so far i had only seen two, the dancing house in prague and the guggenheim museum in bilbao, and i loved them both. and the huge sculpture-like whatever thing it is inside the DZ bank in berlin, too. which is also kind of cool.
then i watched this documentary about him by sidney pollack, and noticed how some of his projects, it's true, are a bit over the tone... eg. the disney concert hall in LA... way too much stuff!!! and then i found myself walking past one of these hyper-projects... the experience music project in seattle... pink and red and silver and gold and blue... isn't it a bit too much??
but i have to say, he's a pretty honest guy. he was contacted by the local administration in salerno about a project for a garbage burning plant, and a lot of noise appeared in the news, with his pictures all over! but when they eventually dumped him without notice, he complained that making use of his name was only propaganda (i would say, to praise the community and not make them notice how bad a burning plant is for them...)
cool frank, when you don't exaggerate, i really like you!
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