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FRANK OWEN GEHRY

" I APPROACH EACH BUILDING AS A SCULPTURAL

OBJECT , A SPATIAL CONTAINER , A SPACE WITH

LIGHT AND AIR , A RESPONSE TO CONTEXT AND

APPROPRIATENESS OF FEELING AND SPIRIT .

TO THIS CONTAINER , THIS SCULPTURE ,

THE USER BRINGS HIS BAGGAGE , HIS PROGRAM ,

AND INTERACTS WITH IT TO ACCOMMODATE HIS

NEEDS . IF HE CAN'T DO THAT , I'VE FAILED ."


PERSONAL INFORMATION
BORN : IN TORONTO , CANADA IN 1929

§ B ARCH . FROM UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALFORNIA


§ CITY PLANNING AT HARVARD GRADUATE UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF DESIGN
§ ESTABLISHED HIS OWN FIRM APPRENTICED WITH
ARCHITECTS VICTOR GRUEN AND PERIERA & LUCKMAN
IN LOS ANGELES AND WITH ANDRE REMONDAT IN PARIS
§ INFLUENCE OF TIME ON THOUGHT :
DEVELOPED HIS OWN UNIQUE , BUT SOPHISTICATED
VERSION OF DESIGNING AFTER SEEING AND
EXPERIENCING DIFFERENT STYLES AND TRAVELLING
THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE

mr. gehry’s “buildings are powerful essays in primal


geometric form and ... materials, and from an aesthetic standpoint
they are among the most profound and
brilliant works of architecture of our time.”
- paul goldberger
FRANK O GEHRY is
§ AN EXTREME DECONSTRUCTIVIST
§
§
§ KNOWN FOR MASSIVE , ICONOCLASTIC
PROJECTS THAT ATTRACTED ATTENTION AND
CONTROVERSY .

§ CREATOR OF BUILDINGS THAT ARE TOURIST


ATTRACTIONS AND ATTRACT CROWDS FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD

§ DESIGNS BY PLANNING AND PREPARING THE


MODEL SIMULTANEOUSLY

§ IS FASCINATED WITH FISH , THE PRIMARY LIVING


ORGANISM FROM WHICH WE HUMANS HAVE
EVOLVED
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
§ PRITZER ARCHITECTURE PRIZE IN 1989
§
§ WOLF PRIZE IN ART ( ARCHITECTURE ) IN 1992
§
§ PRAMEIUM IMPERIALE AWARD IN ARCHITECTURE
FROM JAPAN ART ASSOCIATION

§ DOROTHY AND LILLIAN GISH AWARD FOR LIFETIME


CONTRIBUTION TO ARTS IN 1994 .

§ ARNOLD W . BRUNNER MEMORIAL PRIZE IN


ARCHITECTURE BY THE AMERICAN ACADEMY

§ FREDRICH KIESLER PRIZE

§ FEATURED IN MAJOR PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS


AND NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE
JOURNALS , NEWSWEEK , TIME MAGAZINE , ART IN
AMERICA , THE WALL STREET JOURNAL , THE NEW
YORK TIMES , LE MONDE , L ’ EXPRESS AND
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE .
§
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM , SPAIN
RANDOMNESS OF THE CURVES ARE DESIGNED TO CATCH LIGHT

RADICALLY SCULPTED WITH ORGANIC CONTOURS


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GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM BY NIGHT
WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL

THE STEEL STRUCTURE CAUSED CONTROVERSY IN LOS ANGELES, THE SHINE OF THE
STRUCTURE WAS DULLED DOWN
STAINLESS STEEL SAILS

FOUNDERS ROOM IS
LIKE AN INVERTED TULIP
LECTURE HALL FOR
PRE-CONCERT LECTURES
Three different kinds of wood create distinct acoustics
to produce an ultimate sound quality without
amplification.

series of short acoustic walls among the seats.


The fanciful colors give the sense of a field of
wildflowers.

THOUGH THE ARCHITECTURE RECEIVED


POLARIZED OPINIONS , THE ACOUSTICS OF
TH E HALL WERE WIDELY PRAISED
THE WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL AT NIGHT
HIS HOUSE

An experimentation with newer materials


HIS PARODICAL MENTION
IN THE SIMPSONS
MIT STATA CENTER

MARIA AND RAY ACADEMIC COMPLEX AT MIT , CAMBRIDGE


the Stata is always going to look unfinished . It also

looks as if it's about to collapse . Columns tilt at

scary angles . Walls teeter , swerve , and collide in

random curves and angles . Materials change wherever

you look : brick , mirror - surface steel , brushed

aluminum , brightly colored paint , corrugated metal .

Everything looks improvised , as if thrown up at the

last moment . That's the point . The Stata's appearance


is

a metaphor for the freedom , daring , and creativity of

the research that's supposed to occur inside it


difficult to assess how this artistic architecture
relates to the public spaces of the street in Cambridge. Or does
it treat the making of the city street and the public realm as
less important than the
expression of the individual building
deficient design services and drawings
which caused leaks , masonry to crack ,
mold to grow , drainage to back up , and
falling ice and debris to block
emergency exits
THE IAC BUILDING , NEW YORK
CONCEPTS THAT CONSTITUTE THE BUILDING
JEAN NOUVEL RENDERING OF THE CHEALSEA
DANCING BUILDING AT PRAGUE
PRACTISED WHAT WAS CALLED FRACTAL ARCHITECTURE
FURNITURE DESIGN
INFLUENCE OF TIME ON THOUGHT

DEVELOPED HIS OWN UNIQUE , BUT SOPHISTICATED

VERSION OF DESIGNING AFTER SEEING AND

EXPERIENCING DIFFERENT STYLES AND TRAVELLING

THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE


dO nOT lOOK oVER tHE sHOULDERS , bE yOURSELF
aND fIND yOUR oWN cOMFORTABLE wAY .

sLOWLY yOU rEALISE yOU aRE aN eXPERT wITH yOUR wORK .

iT dOESN ’ T mATTER wITH wHAT sOMEBODY sAYS , nOBODY mAY


lIKE iT .
bUT u r sTILL iN cONTROL aND sTILL tHE eXPERT iN
yOUR wORK

aND oVER tIME iF iTS aNY gOOD , tHEN iT wILL fIND iTS
wAY iNTO tHE bIGGER pICTURE
oR iT mIGHT eVEN nOT .

bUT wHATS gOOD aND wHATS bAD iN tHE eND . fOR oNES
lIFE tHAT ’ S wHERE yOU gO ….. yOU tRY aND rEMAIN
sATISFIED rATHER tHAN tRY bEING
wHAT tHE oTHER pERSON iS wHICH yOU cANT bE aNYWAY ..

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