tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post6421364499965722421..comments2024-03-26T09:42:38.709-05:00Comments on ArchitectureChicago PLUS: Icehendge? Chicago has a new Frank Gehry, and it's Like Nothing You've SeenLynn Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759748613223711212noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-69170815318049886592014-02-17T18:04:39.525-06:002014-02-17T18:04:39.525-06:00One of the best details about this building: in th...One of the best details about this building: in the bathroom stalls, the door latches are also cigaeette holders and ash receptacles. After you;re done sitting and smoking, flipping open the latch casues your ashes to fall into a little box. Made of stainless steel, of course, in keeping with the design of this corporate headquarters.Esthernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-37787710723387896992013-07-17T00:42:42.380-05:002013-07-17T00:42:42.380-05:00Visited this wonderful building in June without kn...Visited this wonderful building in June without knowing anything about the Gehry desk. Noticing it, I thought: oh dear, they got that wrong. Ice and steel? It's such a lumpen counterpoint to the Radiant sculpture that it seems like a bad joke. Well, as you point out, it can easily be removed and it is at the edge of the space...Something, I suppose.Colinhttp://www.colinbisset.comnoreply@blogger.com