George Lucas' design for new building is twin of Hearst Castle ...

Casa Grande, the main house at the Hearst Castle in San Simeon. A media mogul becomes rich and builds his own Xanadu, micromanaging the design of each stately edifice.

[Reader]

This new Lucas building very closely resembles Hearst's San Simeon. Hello!

[ccs]

I don't get it, here someone builds some of the nicest and tasteful buildings to the highest standards in Marin, and is just constantly criticized. What about the Marcile Mile, or the BofA building, or the Red Hill shopping center,*those* no one has any problem with?! Maybe that *is* the problem, his buildings aren't in character these shining pearls of good taste and unplagiarized beauty in Marin County. So instead his plans are compared to the most goddy estate in California and further more when you're not granted an interview you twist his intuition to stay away from your spin zone in to that he's an eccentric recluse! Just wow. Small town paper.

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

The next thing you'll be telling me is that Rosebud is the name of his sled.

[Frank Lloyd Wrong]

Really rich white guy builds really rich white guy house..boring! Why do these affluent types get to use up enough materials for a thousand houses? Maybe to satisfy the emptiness that filthy lucre brings.

[Frank Lloyd Wrong]

Another Mc mansion by another rich recluse.
http://tinyurl.com/rosebudgl

[nora]

If I read the article correctly it said the new building is a production
studio which means employment for citizens. It seems to me that
George Lucas has done far more good for the Bay Area than many,
his vision continues to provide work in wonderful settings for lots of
people. This new building is beautiful!

[Road Rash]

Frank Lloyd Wrong wrote:

Really rich white guy builds really rich white guy house..boring! Why do these affluent types get to use up enough materials for a thousand houses? Maybe to satisfy the emptiness that filthy lucre brings.

He has proposed building a digital film production building not a house. This will be a place of business. Like those multi story buildings that are in SF.

[Jimmie Foster]

Frank Lloyd Wrong wrote:

Another Mc mansion by another rich recluse.
http://tinyurl.com/rosebudgl

Don't worry. It's out on Lucas Valley Road. You'll never lay eyes on it.

[Nora Webb]

First of all, the building will be beautiful, as George Lucas has an amazing aesthetic. Secondly, look at all the employment Lucas Films has brought to the Bay Area! And thirdly, it isn't a home for him, it is a production studio. I say, good luck George Lucas!

[Jimmie Foster]

Jimmie Foster wrote:

<quoted text>Don't worry. It's out on Lucas Valley Road. You'll never lay eyes on it.

Too far to ride on your bike.

[Sea]

His property, his money. Why not? Use local Contractors and Labor. Make it a condition of the permit

[Dave]

Jimmie Foster wrote:

<quoted text>Don't worry. It's out on Lucas Valley Road. You'll never lay eyes on it.

Let him build a giant Weinerschnitzel if he wants. I don't get Marin's need to get in everyone else's business.

[doug l]

Awsome design annd well worth emulating and indeed even copying. I'm sure there are those that would love another of those precious idiosyncratic mashups straight from CAD capabilities of Frank Gehry or Daniel Liebeskind, but aside from the fawning sophisticates, not many people actually like them much. Not to disparage all modern architecture because when infused with a sense of place, its surroundings and people's instinctive need for natural features, modern approaches can be very gratifiying. Renzo Piano's recent work comes to mind just as it stands in stark contrast to so many of the rest.
Keep up the excellent tradition in desing, respect for material and human scale, Mr Lucas. Cheers.

[Jimmie Foster]

doug l wrote:

Awsome design annd well worth emulating and indeed even copying. I'm sure there are those that would love another of those precious idiosyncratic mashups straight from CAD capabilities of Frank Gehry or Daniel Liebeskind, but aside from the fawning sophisticates, not many people actually like them much. Not to disparage all modern architecture because when infused with a sense of place, its surroundings and people's instinctive need for natural features, modern approaches can be very gratifiying. Renzo Piano's recent work comes to mind just as it stands in stark contrast to so many of the rest.
Keep up the excellent tradition in desing, respect for material and human scale, Mr Lucas. Cheers.

Good point. Except that 99.999 percent of the population of Marin will never lay eyes on it.

[Ticketsplease]

Once George's studio is built, the line of slack-jawed tourist will fill Lucas Valley Road. Unlike the other Lucas structures off Lucas Valley Road, Lucas Castle will be an easy view from the road. Lot of photo opportunities, I see, yes.

May the traffic enforcement be with you....

[dano]

"Even though people still love him, there is a very passionate love-hate relationship that people have with him," Phillippe said. "He's very reclusive. He's very disconnected from his fans. There is a mystery about George. He's just as mysterious as Citizen Kane."

No--we just really don't care. He provides jobs and makes movies.
I like the fact he's quiet. I wish he would use the I.J. to post jobs--though.

[Vote for Pedro]

I like his work. I don't know enough about him, nor architecture to provide the unique perspective that you chatterboxes have. It must be nice to have an opinion. I envy you all.

[Mariner]

If George Lucas rented out his ego, the entire state of California would fit with room to spare.

[Bonnie Russell]

Good Lord - there are bigger things going on to get ones knickers in a twist, over.

Sacramento
http://www.sacbee.com/ourregion/story/1030603...

LA
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-child...

San Diego
http://www.youtube.com/watch...

(Nothing's changed since this Grand Jury report)
http://www.co.san-diego.ca.us/cnty/cntydepts/...

Anyone see a pattern of abuse by elected officials?

Anyone care about kids over, say; buildings?

I thought so.

You go George.

[linnielin]

Another person with tooooo much money. Shouldn't it be something that blends into the landscape? Thank goodness you can't see it off the road.