Gehry's modelling software and cost control

Interesting article here in the New York Times on Frank Gehry's modelling software, which he claims allows fabricators to produce a facade with various textures at a price that does not exceed what a developer would pay to build a conventional boxy building of similar dimensions http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/business/11gehry.html?_r=1

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