Comments on: The Ando Building: Where does the water from the reflecting pool go? http://2buildings1blog.org/pulitzer/2009/12/02/the-ando-building-where-does-water-from-the-reflecting-pool-go/ The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts and Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis have joined together to create the Contemporary-Pulitzer blog which, for the first time, combines the perspectives of two separate institutions with differing missions within the same blog. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:49:40 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Amy http://2buildings1blog.org/pulitzer/2009/12/02/the-ando-building-where-does-water-from-the-reflecting-pool-go/comment-page-1/#comment-19229 Amy Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:08:54 +0000 http://2buildings1blog.org/pulitzer/?p=1402#comment-19229 Hi, Andrew. Excellent question about the concrete's smoothness at the Pulitzer. You might like to read this blog post: http://2buildings1blog.org/pulitzer/2009/06/30/if-these-walls-could-talk/. You'll find there a Steve Morby video and a link to Morby's article "Constructing Concrete as an Art Form," which explains the process of creating the Ando trademark. Thanks for suggesting the topic again for others who might have missed it, and thanks for your feedback. We really appreciate it! Hi, Andrew. Excellent question about the concrete’s smoothness at the Pulitzer. You might like to read this blog post: http://2buildings1blog.org/pulitzer/2009/06/30/if-these-walls-could-talk/. You’ll find there a Steve Morby video and a link to Morby’s article “Constructing Concrete as an Art Form,” which explains the process of creating the Ando trademark. Thanks for suggesting the topic again for others who might have missed it, and thanks for your feedback. We really appreciate it!

]]> By: Andrew Raimist http://2buildings1blog.org/pulitzer/2009/12/02/the-ando-building-where-does-water-from-the-reflecting-pool-go/comment-page-1/#comment-19209 Andrew Raimist Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:21:52 +0000 http://2buildings1blog.org/pulitzer/?p=1402#comment-19209 It's quite interesting to hear the explanation of the function and structure of the reflecting pool. It's certainly of the magical features of the building and brings a wonderful sense of openness and vitality into the core of the building. A question about the building that I've considered over many years relates to the smooth consistent texture and color of the concrete wall finishes. I understand there were some difficulties in achieving the result specified by architect Tadao Ando. It’s quite interesting to hear the explanation of the function and structure of the reflecting pool. It’s certainly of the magical features of the building and brings a wonderful sense of openness and vitality into the core of the building.

A question about the building that I’ve considered over many years relates to the smooth consistent texture and color of the concrete wall finishes. I understand there were some difficulties in achieving the result specified by architect Tadao Ando.

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