Frank Gehry

              


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                  Frank Gehry is a very well known architect. To many up coming architects you can say that he is an architectural guru. During class we watch a documentary on Frank Gehry and explored many of his works. He walked through the process in which he created building that seem to break the law of physics. He also talked about one of his first projects (his house) and one of the events that lead him into creating and designing some of the most unique buildings in the world.

http://www.picturethecity.com/architects/frank_gehry/linkitem.html

                 Some of his "best known works include the titanium-covered Guggenheim Museum in Bilboa, Spain, MIT Stata Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Walt Disney Concert Hall in down-town Los Angeles" (Wikipedia) and there are many more among that.
                 When Frank Gehry starts a building he starts with paper and produces model after model until he is satisfied with the outcome. In the movie he is also shown constructing and deconstructing his models several times over and over again by tearing and folding and placing them different spots.
                  Franks first project was his house. He didn’t want to destroy the structure of the house but he did add on and around the structure. One example that was talk about in the video was him not having a lot of light to shave. To fix this problem he just simply knocked a hole in a wall. At the same time of doing his house he was also being to commission to build a hotel.
                 The people that was paying Frank to do the hotel visited him at his house after an event. It was at this time Frank was asked if this is what he loved doing referring to the design of the house. After Frank complied with a yes, he was then asked why he did the hotel the way he did. Frank replied its income. The man said if you don’t love it then don’t do it and quit. This is just what Frank did and now is one of the world most famous architects.

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