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Frank Gehry’s Software Keeps Buildings on Budget
Canada Architecture News - Feb 18, 2009 - 11:05 10050 views
When Bruce Ratner hired Frank Gehry in 2004 to design a wrinkled-looking 76-story residential skyscraper in Manhattannear the Brooklyn Bridge, the market for eye-popping luxurycondominiums was booming, and the world-class architect’smultimillion-dollar fees probably seemed relatively insignificant. Now,however, the economy is crumbling, the building is envisioned as rentalapartments and Mr. Gehry is bringing a more potent tool to controlcosts than most architects can deliver.
www.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/business/11gehry.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=barcelona&st=nyt
