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An architect's frustration

Archiseek / Canada / News / 2004 / May 13

Frank Gehry was in a curious state of mind yesterday in Toronto: by turns exhilarated and frustrated. Exhilarated by the commission to design the trophy for the World Cup of Hockey, which he conceived as an elongated metal vase sheathed in an outer layer of twisted plastic. A merger of technology and high design, the trophy reads like a stamen wrapped in petals of ice. At the same time, Gehry can't help but express his frustration over the redevelopment of the Art Gallery of Ontario, a project that exemplifies the conservative culture of architecture in Canada.

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