Frank Gehry gives journalist the finger - Revision history

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	The incident came a week after Gehry had opened the new Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris, which had met with fierce local opposition and was described by Guardian architecture critic Oliver Wainwright as " like a loud LV handbag a glitzy relative might bring you back from a duty-free splurge."<ref>Oliver Wainwright, "[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/21/frank-gehry-fondation-louis-vuitton-shows-he-doesnt-know-when-to-stop Frank Gehry's Fondation Louis Vuitton shows he doesn't know when to stop]," ''The Guardian'', October 21, 2014, retrieved August 19, 2016.</ref>		The incident came a week after Gehry had opened the new Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris, which had met with fierce local opposition and was described by Guardian architecture critic Oliver Wainwright as " like a loud LV handbag a glitzy relative might bring you back from a duty-free splurge."<ref>Oliver Wainwright, "[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/21/frank-gehry-fondation-louis-vuitton-shows-he-doesnt-know-when-to-stop Frank Gehry's Fondation Louis Vuitton shows he doesn't know when to stop]," ''The Guardian'', October 21, 2014, retrieved August 19, 2016.</ref>

	The 85 year old architect went on to apologize for his Oviedo indiscretion, citing jetlag and explaining he had been caught in a "bad moment."<ref>~~Schneider~~, "Frank Gehry gives 98% of architecture the finger."</ref>		The 85 year old architect went on to apologize for his Oviedo indiscretion, citing jetlag and explaining he had been caught in a "bad moment."<ref>Schjeldahl, "Frank Gehry gives 98% of architecture the finger."</ref>

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	=== "98 per cent of what gets built and designed today is pure shit" ===		=== "98 per cent of what gets built and designed today is pure shit" ===

	[[File:Schjeldahl-Frank-Gehry1-1200.jpg\|~~200px~~\|thumb\|~~left~~\|~~Frank Gehry gives journalist the finger.~~ Photograph by J. L. Cereijido / EPA]]		[[File:Schjeldahl-Frank-Gehry1-1200.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|right\|Photograph by J. L. Cereijido / EPA]]

	Frank Gehry gives journalist the finger was an incident that took place in Oviedo, Spain, in October 2014, where the architect was in attendance to receive a Prince of Asturias Award from King Felipe of Spain, for his notable achievements in the arts.		Frank Gehry gives journalist the finger was an incident that took place in Oviedo, Spain, in October 2014, where the architect was in attendance to receive a Prince of Asturias Award from King Felipe of Spain, for his notable achievements in the arts.<ref>Peter Schjeldahl, "[http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/frank-gehry-digital-defiance Frank Gehry’s Digital Defiance]," ''The New Yorker'', October 27, 2014, retrieved August 19, 2016.</ref>

	At a press conference held the day before he was presented with the award, the opening question to Gehry was “what his response was to people who accused him of creating architecture for show”, to which the architect simply replied by raising his middle finger.		At a press conference held the day before he was presented with the award, the opening question to Gehry was “what his response was to people who accused him of creating architecture for show”, to which the architect simply replied by raising his middle finger.<ref>Martin Schneider, "[http://dangerousminds.net/comments/frank_gehry_gives_98_of_architecture_the_finger Frank Gehry gives 98% of architecture the finger]," ''Dangerousminds.net'', October 26, 2016, retrieved August 19, 2016.</ref>

	After an uncomfortable silence, another journalist followed up on the impact of "emblematic" buildings in contemporary cities, to which the architect replied:		After an uncomfortable silence, another journalist followed up on the impact of "emblematic" buildings in contemporary cities, to which the architect replied:

	''"Let me tell you one thing. In the world we live in, 98 per cent of what gets built and designed today is pure shit. There's no sense of design nor respect for humanity or anything. They're bad buildings and that's it. Every now and then, however, a small number of people do something special. They're very few. But - my God! - leave us in peace! We dedicate ourselves to our work. [...] At the very least, don't ask stupid questions like this."''		<blockquote>"Let me tell you one thing. In the world we live in, 98 per cent of what gets built and designed today is pure shit. There's no sense of design nor respect for humanity or anything. They're bad buildings and that's it. Every now and then, however, a small number of people do something special. They're very few. But - my God! - leave us in peace! We dedicate ourselves to our work. [...] At the very least, don't ask stupid questions like this."<ref>Ibid.</ref></blockquote>

	As Peter Schjeldahl pointed out in The New Yorker, by expressing his 'digital defiance', Gehry "consciously mimed the shape of today’s predominant urban architectural style", the 'insolent shafts' of new developments like 432 Park Avenue ~~or even the new One World Trade Center in New York~~, "today's proliferating, meaningless urban menhirs".		Peter Schjeldahl pointed out in The New Yorker that, by expressing his 'digital defiance', Gehry "consciously mimed the shape of today’s predominant urban architectural style", the 'insolent shafts' of new developments like 432 Park Avenue, "today's proliferating, meaningless urban menhirs."<ref>Schjeldahl, "Frank Gehry’s Digital Defiance."</ref>

	The incident came a week after Gehry had opened the new Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris, which had met with fierce local opposition and was described by Guardian architecture critic Oliver Wainwright as " like a loud LV handbag a glitzy relative might bring you back from a duty-free splurge," ~~and "a crazed indulgence of over-engineering~~ [...] ~~certainly a spectacle~~".		The incident came a week after Gehry had opened the new Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris, which had met with fierce local opposition and was described by Guardian architecture critic Oliver Wainwright as " like a loud LV handbag a glitzy relative might bring you back from a duty-free splurge."<ref>Oliver Wainwright, "[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/21/frank-gehry-fondation-louis-vuitton-shows-he-doesnt-know-when-to-stop Frank Gehry's Fondation Louis Vuitton shows he doesn't know when to stop]," ''The Guardian'', October 21, 2014, retrieved August 19, 2016.</ref>

	The 85 year old architect ~~later apologised~~ for his Oviedo ~~indicretion~~, citing jetlag and explaining he had been caught in a "bad moment".		The 85 year old architect went on to apologize for his Oviedo indiscretion, citing jetlag and explaining he had been caught in a "bad moment."<ref>Schneider, "Frank Gehry gives 98% of architecture the finger."</ref>

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	After an uncomfortable silence, another journalist followed up on the impact of "emblematic" buildings in contemporary cities, to which the architect replied:		After an uncomfortable silence, another journalist followed up on the impact of "emblematic" buildings in contemporary cities, to which the architect replied:

	"Let me tell you one thing. In the world we live in, 98 per cent of what gets built and designed today is pure shit. There's no sense of design nor respect for humanity or anything. They're bad buildings and that's it. Every now and then, however, a small number of people do something special. They're very few. But - my God! - leave us in peace! We dedicate ourselves to our work. [...] At the very least, don't ask stupid questions like this."		''"Let me tell you one thing. In the world we live in, 98 per cent of what gets built and designed today is pure shit. There's no sense of design nor respect for humanity or anything. They're bad buildings and that's it. Every now and then, however, a small number of people do something special. They're very few. But - my God! - leave us in peace! We dedicate ourselves to our work. [...] At the very least, don't ask stupid questions like this."''

	As Peter Schjeldahl pointed out in The New Yorker, by expressing his 'digital defiance', Gehry "consciously mimed the shape of today’s predominant urban architectural style", the 'insolent shafts' of new developments like 432 Park Avenue or even the new One World Trade Center in New York, "today's proliferating, meaningless urban menhirs".		As Peter Schjeldahl pointed out in The New Yorker, by expressing his 'digital defiance', Gehry "consciously mimed the shape of today’s predominant urban architectural style", the 'insolent shafts' of new developments like 432 Park Avenue or even the new One World Trade Center in New York, "today's proliferating, meaningless urban menhirs".

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	=== ~~Architect describes~~ 98% of ~~modern architecture as ‘pure shit’ during press conference in northern Spain~~ ===		=== "98 per cent of what gets built and designed today is pure shit" ===

	[[File:Schjeldahl-Frank-Gehry1-1200.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|left\|Frank Gehry gives journalist the finger. Photograph by J. L. Cereijido / EPA]]		[[File:Schjeldahl-Frank-Gehry1-1200.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|left\|Frank Gehry gives journalist the finger. Photograph by J. L. Cereijido / EPA]]

	Frank Gehry ~~has described 98% of modern architecture as “shit” and given a~~ journalist the ~~middle~~ finger ~~salute at~~ a ~~press conference~~.		Frank Gehry gives journalist the finger was an incident that took place in Oviedo, Spain, in October 2014, where the architect was in attendance to receive a Prince of Asturias Award from King Felipe of Spain, for his notable achievements in the arts.

	~~Gehry~~, ~~architect of many renowned buildings such as~~ the ~~Guggenheim museum in Bilbao,~~ was ~~in Oviedo in northern Spain~~ to ~~collect the prestigious Prince~~ of ~~Asturias prize~~, which ~~King Felipe of Spain was due to present on Friday~~.		At a press conference held the day before he was presented with the award, the opening question to Gehry was “what his response was to people who accused him of creating architecture for show”, to which the architect simply replied by raising his middle finger.

	~~A press conference~~ in ~~Oviedo on Thursday got off to a bad start when a journalist asked whether Gehry’s own architecture was just about spectacle. Gehry’s response was~~ to ~~give the journalist~~ the ~~finger.~~		After an uncomfortable silence, another journalist followed up on the impact of "emblematic" buildings in contemporary cities, to which the architect replied:

	~~A long silence followed before~~ a ~~different reporter asked whether “emblematic buildings” such as his would continue~~ to ~~be a feature of modern cities~~.		"Let me tell you one thing. In the world we live in, 98 per cent of what gets built and designed today is pure shit. There's no sense of design nor respect for humanity or anything. They're bad buildings and that's it. Every now and then, however, a small number of people do something special. They're very few. But - my God! - leave us in peace! We dedicate ourselves to our work. [...] At the very least, don't ask stupid questions like this."

	~~“Let me tell you one thing~~,~~” he replied. “In this world we are living~~ in, ~~98% of everything that is built and designed~~ today ~~is pure shit. There’s no sense of design~~, ~~no respect for humanity or for anything else. They are damn buildings and that’s it~~.		As Peter Schjeldahl pointed out in The New Yorker, by expressing his 'digital defiance', Gehry "consciously mimed the shape of today’s predominant urban architectural style", the 'insolent shafts' of new developments like 432 Park Avenue or even the new One World Trade Center in New York, "today's proliferating, meaningless urban menhirs".

	~~“Once~~ in a ~~while, however~~, a ~~group~~ of ~~people do something special. Very few, but God, leave us alone~~. ~~We are dedicated to our work~~. ~~I don’t ask for work … I work with clients who respect the art of architecture~~. ~~Therefore, please don’t ask questions as stupid as that one~~.”		The incident came a week after Gehry had opened the new Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris, which had met with fierce local opposition and was described by Guardian architecture critic Oliver Wainwright as " like a loud LV handbag a glitzy relative might bring you back from a duty-free splurge," and "a crazed indulgence of over-engineering [...] certainly a spectacle".

	~~Gehry,~~ 85, went on to say that “Bilbao shows that good architecture can make a difference”. The Guggenheim helped to transform what was an industrial city in decline into a tourist destination and a hub of cultural activity.		The 85 year old architect later apologised for his Oviedo indicretion, citing jetlag and explaining he had been caught in a "bad moment".

	~~The Canadian~~ architect later apologised for his ~~behaviour~~, explaining ~~that~~ he had ~~jet lag and had only just arrived at the hotel. The journalists “caught me at~~ a bad ~~moment”, he said~~.

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