“The 54-storey result is among the most ungainly forms on the skyline, like a matron who swathes herself in thick layers of fabric in a vain attempt to slim her burgeoning silhouette. The tower [pictured above] climaxes with a spire as impressive as an auto antenna."
Bloomberg
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“To Muscovites who love and appreciate the architecture of their city, the over-scaled new monsters are an outrage, whatever lip service they pay to history, producing a mock heritage in place of authentic buildings quite capable of undergoing renovation to modern standards.”
Building Design
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“From east and west, the street vistas are befouled by the thing. Worse, Melbourne Central’s face to Lonsdale Street is ugly and personality-free. Along that block, there’s not a single building that looks anything other than functional. Except for Lonsdale House.”
The Age
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“Curiously, the only meaningful gesture the installation makes to its dramatic setting is the view of the gorgeous curtain Wright designed for the Hillside Theater at Taliesin in 1952, glowing colorfully across the spiral, and the presentation of the Guggenheim Museum itself as the climax of the show. The display neither challenges nor exploits the building’s unique spatial possibilities. It would fit just as well into any set of conventional galleries.”
Archinect
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“Who knows, but this news does not bode well for other specialty bookstores, architecture or not. The writing on the wall is clear that books are a dying tool, pushed out by new technologies and a consumer base swept away by them. The death of bookstores is just one step in that unfortunate but eventual process.”
Archidose
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