From the Globe article where TSAR Group reacts:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...r-condo-slight-developer-says/article1655307/
The Globe and Mail: Your company is demolishing the former home of Frank Gehry’s grandparents, where the renowned architect spent a lot of time as a child, and putting up a condo that Gehry described as “awful.” How did it feel when you heard what he had to say?
Tyler Hershberg: Frank Gehry favours curved spaces. I don’t think you’re going to find many condo buildings in this city or any other city that Frank Gehry would approve of.
The Globe and Mail: What’s it like to be called out by the man some people believe to be the world’s greatest living architect?
Hershberg: Actually, Gehry sent an unsolicited letter today to the building’s architects (Core Architects) apologizing for what he said and explaining that he hadn’t seen the building, just an early artist concept.
Globe: Does Frank Gehry have questionable taste in condos?
Hershberg: We’re talking about art. It’s people’s taste.
The Globe interviewer was kind of an arse hole. Clueless or out for a scoop?
As for the plaque thing - what living person actually wants to be commemorated by a plaque? Doesn't that basically mean you are dead and have nothing else to contribute - hence the fact your accomplishments can be summarized in plaque form?