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The Burroughs Wellcome building in RTP is also an amazing design that leaked like a sieve (they may have fixed it by now). It was used in the Christopher Walke
by chiph 13y ago
The Burroughs Wellcome building in RTP is also an amazing design that leaked like a sieve (they may have fixed it by now). It was used in the Christopher Walken & Natalie Woods movie Brainstorm
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- rwg 13y agoThere's something about "bold" building designs and leaking like sieves that goes hand in hand... http://chronicle.com/blogs/buildings/mit-sues-frank-gehry-over-problems-with-stata-center-design/4866 http://chronicle.com/blogs/buildings/mit-sues-frank-gehry-ov...
- chiph 13y agoI'm not a fan of his designs. I don't deny they're bold, and the titanium "scales" on them are a modern interpretation of slate roofing tiles. But the proportions are all wrong to my eye. It's like he's channeling Theodor Geisel.
- Stratoscope 13y agoThat building is freaky. Do people work in it? Those angles make me very uncomfortable. Spending much time there would make me crazy. A very different feeling from what I get looking at the SC Johnson building!
- chiph 13y agoThe triangle .net user group met there (and may still). Walking through it, you get a definite 70's sci-fi feel, and there's a lot of wasted space. But as a corporate showpiece, it's excellent.