When the conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, took the podium of the new Walt Disney Concert Hall one morning in late June, anticipation hung in the air. Fewer than a dozen people were scattered about the 2,265-seat auditorium, including the architect, Frank Gehry.
OUTSIDE, THE GORGEOUS billowing curves and swoops of the nearly finished stainless-steel exterioralready an L.A. landmarkshimmered. Yet this stunning building will truly succeed only if the quality of its sound matches its physical beauty. That June day marked the first time the full orchestra had played in the new hall. Salonen led the musicians into the opening bars of Mozarts Jupiter Symphony, but he soon tapped his baton, stopped and scanned the hall for Gehry. Frank, he said, well keep it. Gehry started crying. [MSNBC]
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Dear sir/madam,
I’m a postgraduate majoring in architecture in Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, Hubei province, china. In our postgraduate education, each of us must have one or two papers published before the end of this semester. For me, April 5th is the deadline of the paper.
These days I’m working on a paper about the recent work of Maggie’s Cancer Caring center by Frank.O.Gerhy. The building is very attractive to me, and obviously I want to know more details about it. Because it is such a new work that in China hardly can I find any book or magazine introducing the building elaborately to us. Not until my friend Tong Hao, who is now studying in England recommended you to me did the idea of contacting you and asking for help occurred to me. Could you please provide the plans of different floors and sections of the building for me? They are most critical to my paper.
Here is my address
Lijia Cang
West 9 Dormitory, Room 134
Postgraduate of Grade 2003, Architecture and City Planning Department
Huzhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
Tel: +86 027-87547212(dormitory)
+86 027-87543194(office)
Email: clj3.1@163.com
QQ: 35553763
If you have any difficulty in contacting me directly, please turn to my friend Tong Hao. His address is as below,
Tong Hao
Mphil student
2 East 3.20
Telecommunications, Space & Radio Group
Dept. Electronic & Electrical Eng.
University of Bath
Cleverton down
BATH BA2 7AY U.K
Tel: +44(0) 1225-38-6313(office)
+44(0) 1225-37-2582(home)
Email: eepth@bath.ac.uk
Your generous help means much to me and I’m looking forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
Lijia Cang