Frank Gehry and The Leaky Building

Frank Gehry, famed for making buildings that look as if they escaped a sci fi movie or a funhouse, is being sued over a building he designed for M.I.T. The building, which looks like a cake whose layers are slipping out of place, has water issues. M.I.T charges that flaws in Frank Gehry’s design of the $300 million Stata Center in Cambridge, one of the most celebrated works of architecture unveiled in years, caused leaks to spring, masonry to crack, mold to grow, and drainage to back up. It leaks. Other than that, everything is fine.The suit also says that…

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