The Egg is famously strange
The Egg has popped on another "weird building" list -- it's #4 on Popular Mechanics' list of "The World's 18 Strangest Buildings--And Why We Love Them." The mag geeks out on The Egg's "intensive support system."
Last year the theater showed up on a list of 50 strange buildings. One more list and we think The Egg gets inducted into the hall of fame.
Earlier on AOA:
+ Cracking open the origins of The Egg
+ Talking with They Might Be Giants' John Flansburgh about The Egg
(Thanks, Arielle!)
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Albany has an Egg-shaped building? Who knew!
... said Inside Joke on Jul 31, 2009 at 1:26 PM | link
Reeeealllly?
... said Inside joke recipient on Jul 31, 2009 at 2:18 PM | link
"As for the ovoid spaceship that is the Egg, not a state building at all but a performing arts center, it continues and expands on the same leitmotifs that pervade the rest of the complex: disorientation, alienation, and confusion." -- from an essay by Lo Faber http://www.lofaber.com/albany/essaymaking.html
... said Colleen on Jul 31, 2009 at 3:55 PM | link