He is 56 & has proved remarkably adept at making unlikely projects come true.
The architects, he adds, "have a history of rethinking conventional archetypes and of taking unlikely projects just to see where they will lead".
The spreading crinolines - all in down - shown on mannequins, like a frozen ball scene, were proof that the materials could be used for unlikely projects.
As Mr. Shaiman demonstrated in, of all things, the movie version of "South Park," the raunchy cartoon show, he can infuse even the most unlikely projects with genuine Broadway effervescence.
But Herzog and de Meuron have a history of rethinking conventional archetypes and of taking on unlikely projects just to see where they will lead, and 1111 Lincoln Road, the parking structure they have just built in Miami Beach, is one of the most compelling things they have done in years.
While Times Square is not known for star gazing — the celestial kind, that is — and few people would normally venture onto a pitch-black ball field in Inwood to see the constellations, two unrelated, if not unlikely, projects hope to turn the city's night eyes skyward.
