Comments on: ROM Crystal Architectural Opening http://www.bricoleurbanism.org/whimsicality/rom-crystal-architectural-opening/ urbanism - landscape - ideas - theory - whimsy Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:15:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: the ALLDERBLOB » Blog Archive » Tooker Gomberg at the ROM http://www.bricoleurbanism.org/whimsicality/rom-crystal-architectural-opening/comment-page-1/#comment-9125 the ALLDERBLOB » Blog Archive » Tooker Gomberg at the ROM Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:01:48 +0000 http://www.bricoleurbanism.org/whimsicality/rom-crystal-architectural-opening/#comment-9125 [...] the sequence of interior spaces, the remarkable surprises and mysteries, the nuances of refracted light, the sensitivity of the [...] [...] the sequence of interior spaces, the remarkable surprises and mysteries, the nuances of refracted light, the sensitivity of the [...]

]]> By: The Chapati Kid http://www.bricoleurbanism.org/whimsicality/rom-crystal-architectural-opening/comment-page-1/#comment-8556 The Chapati Kid Wed, 06 Jun 2007 22:44:43 +0000 http://www.bricoleurbanism.org/whimsicality/rom-crystal-architectural-opening/#comment-8556 Here's my non-professional take on the interior. I had to see it to believe it. And while I can't argue that it is sometimes underwhelming, I think on the whole, that it's marvellous. http://chapatikid.blogspot.com/2007/06/spaceship-has-landed.html Here’s my non-professional take on the interior. I had to see it to believe it. And while I can’t argue that it is sometimes underwhelming, I think on the whole, that it’s marvellous.
http://chapatikid.blogspot.com/2007/06/spaceship-has-landed.html

]]> By: Chapati Kid http://www.bricoleurbanism.org/whimsicality/rom-crystal-architectural-opening/comment-page-1/#comment-8467 Chapati Kid Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:42:56 +0000 http://www.bricoleurbanism.org/whimsicality/rom-crystal-architectural-opening/#comment-8467 Hm. I see your point, but I still love it. It's what I call "apocalyptic" and I think Toronto needs a bit of that (and I don't mean those Spadina-Bloor apartment buildings put up in the 80s). Besides, I got a bird's eye view of it from Robarts yesterday, and now I'm in love. Hm. I see your point, but I still love it. It’s what I call “apocalyptic” and I think Toronto needs a bit of that (and I don’t mean those Spadina-Bloor apartment buildings put up in the 80s). Besides, I got a bird’s eye view of it from Robarts yesterday, and now I’m in love.

]]> By: Blobby http://www.bricoleurbanism.org/whimsicality/rom-crystal-architectural-opening/comment-page-1/#comment-8183 Blobby Tue, 05 Jun 2007 02:13:19 +0000 http://www.bricoleurbanism.org/whimsicality/rom-crystal-architectural-opening/#comment-8183 Nice commentary Brico, and a great whammy at the end. Poor Liebeskind. Oh well. Take comfort from Schopenhauer: all geniuses are misunderstood in their own time. My favourite shot is the one of the cafeteria. And they said you can't find a 90 degree angle in the place! You sure proved them wrong. Nice commentary Brico, and a great whammy at the end. Poor Liebeskind. Oh well. Take comfort from Schopenhauer: all geniuses are misunderstood in their own time.

My favourite shot is the one of the cafeteria. And they said you can’t find a 90 degree angle in the place! You sure proved them wrong.

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