Presentation on Architecture of Frank O. Gehry.

1. FRANK O. GEHRY
BY:- WASEEM AKRAM
HASSAN RAZA
USAMA LATIF
IBRAHIM TAHIR
"Every building is by its very nature a
sculpture. You can't help it. Sculpture
is a three-dimensional object and so
is a building.“

2. CAREER OF FRANK GEHRY
Buildings:
Frank Gehry established his Los Angeles practice in 1962. Early in
his career, he designed houses inspired by modern architects such as
Richard Neutra and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Gehry's admiration of Louis Kahn's work influenced his 1965 box
like design of the Danziger House, a studio/residence for designer Lou
Danziger. With this work, Gehry began to be noticed as an architect. As
his career expanded, Gehry became known for massive, iconoclastic
projects that attracted attention and controversy.

3. HOLLYWOOOD BOWL, 1982 GEHRY RESIDENCE, MINNEAPOLIS,USA
1991
VITRA DESIGN MEUSEUM,
GERMANY, 1989
AMPHITHEATRE,LOS ANGLES WEISMAN ART
MEUSEUM, 1993

4. DANCING HOUSE CRECZH, GEHRY TOWER,
REPUBLIC, 1996 SPORT DEPARTMENT
BUILDING,HANOVER,
GERMANY, 1997
GUGGENHEIM MEUSEUM,
SPAIN, 1999
WALT DISNEY CONCRETE HALL ,
LA,USA,2000

5. FAMOUS BUILDINGS
1. 1967: Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland (first Gehry structure
reviewed by The New York Times)
2. 1978 and 1987: Gehry House (Gehry's private home), Santa Monica CA
3. 1993: Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
4. 1997: Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
5. 1999: Maggies Centre, Dundee, Scotland
6. 2000: The Experience Music Project (EMP), Seattle, Washington
7. 2001: Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson,
NY
8. 2004: MIT Stata Complex, Cambridge MA

6. 9. 1989-2004: Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles CA
10. 2004: Jay Pritzker Music Pavillion, Chicago, Illinois
11. 2005: 'MARTa' Museum, Herford, Germany
12. 2007: IAC Building, New York City
13. 2008: Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, Kensington Gardens, London, UK
14. 2010: Dr Chau Chak Wing Building Design, the "Treehouse,", University of
Technology,Sydney, Australia
15. 2011: New York By Gehry, New York City
16. 2014: Biomuseo, Museum of Biodiversity, Panama City, Panama

8. PLAN
CUPOLA RESEMBLING HAIRS AREA OPEN TO PUBLIC RESTAURENT AREA
“Ginger and Fred” Dancing on the riverside.
THE TOP FLOOR OF DANCING HOUSE IS THE ONLY PART
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND IS HOME TO ONE OF THE CITY'S
LEADING RESTAURANTS.
FOR THE REASON ALREADY GIVEN, IT IS CALLED THE
GINGER & FRED RESTAURANT.
THE DANCING HOUSE HAS TWO CENTRAL BODIES
THE FIRST IS A TOWER OF GLASS THAT IS CLOSE TO HALF HEIGHT AND IS
SUPPORTED BY CURVED PILLARS, THE SECOND RUNS PARALLEL TO THE
RIVER, WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE MOLDINGS THAT FOLLOW A
WAVY MOTION AND DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE WINDOWS SO THE NON-ALIGNED.

9. THE SITE OF GEHRY'S DANCING HOUSE WAS ORIGINALLY OCCUPIED
BY A HOUSE IN THE NEORENAISSANCE STYLE FROM THE END OF THE
19TH CENTURY.
THAT HOUSE WAS DESTROYED DURING BOMBING
IN 1945, ITS REMAINS FINALLY REMOVED IN 1960.
THE CONSTRUCTION STARTED` IN 1994 AND THE HOUSE
WAS FINISHED IN 1996.
THE BUILDING IS AN EXAMPLE OF DECONSTRUCTIVE
ARCHITECTURE, WITH AN UNUSUAL SHAPE.
IT REFLECTS A WOMAN AND MAN
(GINGER ROGERS AND FRED ASTAIR) DANCING TOGETHER.

10. Structural section

11. CONSTRUCTION IS FROM 99 CONCRETE PANELS
EACH OF DIFFERENT SHAPE AND DIMENSION, EACH THEREFORE
REQUIRING A UNIQUE WOODEN FORM.
IT REPRESENTS TWO DANCERS FRED ASTAIRE AND
GINGER ROGERS – THAT´S WHY IT´S ALSO CALLED “GINGER AND
FRED”.
THE GLASS TOWER GINGER BENDS AND CLINGS
TO THE CONCRETE TOWER FRED, WHICH HAS A METAL CUPOLA ON
THE TOP, REPRESENTING HAIR. THE HOUSE IS AN EXAMPLE OF
A DECONSTRUCTIVE ARCHITECTURE.

12. The end