Media Fun Day, Ctd. (More Pictures for Your Eyes of the Wyly and the Winspear) » WinspearOpera

Our tour of the Wyly completed, we mosied over the Winspear Opera Ho. As opposed to the Wyly, which Prince-Ramus described as a "theater engine," the Winspear is a glorious, soaring space -- especially in the lobby. I really like the Wyly. But it's a intellectual treat. The Winspear speaks to the soul. Everywhere you look, you want to take a picture. Which I did. Forgive me. I tried to edit these down.

Our tour of the Wyly completed, we mosied over the Winspear Opera Ho. As opposed to the Wyly, which Prince-Ramus described as a “theater engine,” the Winspear is a glorious, soaring space — especially in the lobby. I really like the Wyly. But it’s a intellectual treat. The Winspear speaks to the soul. Everywhere you look, you want to take a picture. Which I did. Forgive me. I tried to edit these down.

As noted earlier in the blog, I have a crush on architect Joshua Prince-Ramus. But here's the other interesting thing about him: when we were going through fact check on the story we published in October, we received a three-page fax from P-R correcting the way we'd identified the Wyly's designer. It's complicated. Koolhaas and P-R used to work together. Then they split. The Wyly was conceived and built before, during, and after this split. I am simplifying here, but P-R's fax to us essentially said: you're not giving me enough credit. I asked him about this dual credit, and he gave a very polite, political-sounding answer about how he and Koolhaas work (or worked) really well together, blah, blah. I don't buy it. IJS.
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