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Sunday, July 20, 2008

Frank Gehry's "Dancing House" (The Fred & Ginger Building), in Prague, Czech Republic


I used to walk along the Vlatva river in Prague while I studied there in '99 for a semester, always awed and happy to see Fred & Ginger dancing in large above and next to me. It's amazing how a material as sharp and fragile as glass was constructed into a form that appears to flow and evokes the image of a swaying female dancer. If he doesn't catch her, she'll shatter.