Hasta La Ideas

Following up on a story from late last week, apparently starchitect Frank Gehry did have something to say about a developer working to demolish his grandmother’s house in Toronto and build a new residential tower where it once stood. While in talking to the Globe and Mail, he told the paper he doesn’t care at all if his old house was torn down, but what he didn’t like were the looks of the building going up in its place. “I hope they don’t put a plaque in the the lobby that says I lived there,” he told the paper; continuing, “Who wants a plaque with your name on it in some shitty-looking lobby?” The paper later reached out to the Tyler Hershbert, a principal at BSaR, the developer of the new building, and learned that Gehry had later apologized for his remarks:

The Globe and Mail: What’s it like to be called out by the man some people believe to be the world’s greatest living architect?

Hershberg: Actually, Gehry sent an unsolicited letter today to the building’s architects (Core Architects) apologizing for what he said and explaining that he hadn’t seen the building, just an early artist concept.

Globe: Does Frank Gehry have questionable taste in condos?

Hershberg: We’re talking about art. It’s people’s taste.

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