Frank Gehry: Torn Between Two Lovers

Apparently the "Bride of Frankengehry" isn't  the only woman on the jet-setting playboy's mind. Via the recovering architect at Veritas et Venustas, we learn that the lovely ladies of Brighton, England have also caught his wandering eye.

Gehry on his project in Brooklyn:

Discussing “Miss Brooklyn,” which would sit at the intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush avenues, Gehry said, “When we were studying Brooklyn, we happened upon a wedding, a real Brooklyn wedding. And we decided that ‘Miss Brooklyn’ was a bride.”
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“She’s a bride with flowing veils,” Gehry said. “OK, I got carried away. But if you’d seen that bride, you’d understand.  I fell in love with her.”

Gehry on his project in Brighton (UK):

Gentility gets a look-in, though: he has remained true to the idea of Victorian ladies being blown along the seafront with billowing dresses. "One thing that impresses me is the Victorian character of the town," he says. "I've got this picture of the maidens in their floating dresses in Brighton on the wall of my office. It's a kind of inspiration and the towers now do look as if they relate to that." The towers are each 24 storeys and 250 feet high.

Frankie is proving to be quite the ladies' man, although I must admit if find it a bit rakish to be recycling love letters! You must eventually make a choice old bean or be thought a bounder and a cad.

Do you love the Brooklyn Bride with her flowing veil or is it the Billowing Brighton Betties with their floating dresses that inspire you? What other paramours do you have stashed around the globe? Please do the honorable thing sir. We must maintain some standards of decency.

I wonder if the people of Brighton are singing "An Archi in the UK?"

More on Frank's commitment to recycling at  Gehry in Brooklynighton.