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May 30, 2006
Dubai - Architecture: "Sprawling" "Soulless" (And....?)
Likely to provoke howls of protest from the paid flacks of Dubai and most residents, FT has an amusing commentary entitled Sprawling, soulless Dubai is an architectural flop by a somewhat prissy architect unimpressed with Dubai.
I have to say as he opens with a comparison with Las Vegas I was not particularly taken with the criticism, but who (besides Dubai's endless PR promoters and the utterly useless lapdog press) can argue that Dubai's architectural develoment is 'coherent'? Especially the utterly weird skyscraper row.....
Posted by The Lounsbury at May 30, 2006 02:55 AM
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perhaps one could make a comparison to medina architecture of yore. a hodgepoge of styles and tastes never quite mashing up yet somehow functional.
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at May 30, 2006 05:53 AM
Architects (least the ones who get quoted in the paper) seem to not like any buildings (or at least any neighborhood-sized areas) that actually exist.
Posted by: Tom Scudder at May 30, 2006 12:50 PM
Correction: architects seem not to like any buidings or areas that they or one of their mentors did not design...
Posted by: waterboy at June 3, 2006 10:47 AM
