http://variety.com/2015/biz/news/mi...ct-of-disney-buildings-dies-at-80-1201451673/
Very sad, he was a very talented man.
Very sad, he was a very talented man.
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Michael Graves has Passed Away
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Tom
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He was from here (Indianapolis): http://www.wthr.com/story/28422528/...es-indy-native-who-later-had-target-line-dies
He also designed the Humana tower in Louisville, and my dad was on the construction management team.
He also designed the Humana tower in Louisville, and my dad was on the construction management team.
TalkingHead
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Probably his most significant building for Disney is the Animation Building in Burbank with the dwarves holding up the pediment. Very whimsical.
Of course the Swan and Dolphin are major WDW landmarks.
A very accomplished and clever postmodern (whatever that means!) artist. He'll be remembered, I suspect, in the upper echelon of American architects of his generation.
Of course the Swan and Dolphin are major WDW landmarks.
A very accomplished and clever postmodern (whatever that means!) artist. He'll be remembered, I suspect, in the upper echelon of American architects of his generation.
Tom
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Indeed
The Empress Lilly
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I really liked his 80s/90s Disney work back when it was build, minus the Hotel New York. Now slightly less so. It will be interesting to see if and how it stands the test of time. It could well become classic, a textbook example of the postmodern fashion of the day. What is a vivid expression of a named contemporary style tends to become classic eventually.
Whether for ego or for quality considerations, it did pay for Eisner to go for starchitects.
Whether for ego or for quality considerations, it did pay for Eisner to go for starchitects.
Sage of Time
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He'll be missed. Swolphin is an amazing piece of architecture and I'm happy to have stayed at one of his landmarks.
danlb_2000
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There is currently an exhibit of his work running at Grounds for Sculpture in NJ which I am hoping to get to before it closes in April.
JIMINYCR
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Isnt it true he designed the Swan and Dolphin to have the monorail go thorough them?
No. Never was intended.
From Yesterland Urban Myths:
His basic concept for the Dolphin was that it was an island formed by a sudden cataclysmic event—an upheaval by an underwater volcano or earthquake. When the island emerged from under the sea, it lifted dolphins out of the water, and these are the dolphins on the roof. The banana leaves on the side of the building are the tropical plants growing on the island. The mysterious “black box” was never intended for monorail usage; it was the heart of the island, which burst open from the sheer force of the events. Water went spilling down the outside of the building into that “dolphin fillet” [two-dimensional dolphin] pool, and then splashed over to the Swan. The railings and the curving landscape connecting the two hotels indicate waves moving from the Dolphin and splashing up along the side of the Swan. These are the waves that you see on the side of the Swan. Two swans were so entranced by this natural phenomenon that they alighted to watch it up close—and were turned to stone.