Uh oh...

I wouldn't mind seeing that building in person sometime.

Function follows form on this one.

Wouldn't the mold on the exterior be a materials problem? I guess I'm not sure if Gehry simply drew up the building or if he oversaw the whole process, start to finish.

I used to live in Kendall sq where that building is located. Let me tell you it is an absolute eyesore. It reflects so much light that it is blinding to the whole street. There are alot of really ugly buildings and really beautiful buildings on the MIT campus.

whatever... caveat emptor. MIT is lame anyway. Viva Gehry!

for that price he better come back and fix his errors

I'm with Marcella...many of Gehry's designs are absolutely gorgeous and functional. I wonder how this suit will play out tho.

I also love Santiago Calatrava.

I love this building, its so pretty! Its really unfortunate that there're issues.

It's a beautiful building. Unfortunately, you have to expect some unexpected problems with contemporary design solutions.

I feel bad for the builders though. The NYT article says that the building company formally suggested some changes and Gehry refused. Yet they are co-defendants in the lawsuit. Sigh.

But the question of who shall pay for malfunctions should've been ironed out in the contract before the thing was built, no?

I love Gehry's work. It's too bad about the legal problems though.

None of his designs are functional. Ever. Do you know how he designs a building? He builds models that are completely abstract and have nothing to do with the natural surrounding. Then he tells his other architects "make it work". True function would be Normal Foster. Look how he incorporated his work into the Reichstag. The Gherkin, the Millennium Bridge. This isn't Gehrys first boo boo. I heard Bilbao has some problems of its own. Sue his butt off MIT.

My company is 2 blocks from this building. IT looks SO COOL, it's an amazing piece of architecture....too bad it was poorly designed.

the architectural firm i work for is in the original gehry building which he built and worked from for years. maybe we should pull our desks out into the parking lot

Uh oh...this will be a case worth following as it unfolds.

I work at MIT in a building very near this one... it is SO COOL... and the inside is even crazier. Too bad it's avant garde-ness led to these kinds of problems, though.

It is the BUILDER'S job to make sure that the design is implemented in a way that functions correctly after it is built. I don't understand why this lawsuit is focusing on Gehry more than the builder. I went to architecture school and worked for an architecture firm for a year afterwards, and no matter what the design, an engineer is always brought in to do the structural design. I've also worked for a construction company and they would always make the necessary changes to a building plan if they saw something that would not function correctly in the real world.

With that said, sucks they are having issues with it, but I would really like to check out this building!