Sign of the future?
Utah Flash owner Brandt Andersen is announcing Friday a face lift on the Open Court basketball arena in Lehi that will give Utah a preview of the massive development renowed architect Frank Gehry is supposed to create in Lehi. Andersen says he wants the building to bring some art to the community:
This [Open Court] is a building everyone sees and loves. It's cool inside; it just needs a complete face-lift on the outside. We're going to make it a high-tech, postmodern place. It will be a little edgy, but I have no misgivings about what it's for.What's he got in mind, vinyl siding and some plastic flamingoes? He's got a job ahead. Look at the building that "everybody loves," pictured* above. It makes a Quonset hut look like Notre Dame.
It goes without saying, Gehry isn't doing the makeover. Instead, the D-league b
asketball owner says, an "up-and-coming architect" will reconfigure the basketball facility's exterior, presumably to look something like Gehry's work at right.If I were Lehi officials, I'd start asking some hard questions about the Gehry project.
*This is one of the few buildings that Google Street View improves.
2 Comments:
Uh, what's this got to do with Irish football?
My kids and several other kids in our neighborhood do love that building. We travel from SLC so they can participate in sports there. Good news that it will be under new management and receive some upgrades. Much needed.
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