An Arts School Defined By Its Cost Overruns?

“At the new arts high school downtown, it has become nearly impossible to separate the substance of the architecture. Rarely has the firm’s architecture seemed so visually dramatic — or so politically out of touch. In its finished form, the school emerges as a symbol not so much of a rudderless school district as one where the person at the helm is continually changing — and the direction of the ship can swing markedly from year to year.”