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I'm sure I've seen a picture of the full building somewhere. The image is a blue-tinted display of the building's facade - facing into a blue sky. It's a part of the stock wallpapers in Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick).

Can someone help me identify this building? I can't be the first - or the only - person to be interested in knowing.

Architecture Wallpaper

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  • No idea, but [the original is on flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/elslunko/4897785821/in/pool-1468716@N24) if it helps. – misterben Feb 21 '11 at 16:33

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It is the Walt Disney Concert hall in Los Angeles, designed by Frank Gehry.

From the photographer's site: http://edltphoto.com/2010/09/ubuntu-blue/

My photo of a portion of the Walt Disney Concert hall in Downtown Los Angeles.

A full sized picture of the concert hall is included below, a description is found here

Concert Hall

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    Anyone see irony in the dichotomy between freedom of ubuntu and the restricted free culture promoted by Disney? – Jay _silly_evarlast_ Wren Feb 21 '11 at 17:32
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    @Jay Not necessarily. It's like [The Cathedral and the Bazaar](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cathedral_and_the_Bazaar) - the centrally planned cathedral vs. the more or less free-for-all bazaar. Two different cultures, but I believe the world is big enough for both of them ;) – j-g-faustus Feb 21 '11 at 17:44
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    Irony? I see a pretty building that someone took a picture of. – Marco Ceppi Feb 21 '11 at 17:57
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    Thank you! Thank you! The Concert Hall was designed by [Frank Gehry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gehry) - a name every architecture geek knows :) There is a good description of the design from LAPhil [here](http://www.laphil.com/philpedia/wdch-overview.cfm). – Mei Feb 21 '11 at 19:13
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    @David: links here work like this: [Descriptive text](URL) – oKtosiTe Feb 21 '11 at 19:15
  • @oKtosiTe: Thanks... Got it already - finally! Editediteditedit :) – Mei Feb 21 '11 at 19:17
  • @David: MediaWiki? ;-) – oKtosiTe Feb 21 '11 at 19:19
  • Indeed it is the Concert Hall. Shot on a beautiful Los Angeles day, and processed within Ubuntu no less! –  Feb 21 '11 at 22:59
  • In response to @Jay: architecture is almost universally copyright-free. How about that? – Mei Jun 03 '11 at 15:48