Crazy Cool Art museums: Boston ICA

May 26th, 2007 Buffalo architecture

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The ICA on the South End of Boston’s Harbor was completed last year and I read about in a NY Times review. Done by a fashionable duo of Diller + Scofidio. It reflects the also new Boston Convention Center seen below…
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(No…its’ not an alien spacecraft)
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It has some real nice public space with a boardwalk vibe to it with beautiful views all around…with talk of a new Weather Museum on Buffalo’s waterfront, this building presents a possible example. Everyone involved wants it to be architectually stunning and they should since this Boston ICA is just another of a million examples of various cities in the Western world adding contemporary, state of the art museums to show that they are a cultivated place.

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4 Responses to “Crazy Cool Art museums: Boston ICA”

  1. Steel Says:
    May 26th, 2007 at 9:47 pm

    I have to give this one a vote of Yuckers too. Check out this month’s Metropolis for a spot on editorial of this building and the press’ response to it.

  2. mark Says:
    May 28th, 2007 at 5:21 pm

    steel, i just read it today…i guess thats a pretty fair look at it actually. i still like it but i definitely understand that whole critic-architect relationship angle being talked about

  3. david Says:
    June 26th, 2007 at 2:10 pm

    I understand the criticism but I also still love this building and I love this kind of ambition. I hope we will see something like this in Buffalo soon.

  4. david Says:
    June 26th, 2007 at 2:30 pm

    http://www.metropolismag.com/cda/story.php?artid=2681

    heres a link to that Metropolis Citique

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