![]() “There’s very little room to mess with it inside. Gehry said that in a skyscraper project of this size he was constrained by the need to make the apartments conform to a general set of what is needed: walls without sharp edges, predictable layout, etc. The tower’s most defining characteristic is its skin, which has undulating streaks that ride up the building, like small aluminum waves. This is not a physical but a spiritual pain, though the body has some share in it-even a considerable share. The sweetness caused by this intense pain is so extreme that one cannot possibly wish it to cease, nor is one’s soul content with anything but God. The pain was so severe that it made me utter several moans. When he pulled it out I felt that he took them with it, and left me utterly consumed by the great love of God. This he plunged into my heart several times so that it penetrated to my entrails. In his hands I saw a great golden spear, and at the iron tip there appeared to be a point of fire. He was not tall but short, and very beautiful and his face was so aflame that he appeared to be one of the highest rank of angels, who seem to be all on fire…. This is her description of the event that Bernini depicts:īeside me, on the left, appeared an angel in bodily form…. She lived during the middle of the 16th century in Spain - at the height of the Reformation. Saint Theresa was a nun who was canonized because of the spiritual visions she experienced. I look for ways to express feeling in a building without using historic decoration.” At 8 Spruce, we’re using Bernini’s folds to inspire the façade. ![]() Michelangelo had stacks of drawings of fabric. All artists through the ages have spent time on the fold. The young priest was howling with laughter when he saw me in the front row, trying to kneel when everyone else kneels, but doing it wrong. I don’t know how to do the crossing myself very well. You can only see it during Mass and in order to see the little chapel it’s in, you have to get to the front pew and lean forward. The first time I saw his sculpture of Saint Teresa was in 1960. “One of my greatest influences is the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. His greatest artistic influence? Here’s what he had to say: ![]() Gehry’s first major residential project in New York City. The architect just opened New York by Gehry at 8 Spruce St., a 76-story tower that is the largest apartment building in the Western Hemisphere and Mr. The Wall Street Journal ran an interesting interview with Frank Gehry over the weekend. Courtesy Francois Dischinger for The Wall Street Journal
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