Frank Stella discusses his 'Failed Architecture' on the Roof of the Met
Frank Stella's architectural projects have never been built. Not a single one. ArchRecord does a fine job of covering the obvious issues in the trajectory of Stella's career, but sheds no light on the details of his failure to realize these fantastic designs. I've always assumed his work is not taken seriously by architects who may be more than a little envious of his vision and independence.
Regardless, the interview is fantastic, and the supporting media is a treat!
BR: What if I just say the word “curves”? How do you respond?
FS: One way or the other, the issue of compound-curved surfaces somehow just dug in, and then that’s probably where the computer came in—when everyone decided that they can do curves and they can do blobs and anybody can do it. But not just anybody has been able to actually build them because they still are a problem.
But you know with Nervi and Le Corbusier, the curved forms, they’re there. It’s not that they haven’t been around. But the more complex versions of the curved forms have been sloughed off. You can see it even in Frank. Yes, he has the curved surfaces, but, by and large, they’re dealt with in quite a traditional way. It’s not that easy to make the surfaces run. But Nervi certainly and Corbusier did do it.
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