Great Decisions in Architecture: Love it or Leave It: You Decide
1) Defending Dubai's Architecture
In recent months architectural critics in London and Australia have attacked modernist architectural projects as replicating Dubai. Why has Dubai become a metaphor of a hyper modernism and is this criticism fair? How might we learn from and reply to these criticisms?
Examples:
1. The Shard in London
Look at this video clip on the debut of Western Europe's tallest building, The Shard, to open in 2013. It was designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano. For some it is a new icon for London, and seen as a symbol of new energy, but for others it is as seen as inappropriate in that it does not fit in with its surrounding neighborhood. Note the comments by the Chairman of the National Trust and columnist Simon Jenkins, that the building is inappropriate for London, but that it might be for Dubai! Why would he make such comments and do you agree or disagree with his opinion and why?Here are two clips of reviews:
1. Video clip and review of the The Shard from the BBC:
2. Audio interview on The Shard from the BBC
2. Clover Moore, the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Australia and his reference to Dubai-style architecture
- Matthew Moore, "Not so fast with that Dubai-style tower, says mayor," The Sydney Morning Herald," February 12, 2012. Web. Accessed July 6, 2012.
- Read journalist Oliver Ephgrave, "Sydney mayor blasts 'clumsy' Dubai architecture," Construction Weekly Online, April 12, 2012. Web. Accessed July 6, 2012
- 3. Oliver Ephgrave, "Defending Dubai," designMENA. May 15, 2012. Web. Accessed July 5, 2012
3. Frank Gehry's architectural design for the new Guggenheim Abu Dhabi museum, to open in 2017.
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