[dave weil]

On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 09:15:08 -0400, "Harry Lavo"
wrote:


wrote in message
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Thank GOD they didn't make it a modernist piece of garbage like the
Disney concert hall.
I hate that building.


I feel the opposite. Building a neo-classical building in this day and age
is a complete cop-out and a homage to poor taste.

I don't entirely disagree. However, the neo-classical design was
actually as pragmatic as anything. It was actually more cost effective
in the long run to do it this way because it kept the costs down,
believe it or not. Also, they see this building as having a shelf life
of at least 300 years, unlike most of the buildings that surround it.

It also sort of ties into Nashville's old tag as "The Athens of the
South". After all, we have a full-sized replica of The Parthenon g.

Believe it or not, the building doesn't seem "in poor taste" when you
view it. It DOES like shiny and new, which is a contradiction, but
given a few years of urban pollution, I think it remind people of the
great concert halls of Europe. It's not as grand as Vienna's Opera
House (not enough elevation for one) but it does come off as fairly
stately.

The Symphony board was impressed by the Berlin facility, but quickly
decided that they preferred the sound of the Concertgeboux and other
shoebox designs, so that's what they went with...

Still, there is a valid point about neo-classic designs. They are by
nature highly derivative. When you consider the alternative of what
Nashville has thrown out there, I guess I'm glad they stayed
conservative:

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