The Brooklyn Paper reports that Ratner has scrapped the airplane hangar design and has opted instead for the clamshell pictured to the left.
"The new renderings of the $800-million arena are a collaboration
between that firm, Ellerbe Beckett, and a new partner, the New
York-based boutique firm SHoP Architects.
“The Barclays Center will quickly become an iconic part of the Brooklyn landscape,” Ratner said in a statement issued on
www.barclayscenter.com
a Web site with the fresh renderings. “The design is elegant and
intimate and also a bold architectural statement that will nicely
complement the surrounding buildings and neighborhoods. The Barclays
Center will be innovative in its look and use of materials, including
weathered steel and glass, and will be the best place in the world to
watch a basketball game and other forms of sports and entertainment.”
Obviously Ratner thinks it's the cat's pajamas but what do you think of the new design?
The “bold architectural statement that will nicely complement the surrounding buildings and neighborhoods” are what’s left after Rattner tears down the other stuff. But what’s those fuzzy shapes in the sky? Must be the affordable housing.