FRANK GEHRY LIFE AND PROJECTS I am not

FRANK GEHRY LIFE AND PROJECTS

"I am not a 'star-chitect', I am an ar-chitect, " STARCHITECT 13. 1. 2022

CONTENTS • EARLY LIFE • ARCHITECTURAL CAREER • EDUCATION LIFE • EARLY PROJECTS • GEHRY HOUSE • ICONS • IMPORTANT PROJECTS • THE FUTURE IS GEHRY

EARLY LIFE Frank Gehry was born Ephraim Goldberg on February 28, 1929, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Father Irving was a former boxer who traveled selling pinball and slot machines. Sometimes Gehry would make sales calls with his father, which meant that he made frequent stops at bars at a very young age. 13. 1. 2022

Gehry also considers his grandmother to be an early influence. He also remembersthe carpthat his grandmother let swimaround in the family bathtub on Friday nights. Therefore, in later years Gehry regularly used fishmotifs in many of his designs. 13. 1. 2022

ARCHITECTURAL STORY Gehry locks to California. Gehry took a job as a truck driver in order to pay for night-school art classes and eventually enrolled in the school of architecture at the University of Southern California (USC). 13. 1. 2022

EDUCATION LIFE After graduating from USC in 1954, Gehry had a oneyear stint in the U. S. Army, Special Services Division. He then spent a year studying city planning at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1957 Gehry returned to California and worked for several years with established architecture firms, before opening his own design firm in 1962. 13. 1. 2022

EARLY LIFE Gehry's early projects were fairly typical of the times and followed the modernist style. Simplicity was key; functionality was the focus. He began using materials such as unpainted plywood, rough concrete, and corrugated metal, all of which are usually hidden after a house is "properly finished. " 13. 1. 2022

ICONS Gehry was experimenting with the traditional functions of materials, since cardboard was not usually considered in furniture design. Called Easy Edges, the chairs and tables were lightweight, inexpensive, and fun. Gehry pulled the plug on the project three months into production, claiming he did not want to be tied down by making mass-produced furniture. In the late 1970 s he introduced Experimental Edges, a more upscale version of Easy Edges. 13. 1. 2022

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IMPORTANT PROJECTS GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM THE WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL

In 1989 Gehry's peers agreed and awarded him the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the most prestigious honor that can be given to a living architect. The Guggenheim, which opened in 1997, drew more than a million visitors its first year, and suddenly Bilbao, a city that was previously unremarkable, became a tourist haven. 13. 1. 2022

In 2011, Gehry returned to his roots as a residential designer, unveiling his first skyscraper, 8 Spruce Street in New York City, and the Opus Hong Kong tower in China. The Dancing House 8 Spruce Street Opus Hong Kong 13. 1. 2022

GEHRY HOUSE Gehry House (Gehry House) is a housing project designed by Santa Monica at Christmas for the life of Frank Gehry's own family. Frank Gehry and his wife Berta bought a two-story, pink bungalow in 1977, opening in Santa Monica in 1920. Frank Gehry worked with his partner Paul Lubowicki to reveal the Gehry House. 13. 1. 2022

CORRUGATED CARDBOARD 13. 1. 2022

BEDROOM A: 9 m² W: Plaster+Paint F: Parquet BEDROOM A: 5 m² W: Plaster+Pai nt F: Parquet WC A: 7 m² W: Plaster+Paint F: 50 x 50 Ceramic LIVING ROOM A: 13 m² W: Plaster+Paint F: Parquet BEDROOM GARDEN KITCHEN HOLE KITCHEN A: 5 m² W: Plaster+Paint F: 50 x 50 Ceramic HOLE A: 8 m² W: Plaster+Paint F: 50 x 50 Ceramic GARDEN A: 40 m² F: Natural Grass 13. 1. 2022

THE FUTURE IS GEHRY Gehry and his second wife, Berta, who serves as chief financial officer (CFO) of his design firm, live in the same house that the California architect transformed back in the 1970 s. And Gehry still runs his studio, which has now grown to over 140 employees. 13. 1. 2022

"There are people who design buildings that are not technically and financially good, and there are those who do. Two categories, simple. " 13. 1. 2022

In his spare time, the rumpled, soft-spoken artist enjoys sailing in the Santa Monica Bay and playing ice hockey. He took up the sport at age sixty. Looking ahead, he would like to become involved in urban renewal projects in Los Angeles and New York. "I'm not going to retire, " Gehry told People magazine, "I'll just keep going. " 13. 1. 2022

REFERENCES Gehry, Frank. Symphony: Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall. New York: Harry Abrams, 2003. Andersen, Kurt. "Building Beauty the Hard Way: After Years of Risky Experience, Frank Gehry Relaxes. " Time (October 13, 1986). Lacayo, Richard. "The Art of Warp. " Time (October 27, 2003): p. 71. Lacayo, Richard. "The Frank Gehry Experience. " Time (June 26, 2000): pp. 64– 68. Rogers, Patrick. "Dream Builder: Architect Frank Gehry Creates Tomorrow's Fanciful Landmarks. " People Weekly (July 10, 2000): pp. 114– 115. Webb, Michael. "A Man Who Made Architecture the Art of the Unexpected. " Smithsonian (April 1987): p. 48. Url-1 http: //www. greatbuildings. com/architects/Frank_Gehry. html (accessed August 1, 2004). Url-2 http: //msnbc. msn. com/id/4759758/site/newsweek (accessed August 1, 2004). Url-3 http: //www. pritzkerprize. com/gehry. htm (accessed August 1, 2004) 13. 1. 2022