# Noneuclidian Building madness

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noneuclidian-building-madness/830367>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 1, 2019, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noneuclidian-building-madness/830367 "2019-03-01T05:22:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noneuclidian-building-madness/830367/21 "2019-03-03T11:17:03Z")

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> [@jayjay](#):
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> That HAS to be a Gehry…

Yup. [Here’s another.](http://unbiasedwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/frank_gehry_architect_buildings.jpg)

And here’s Friedensreich Hundertwasser’s [Hundertwasser haus](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qnFb4zZtADg/VSgwYfjZwyI/AAAAAAAACW8/1vAKrWhpvvc/s1600/hundertwasser-house-austria.jpg) in Vienna, built from 1983-85. It contains over 250 trees and bushes, growing out of the windows. I visited it in 2004, but wasn’t allowed inside.

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noneuclidian-building-madness/830367/22 "2019-03-03T17:47:27Z")

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I used to live in Minneapolis and work in St. Paul, and the bus passed [this Gehry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weisman_Art_Museum) every day, twice, (it sits right on the St. Paul side of the bridge over the Mississippi). I hate Gehry’s esthetic, but I have to admit that he’s pretty unique and instantly recognizable.

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noneuclidian-building-madness/830367/23 "2019-03-03T19:24:40Z")

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He is indeed instantly recognizable. If a building makes me feel a little sick to my stomach, chances are it’s a Gehry.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noneuclidian-building-madness/830367/24 "2019-03-04T04:13:22Z")

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> [@Ludovic](#):
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> He is indeed instantly recognizable. If a building makes me feel a little sick to my stomach, chances are it’s a Gehry.

You’ll be glad to know that Gehry is involved in a proposed pair of [ninety-storey towers](https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/toronto-mirvish-gehry-toronto-329m-91s-great-gulf-gehry-partners.19170/page-385) in the Entertainment District in Toronto.

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