I’ve never figured out how anyone can build something like that or even work/live in it.
Guess it is supposed to be “art”?
Does it leak, too?
Didn’t Ford buy Jaguar?
Jags used to use real wood. Guess that would have caught fire too.
Ford sold it to Tata right before or during the recession. It is officially an Indian motor car. I still think they are built in England, though.
Correct. Jag and Landrover were sold to Tata, who then pumped a few billion into R&D and have launched several new Jag’s and the new Range Rover and Range Rover Sport, plus the Evoque, all still built in England. Other than loosing their Best4x4xFar heritage, TATA seems to be doing well with the brands. I will allow that Land Rover did send a trio of LR4’s across the Trans-American Trail recently though. Nothing like the Camel Trophy events of the past, but at least it was mostly dirt road…
Peter, et al:
if Vinoly is anything like Gehry, an unpaid person doesn’t even walk through the front lobby. The high profile firms are pretty aware how high profile they are, and they don’t do things that are easy shots for the disapproving press. (they save that for their designs). As for the melted building, I worked on Ruvo, and the owner is delighted with it; it has made a ton of money for his foundation – which was part of the program – and the publicized part that you see is only an entry/reception pavilion, not the whole building.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lou_Ruvo_Center_-2010-12-10-_North.JPG This is the north (clinical entry) side of the project. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lou_Ruvo_Center_-West-_2010-12-10.JPG this is the west side, where you can see how the folded part is attached to the “regular” part of the building.
hard to say if a building in Las Vegas leaks, but under the metal panels is a 60 mil EPDM membrane with welded seams over the entire surface; the stucco is 1" thick (with two drainage lines) and stiffened to l/680 to resist local winds; and the roof is a Hydrotech membrane with pavers over the entire surface.
I have to agree with Anne’s statement about “high-end” firms. I “grew up” in one, and we had our share of criticisim, some warranted, some not. It is to be expected when you are on the “leading edge” of Design. However, the Firm’s Design Partener did win the AIA 25 Year Award, the AIA Gold Medal and the Pritzger Prize, to name a few.
The trifecta…