With the glow of the olympics now faded, much of the world’s attention has moved past the games and to other world affairs. I for one will miss the olympics and will miss all the stunning shots of Herzog & de Meuron’s wonderful Beijing National Stadium (seen below courtesy of the olympics official website).
Beijing National Stadium
Not too long ago, Herzog & de Meuron were commissioned by UT to build the Blanton Museum. Thanks to good ol’ boy provincial politics, (and a couple vocal UT’s regents), the original plans of these pritzker prize winning architects were rejected. I found a few of their original renderings online. I’ll post them below so we can see what could have been.
A view from Jester
A view from MLK blvd.
As it turns out, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron are on the faculty at Harvard. Maybe I’ll meet them there and apologize for our silly regents and see if they’ll return to Austin and build something else. Maybe they can build a new Taco Deli?
