WHAT DO YOU THINK IF XANADU'S COLOR SCHEME?

The billion-dollar-plus Xanadu project in the Meadowlandshas caused a good deal of controversy since it was first announced.The most recent uproar was over its somewhat…ahem…exuberant colorscheme. The public backlash against it was so extreme that lastweek the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority called on theproject's architects to defend their color and pattern choices.Like many New Jersey residents, the majority of our pollrespondents (64%) think Xanadu is an eyesore. Slightly less than aquarter (21%) believe the controversy is much ado about nothing. Amere 14% support the color choice. Seth Leeb, an architect with hisown practice in Morris County and current president of the NewJersey branch of the American Institute of Architects, thinks it'stoo soon for us to be passing judgment at all. Here is what he hadto say:

"As president and therefore a representative of AIA New Jersey,I can't render an opinion on whether a particular design or colorscheme is good or bad. We can't do that as an organization. It canbe an unfair thing to do, anyway.