In the new Rotunda there are excerpts from Kelvin Browne's upcoming book, Bold Visions: The Architecture of the ROM. And an interview with Libeskind, who hates computers:
"Computers plague architecture. They're fast. They're fun. Architecture, however, is a cultural discipline. It's rooted in tradition and if you don't get in touch with that tradition, architecture becomes an odd experiment. Computers don't help you get in touch with that tradition necessarily. I said in Breaking Ground that "you can provide the chords and specify the vibrations, the music is everywhere. Between the technique and the art is a mystery." What I mean is that if you hear the piano when you're listening to a performance, it's not a very good performance. When you hear the music, the technique disappears. I think the technique of making a building should disappear in its making and its construction. It's true in all the arts. Unfortunately, the computer is all too evident in many building designs today."