tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post5379161544829624297..comments2024-03-04T11:43:18.337+01:00Comments on ParisDailyPhoto: A controversial buildingEric@ParisDailyPhotohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07945292068472619659noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-25431259887281409512008-03-13T01:29:00.000+01:002008-03-13T01:29:00.000+01:00I was in Paris two weeks ago and happened to pass ...I was in Paris two weeks ago and happened to pass by this, I didn't get it, thought it look horrible - then I saw the Pompadiu Centre for Modern Art and then this didn't look quite so bad!Chubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00527972915706476582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-9980430147778267632008-03-12T05:20:00.000+01:002008-03-12T05:20:00.000+01:00On my birthday I went to a cafe near this building...On my birthday I went to a cafe near this building and I was wondering what it was all about. Thanks for the info.Marlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10506606889898401452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-81637400044246130852008-03-11T01:09:00.000+01:002008-03-11T01:09:00.000+01:00I saw this on my trip to Paris, and have to say th...I saw this on my trip to Paris, and have to say that this building did look pretty. As a New Yorker, it's not too radical or anything. ;)Maggie P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06567905869303758318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-63411090312042654422008-03-06T14:39:00.000+01:002008-03-06T14:39:00.000+01:00nice pic... I like the lace but if i designed that...nice pic... I like the lace but if i designed that building and I passed away-- i could see how my 'heirs' would protest someone else's work covering mine especially if I'm no longer around... sort of like in GRAFFITI-- no matter how crappy someone else's 'tag' on a wall is disrespectful... i dare say- its sacrilegious!<BR/><BR/>btw- awesome blog!Communiteezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04190168638890027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-61256056926325208712008-03-05T12:18:00.000+01:002008-03-05T12:18:00.000+01:00Thank-you Eric. This was the only building I could...Thank-you Eric. This was the only building I couldn't remember the name of. I took a photo of it when I visited in September last year, but couldn't find any info about it on the internet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-20875979139256653302008-02-29T07:09:00.000+01:002008-02-29T07:09:00.000+01:00Thanks for this photo. I love this building.Thanks for this photo. I love this building.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-9012655811319311152008-02-28T20:52:00.000+01:002008-02-28T20:52:00.000+01:00Eric, My husband is an architect and agrees that t...Eric, My husband is an architect and agrees that this is one ugly building. Somehow we have missed it in our wanderings in Paris, but not the next time. We also agree that the 'lace' is beautiful perhaps you could export some to S.F. Thanks for your work. ddGreenGemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11691513824348416917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-60252411090888732582008-02-28T00:56:00.000+01:002008-02-28T00:56:00.000+01:00Fair enough Guille! :-)Fair enough Guille! <BR/><BR/>:-)Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08145947793541874607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-85524741266680991862008-02-28T00:25:00.000+01:002008-02-28T00:25:00.000+01:00I would not allow myself to write in French, it's ...I would not allow myself to write in French, it's a bit unfair for the others... :S and this blog is above all for the foreigners,so nothing more normal that to speak English!<BR/>But sometimes,when I will be too tired to translate, I hope Eric will not object if I write in French... ;)guillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367207273165799146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-72672515839887453762008-02-27T20:40:00.000+01:002008-02-27T20:40:00.000+01:00Guille that would be fine by me too, now and again...Guille that would be fine by me too, now and again like Lynn said. I don't think Eric would mind.<BR/>The accents in Portuguese are such a bug, we find them a bit annoying too!Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08145947793541874607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-63474385390377592252008-02-27T19:23:00.000+01:002008-02-27T19:23:00.000+01:00Oooh i would like that, too, now and again, Guille...Oooh i would like that, too, now and again, Guille, but maybe you should check with Eric as i think he likes English to be spoken. ?Cheltenhamdailyphotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00518073757785956012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-13476942868959580512008-02-27T17:17:00.000+01:002008-02-27T17:17:00.000+01:00Monica if you want me to write in French to permit...Monica if you want me to write in French to permit you to improve it, I will do it!;)<BR/>The fact of having learnt the Latin and the Spanish helps, certainly. The problem with the Portuguese is...the accent... I don't catch a word.guillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367207273165799146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-25094495978497732492008-02-27T03:12:00.000+01:002008-02-27T03:12:00.000+01:00If you understand a few Latin roots, as in French ...If you understand a few Latin roots, as in French or Spanish, you can pick up the general meaning. Even in Portuguese.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-45810183341932524352008-02-27T01:51:00.000+01:002008-02-27T01:51:00.000+01:00Guille you have a great potencial as a portuguese ...Guille you have a great potencial as a portuguese speaker! Seriously!<BR/>I take french classes so I'm slowly learning. But I believe that whatever language we are learning, it's always much easier to understand it than speaking it.Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08145947793541874607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-30325102613836810582008-02-27T00:26:00.000+01:002008-02-27T00:26:00.000+01:00There has been much debate over recent years, part...There has been much debate over recent years, particularly in academic circles, as to the pros and cons of reversing previous "tampering" with historically significant buildings and works of art. One of the main arguments is that all changes - good or bad - need to be respected, and defended, as they are as much part of the structure or object in question as anything that might rightly or wrongly be considered part of the artist's intentions. This, to me, seems a fact, not a justification.<BR/><BR/>Of course, each case needs to be individually assessed, so there are no easy answers, and what may strike a contemporary audience as hideous may well charm the knickers off their descendants. I guess the real issue is whether an alteration is reversible or not, in the event that history gives the present a thumbs down. Fortunately, Soler's addition is cosmetic, and can be either preserved or peeled off, depending on the views of future cultural historians - and, dare I say it, citizens.<BR/><BR/>Me? I like to keep an open mind on the whole thing in the belief that no disagreement about art is every really resolved once and for all.Volmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17752019421419951656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-14312150975668567022008-02-26T23:51:00.000+01:002008-02-26T23:51:00.000+01:00he he no i missed it. I was busy posting a Bad Ha...he he no i missed it. I was busy posting a Bad Hair photo of myself as a challenge from another blogger. Yep you can go and giggle, you have my blessing!Cheltenhamdailyphotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00518073757785956012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-53320442531353507332008-02-26T23:48:00.000+01:002008-02-26T23:48:00.000+01:00Christo and his wrapped buildings.La confusion des...Christo and his wrapped buildings.<BR/><BR/>La confusion des genres, de l'artiste à l'architecte et vice versa. Voilà qui a déchaîné les foules parisiennes il y a 20 ans! Comme tout ce qui est nouveau, inhabituel et ose toucher au sacro-saint Paris. Mais peut être est-ce mieux de râler que de crier au génie devant des oeuvres qui de nos jours ne le méritent pas...guillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367207273165799146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-19354062496564221282008-02-26T23:21:00.000+01:002008-02-26T23:21:00.000+01:00Christo and Jeanne-Claude's wrapping of the Pont N...Christo and Jeanne-Claude's wrapping of the Pont Neuf (1975-1985):<BR/><BR/>http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/pn.shtmlVolmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17752019421419951656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-61746117881792406282008-02-26T23:16:00.000+01:002008-02-26T23:16:00.000+01:00So Lynn... have you got your fingers ready ;)So Lynn... have you got your fingers ready ;)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06482335102412437745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-7271466368909327932008-02-26T23:01:00.000+01:002008-02-26T23:01:00.000+01:00For the sake of those who must spend time inside t...For the sake of those who must spend time inside this building it is a good thing that they let Soler at it rather than <A HREF="http://www.jca-online.com/reichstag.jpg" REL="nofollow">Christo</A>.<BR/><BR/>I love the clever writing here: braces in junior high; kids gone wild with silly string; wrapped yarn sprayed a tacky silver; the helpful comparisons to Jean Nouvel; ironwork balconies as one might find in French Quarter New Orleans...<BR/><BR/>The building has inspired our desire to communicate, both accord and discord, about culture.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if there will be a loud opposition of people yelling, "Desecration!" if in fifty years or so the unnatural metallic excrescence is for some reason to be excised.Tall Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18130518604439054014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-7670173530291299232008-02-26T22:18:00.000+01:002008-02-26T22:18:00.000+01:00Mmmm, it's not that I don't like the "effect" of t...Mmmm, it's not that I don't like the "effect" of this lattice. Rather, it's just that it seems like a band-aid solution to a problem that really required surgery.<BR/><BR/>The extra information provided by gg seems to back me up in this, while pont girl's "braces" metaphor is right in the money. Now, if they had had the resources to demolish the "horrible 70s building" next door, or at least provide it with a glittering new façade like that of the Institut du Monde Arabe, then perhaps the coupling of old and new might have been more palatable.<BR/><BR/>Having said that, I can appreciate the fact that it looks spectacular at night. I can even applaud the instigators of this project for their adventurousness. I can not, however, see it as a winning solution, simply because the well-intentioned enhancement of an ugly building has cost its neighbor so much of its original appeal.<BR/><BR/>Neither is this the equivalent, architecturally speaking, of the Centre Pompidou's (in)famous multi-coloured exoskeleton of pipes and scaffolding. This, if you will pardon the expression, is more a case of architectural parisitism - which, I might add, is not inherently unethical, as long as all parties are in agreement as to the nature and extent of the changes to be made (which in this case, as Eric has pointed out, they were not).<BR/><BR/>And then there is the matter of taste...but we won't go there.Volmonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17752019421419951656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-63160665453229057542008-02-26T21:29:00.000+01:002008-02-26T21:29:00.000+01:00Nobody likes this building? I find it very interes...Nobody likes this building? I find it very interesting, modern, different from the classical buildings of the area...<BR/>To change your mind about the use of the iron in the façades of edifices, take a look on the front of the Institut du Monde Arabe, made by Jean Nouvel who was the architect. It's really different from this one but it shows this passion for the metal in the decor of architecture few years ago.<BR/><BR/>http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/ima/index.htm<BR/><BR/>Monica, I didn't think that you will understand my comment about the Buren's columns because I wrote it without making efforts for the English speakers :S. I was too much tired to translate and to speak about art is easier in French! Nice to see that you understand French as much as I understand Portuguese LOL (it's not true I admit...)guillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367207273165799146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-57152796239773941852008-02-26T19:27:00.000+01:002008-02-26T19:27:00.000+01:00It looks awful. It's like permanent scaffolding.Th...It looks awful. It's like permanent scaffolding.<BR/><BR/>That's not to say the photo's bad though.Shutterspyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933936629685995574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-68405964893047247162008-02-26T18:12:00.000+01:002008-02-26T18:12:00.000+01:00This is what I love about art. Everyone's right.This is what I love about art. Everyone's right.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11471590.post-56154992205134404372008-02-26T17:16:00.000+01:002008-02-26T17:16:00.000+01:00Congrats Rose! Watched the video Michael, thx. Br...Congrats Rose! Watched the video Michael, thx. Braces indeed, Pont Girl, but I got a laugh.<BR/>I am moved when I see this bldg. as the lace reminds me of a modern take of the famous French ironwork balconies from yrs. past.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com