Krier speaks out against Gehry’s Eisenhower Memorial design

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Summer view looking northeast along Maryland Avenue through the memorial site © Gehry & Partners

The controversy surrounding Frank Gehry’s proposal for the Eisenhower Memorial has just reached new heights as the Chicago Tribune’s Blair Kamin has recently published a 1,500-word essay, written by the influential neo-traditionalist architect Leon Krier, that bashes Gehry’s proposal and ideology. Krier calls Gehry a “greatly confused artist” who’s “style is a century old” and “seems “innovative” only to the ignorant”. Kier continues to claim the commission who appointed Gehry’s design “shares his [Gehry’s] intellectual confusion and distaste of classical Washington D.C.” Continue reading for more.

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Cite: Karissa Rosenfield. "Krier speaks out against Gehry’s Eisenhower Memorial design" 17 Feb 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/209217/krier-speaks-out-against-gehry%25e2%2580%2599s-eisenhower-memorial-design> ISSN 0719-8884

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