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I edited the passages about the heat from the polished steel, it now better explains the problems. My source was a History Channel Modern Marvels: Engineering disasters episode so I don't know how to source it.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg (talk) 04:10, 13 November 2005 (UTC) reply

I found a reference to a paper by the engineers who analyzed the problem and recommended fixes. -- Sommerfeld 17:33, 18 May 2006 (UTC) reply

The section about the reflection problems is erroneous and misleading. The History Channel also got it wrong. I work at the hall and here is the story; It was only the reflection from a small section of the garlic clove shaped Founders Room that was a problem. This is only 2% of the building. It is on the corner of First Street and Hope. This was one of the only parts of the building which was originally mirror finish. After residents in the condos across the street (on Hope Street) complained, Mr. Gehry's team approved the brushing of the mirror finish to dull it. The one section (a sub section of the Founders Room) was brushed and the problem was solved. No other place was brushed and the majority of the exterior remains as it was when it was finished in June 2003.

Thank You. October 15, 2006

There is a link in the reference section that is supposed to go the LA article but it redirects to here: http://people.zap2it.com/p/Josh-Groban/224283. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Griffon4 ( talk • contribs) 20:38, 13 September 2011 (UTC) reply

I'm no architecture expert, but this does bear a striking resemblance to the Imperial War Museum North in Salford (Manchester, UK). Whether or not there are any solid connections between the buildings, I think a link to the Museum would be relevant for anybody interested in the design. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.110.59.80 ( talk) 16:04, 22 January 2011 (UTC) reply

According to a sign in front of the WDCH and a number of articles, <A HREF=" http://kcrw.org/gallery/images/at040622cc.jpg">this sculpture</A> by Claes Oldenburg will be added in front of the building by the end of '06. Should someone start a blurb about it now? Thanks.

LE

Note, as an employee of the building, I can confirm that the structure has been scratched (it will not happen) due to cost of materials skyrocketing.

Thanks.

All of these exterior images are good, but can someone provide an interior image? -- Oakshade 06:14, 21 December 2006 (UTC) reply

This is of course a POV - but there are several news articles critising the design of it as (a) not tasteful (b) impractical and (c) looking like a messed up version of the sydney opera house! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.69.88.27 ( talk • contribs) 22:00, 6 September 2006 (UTC) reply

and (d) just another version of the ugly Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and a giant version of the also ugly Weisman Art Museum and several other monstrosities Gehry has perpetuated on unwitting communities. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.15.115.165 ( talk • contribs) 22:15, 9 August 2007 (UTC) reply

You meant "critic", or "criticism", huh?

Well i got a new one here: Samuels, David (April 2008). "Shooting Britney". The Atlantic Monthly. 301 (3): p.46. ..., the core of the decayed downtown is wrapped around Frank Gehry's undulating, steel-clad concert hall, which looks like a giant steel-capped molar in a mouthful of rotting teeth. {{ cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= ( help); |pages= has extra text ( help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= ( help) -- Jerome Potts ( talk) 20:04, 7 March 2008 (UTC) reply

With all the praise given to the acoustical quality, the article really needs to tell us who was the sound engineer who designed the acoustics. Does anybody know? I remember that he was Japanese. -- MiguelMunoz ( talk) 07:58, 21 May 2008 (UTC) reply

It is amazing that a whole section of this article is dedicated to whatever trashy pop associations may be visited on this wholly undistinguished piece of corporate power architechture, but nothing is said of either the inaugural concerts by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, or of the orchestra's relationship to an acoustically mediocre and esthetically uninspiring venue.

208.87.248.162 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 13:02, 5 September 2009 (UTC). reply

I have never seen such ugly rubbish in architecture in all my life

Christ! Definately one for the arty farties. It is a political statement as it hates the traditional

Gehry designs rubbish! And ugly rubbish at that —Preceding unsigned comment added by Amband ( talk • contribs) 08:44, 11 December 2009 (UTC) reply

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The Walt Disney Concert Hall is the fourth hall of the Los Angeles Music Center and houses the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Los Angeles Master Chorale, among others. It was designed by Frank Gehry, with acoustics designed by Yasuhisa Toyota. The Disney family contributed more than $100 million to the project. The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is seen to the right. This photograph was taken from near the corner of Grand Ave and 2nd Street, Los Angeles, California.Photo: John O'Neill

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Architect, anybody?

The omission of the architect from this main-page feature is a reflection of the way in which the designer is/was treated in the Introduction of this article.

• Introducing the architect's name in a sentence beginning "The Frank Gehry-designed building.... is just plain rude. His name belongs in the first sentence.
• Never reduce a designer to a mere adjective when you are writing the introduction on the subject of their work.

The adjectival use is acceptable when the architect/artist's name is given already, or a comparison if being made between similar works by different artists, e.g. The Wren church has a recessed portal while the Hawksmoor church has a Classical portico.

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• The name of Yasuhisa Toyota, the designer of the acoustics, doesn't belong in brackets as if its inclusion is an after-thought.

Amandajm ( talk) 01:13, 9 October 2013 (UTC) reply

Hans Scharoun's name appears as Hans Sharon. Scharoun's Philharmonie in Berlin, completed in the early 1960s, is the forerunner of so many modern concert halls and was truly epoch-making. The least they could do is get his name right. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.91.166.53 ( talk) 17:39, 3 January 2018 (UTC) reply

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