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I think the Experience Music Project is blobbier than the Guggenheim. The article says that the Guggenheim is the epitome of this, I'm not sure. We need to read the Safire article, cite it and get more info as to what he was talking about. We also need the Greg Lynn book that talks about this. DVD+ R/W 20:26, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
I've added Folds, Bodies & Blobs by Greg Lynn to the biblio (though I haven't read it yet), I know it is pertinent to this. DVD+ R/W 02:07, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
I added 1 EMP pic to the article. I'll go there and take more (esp. interiors). Here are two to consider from the EMP article. DVD+ R/W 02:19, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
Some rounded buildings or designs, or architects of such. dvd rw 22:43, 20 October 2006
I wonder if the literature postulates an evolution from Bucky Fuller's geodesic dome through the Eden Project (essentially combining the geometric simplicity of a geodesic dome with more forms to create structurally efficient structures analogous to soap bubbles) to the freer forms of the later blobitecture, selfridges, kunsthaus etc. but perhaps this is WP:OR? I'm also a little uncomfortable with "Blobitecture has been made by many architects who were a part of deconstructivism," Other than Gehry - who else? - is this citable? On another tack, I wonder if Frei Otto's and Günter Behnisch's tensile structures might be a contributing influence on the free forms (although, again, like geodesic domes there's much more structural rationale here) - Some thoughts to chew on anyway. -- Mcginnly | Natter 14:25, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
I clarified the important distinction between BLOB and blob architetcure more generally. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Brosi ( talk • contribs) 02:30, 17 December 2006 (UTC).
I put the "for some" back in: "For some, Blobitecture evokes the curves of the baroque and rococo, as well as those of art nouveau" since this is a supposition that is not true for all. There are some who would disagree. Brosi 16:31, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
I have no real problem with blobismus (even very funny), but is the German term current in the US? I have never heard it sued by US speakers. Brosi 02:13, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
As someone with lots of experience with both blobs (as an architect) and BLOBs (as a software engineer), I think that the characterization of BLOBs in the article is incorrect and that references to BLOBs should be removed. BLOBs are a specific type of data structure used in certain relational databases for the storage of large chunks of binary (unencoded) data; they are not a type of software application, and are not used in nurbs-based 3D modeling software of the sort commonly used by architects like Lynn.
Having now read Defenestration, I see that this comes from the Safire column, which attributes the BLOB-to-blob connection to Lynn. Lynn, however, is probaby being disingenuous here; I suspect he is not admitting that the term is most used because of what it sounds like it means, rather than because of any actual relationship between BLOB datastructures and advanced geometric modeling. The similarity between the two is just coincidence, but one that Lynn is taking opportunity to use in promoting his argument; take it with a grain of salt.
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I think the Experience Music Project is blobbier than the Guggenheim. The article says that the Guggenheim is the epitome of this, I'm not sure. We need to read the Safire article, cite it and get more info as to what he was talking about. We also need the Greg Lynn book that talks about this. DVD+ R/W 20:26, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
I've added Folds, Bodies & Blobs by Greg Lynn to the biblio (though I haven't read it yet), I know it is pertinent to this. DVD+ R/W 02:07, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
I added 1 EMP pic to the article. I'll go there and take more (esp. interiors). Here are two to consider from the EMP article. DVD+ R/W 02:19, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
Some rounded buildings or designs, or architects of such. dvd rw 22:43, 20 October 2006
I wonder if the literature postulates an evolution from Bucky Fuller's geodesic dome through the Eden Project (essentially combining the geometric simplicity of a geodesic dome with more forms to create structurally efficient structures analogous to soap bubbles) to the freer forms of the later blobitecture, selfridges, kunsthaus etc. but perhaps this is WP:OR? I'm also a little uncomfortable with "Blobitecture has been made by many architects who were a part of deconstructivism," Other than Gehry - who else? - is this citable? On another tack, I wonder if Frei Otto's and Günter Behnisch's tensile structures might be a contributing influence on the free forms (although, again, like geodesic domes there's much more structural rationale here) - Some thoughts to chew on anyway. -- Mcginnly | Natter 14:25, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
I clarified the important distinction between BLOB and blob architetcure more generally. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Brosi ( talk • contribs) 02:30, 17 December 2006 (UTC).
I put the "for some" back in: "For some, Blobitecture evokes the curves of the baroque and rococo, as well as those of art nouveau" since this is a supposition that is not true for all. There are some who would disagree. Brosi 16:31, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
I have no real problem with blobismus (even very funny), but is the German term current in the US? I have never heard it sued by US speakers. Brosi 02:13, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
As someone with lots of experience with both blobs (as an architect) and BLOBs (as a software engineer), I think that the characterization of BLOBs in the article is incorrect and that references to BLOBs should be removed. BLOBs are a specific type of data structure used in certain relational databases for the storage of large chunks of binary (unencoded) data; they are not a type of software application, and are not used in nurbs-based 3D modeling software of the sort commonly used by architects like Lynn.
Having now read Defenestration, I see that this comes from the Safire column, which attributes the BLOB-to-blob connection to Lynn. Lynn, however, is probaby being disingenuous here; I suspect he is not admitting that the term is most used because of what it sounds like it means, rather than because of any actual relationship between BLOB datastructures and advanced geometric modeling. The similarity between the two is just coincidence, but one that Lynn is taking opportunity to use in promoting his argument; take it with a grain of salt.
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The intro image needs to be rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise. Dru of Id ( talk) 00:54, 6 December 2011 (UTC)