphysics.typepad.com/cocktail_party_physics/2007/08/park-walk-par-1.html

Yes, it created hotspots on the sidewalk reaching 140F and the glare was so bright that some nearby condo units had increased AC costs. They sanded parts of the scultpture down as a result.

[Pietro]

"MIT is a national treasure. They do more to increase our economy than just about any other institution:

That doesn't save them from stupid decisions.

[catpuppy]

They do more to increase our economy than just about any other institution.

Just curious. How?