Frank Gehry is a Canadian-American architect known for his distinctive deconstructivist designs. Some key points about him: - Born in 1929 in Toronto, moved to Los Angeles in 1947 where he studied architecture and graduated in 1954. - Known for buildings with unusual shapes made of materials like steel and titanium that appear fragmented. - Most famous work is the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, which features curved and folded titanium walls. - Applies complex computer modeling to achieve his sculptural designs which often resemble forms in nature.

1. FRANK OWEN GEHRY
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2.  Born : February 28, 1929 in Toronto, Ontario,
Canada.
Birth Name : Frank Owen Goldberg.
Left Canada : Moved with his Polish/Russian
parents to Southern California in 1947 & adopted
citizenship at the age of 21.
Education :
Los Angeles City College University of
Southern California.
 Architecture degree completed in 1954.
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 Architecture degree completed in 1954.
Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Studied city planning for one year.
Personal Life :
From 1952 to 1966, married to Anita
Snyder, with whom he has two daughters.
Frank Goldberg's name change to Frank
Gehry is generally attributed to his first
wife's encouragement.
 Gehry divorced Snyder and married Berta
Isabel Aguilera in 1975.
They have two sons.
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3. Although Frank Gehry does not personally associate with
the movement, critics primarily consider his design
philosophy to be Deconstructivism, an approach
characterized by Fragmentation and Distortions of
traditional structure, informed by his belief that all artists
should be true to themselves.
Philosophically, Deconstructivism comes as a critical
response to modernism, in which the form of a building is
expected to follow strictly from its function. Use of
asymmetry, exaggerated proportions and unconventional
materials.
Modernist buildings, epitomized by rectangular steel and
DESIGN STYLE & PHILOSOPHY
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Modernist buildings, epitomized by rectangular steel and
glass, elimination of unnecessary detail and adherence to
rigid geometric norms.
Modernist Architecture reflects contemporary philosophies
regarding social harmony and machine-like organization.
Deconstructivism is thus called as it attempts to destabilize
modernist thinking by breaking up design into highly
stylized, individual parts.
The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, Gehry’s most
iconic work, features an exterior of titanium, glass and
limestone that is both rectangular and traditional and also
dramatically curved and folded.
The Dancing House

4. Gehry’s Architecture has undergone a marked evolution from the plywood
and corrugated-metal vernacular of his early works to the distorted but
pristine concrete of his later works. However, the works retain a
deconstructed aesthetic that fits well with the increasingly disjointed culture
to which they belong.
The frame houses both regular and irregular gallery shapes within.
The blend of classic and distorted figures in Gehry's work fragments
buildings into elements, visually at odds with one another and with their
respective environments.
Gehry intends this elaborate approach to design to greatly imprint his
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Gehry intends this elaborate approach to design to greatly imprint his
buildings in local culture.
Gehry’s style at times seems unfinished or even crude, but his work is
consistent with the California ‘funk’ art movement in the 1960s and early
1970s, which featured the use of inexpensive found objects and non-traditional
media such as clay to make serious art.
Gehry has been called “The apostle of chain-link fencing and corrugated
metal siding”.
However, a retrospective exhibit at New York's Whitney Museum in
1988 revealed that he is also a sophisticated classical artist, who knows
European art history and contemporary sculpture and painting.

5. PROFESSIONAL TIMELINE
1922
1989
Hollywood Bowl
Amphitheatre,
Los Angeles
Vitara Design
Museum,
Germany
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1991
1993
Gehry’s
Residence,
California
Weisman Art
Museum,
Minneapolis

6. 1996
1997
Dancing House,
Creczh Republic
Guggenheim
Museum,
Bilbao, Spain
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1999
2000
Gehry’ Tower,
Germany
Walt Disnep
Concert Hall,
Los Angeles

7. 2004
2005
Jay Pritzker
Pavillion,
Chicago
Marte
Herford Art
Museum,
Germany
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2007
2007
IAC Building,
New York
Guggenheim
Museum, Abu
Dhabi

8. 2007
2011
Lou Ruvo Centre
For Brain Health,
Chicago
New Yorld
Centre,
Florida
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2011
Beekman
Tower, 8
Spruce Street,
New York

9. WORK IN PROGRESS
Under-Construction
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Philadelphia Museum OF Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Underground Expansion.
Proposed
Torre La Sagrera IN Barcelona, Spain
Grand Avenue Project, Los Angeles, California
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial, District OF Columbia
Ocean Avenue Project, Santa Monica, California
Le Parc DES Ateliers Sncf, Arles, France
Mirvish Towers & Princess OF Wales Theatre, Toronto, Canada
Jazz Bakery, Culver City, California
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Jazz Bakery, Culver City, California
Luxury Hotel, Apartments And Offices, Sonderborg, Denmark
Cultural Center, Lodz, Poland
Dudamel Hall, Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Battersea Power Station Redevelopment
8150 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
Un-Built
Le Clos Jordanne Winery, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada
Museum OF Tolerance, Jerusalem, Israel
Atlantic Yards, New York City, New York
Corcoran Gallery Expansion, Washington, D.C.
Guggenheim Museum Expansion Campus In Downtown New York
World Trade Center Site Performing Arts Complex, New York

10. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, BILBAO, SPAIN
Concept :
The design of the building follows the
style of Frank Gehry.
Inspired by the shapes and textures
of a fish, it can be considered a
sculpture, a work of art in itself.
The museum is essentially a shell
that evokes the past industrial life and
port of Bilbao.
It consists of a series of
interconnected volumes, some formed
Sketches
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interconnected volumes, some formed
of orthogonal coated stone and others
from a titanium skeleton covered by
an organic skin.
The connection between volumes is
created by the glass skin.
The museum is integrated into the
city both by it height and the
materials used.
Seen from the river, the form
resembles a boat, but seen from above
it resembles a flower.
Stages

11. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, BILBAO, SPAIN
Structure :
The building is built with load-bearing walls
and ceilings, which have an internal structure
of metal rods that form grids with triangles.
The shapes of the museum could not have
succeeded if it did not use load-bearing walls
and ceilings.
Catia (three dimensional design software)
determined the number of bars required in
each location, as well as the bars positions and
orientations.
In addition to this structure, the walls and
ceilings have several insulating layers and an
Steel Structure
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ceilings have several insulating layers and an
outer coating of titanium.
Each piece is unique and exclusive to the
place, determined by Catia.
Materials :
Built of limestone, glass and titanium, the
museum used 33,000 pieces of titanium half a
millimeter thick, each with a unique form
suited to its location.
As these pieces are so thin, a perfect fit to the
curves is necessary.
The glass has a special treatment to let in the
sun's light, but not its heat.

12. GEHRY’S HOUSE
Concept : Frank Gehry said "... I
loved the idea of leaving the house
intact ... I came up with the idea of
building a new home about. We
were told there were ghosts in the
house ... I decided they were ghosts
of cubism. Windows ... I wanted to
make them look like they're
dragging. At night, since the glass
is tilted reflect light ... So when you
are sitting at this table all these
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are sitting at this table all these
cars are passing by, you see the
moon in the wrong place ... the
moon is there but it reflects here ...
and you think it's there and do not
know where the hell are you ...”
Materials : It makes use of
unconventional materials such as
fences with trellis, glass inner wire
and corrugated metal sheets, wood
framing, corrugated steel, plywood
and light wood frames.

13. WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL, LOS ANGELES CA
Concept :
The design represents the style of their
creator, architect Frank Gehry, could be
considered a work of art in itself.
The extravagance of its forms seems to
defy any rules of harmony and symmetry.
The forms are external inspired by a
boat with sails drenched.
The building is essentially a shell which
consists of a series of interconnected
volumes, some form of orthogonal coated
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volumes, some form of orthogonal coated
stone and other forms of organic and
surfaces covered with a corrugated metal
skin of steel.
As a bridge between the different
volumes are used glazed surfaces.
The centerpiece of the interior of the
building was designed to represent the hull
of a boat.
The idea of the architect was to design a
room with an evocative sculptural forms
of music, achieving an intimate connection
between the orchestra and audience.

14. WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL, LOS ANGELES CA
Structure :
To calculate the complex shapes of the
curves Walt Disney Concert Hall was used
to Catia software.
This allowed to determine the structure
and shape of each piece of steel that covers
them.
Materials :
To coat the outer surfaces were used
corrugated 12,500 pieces of steel together on
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corrugated 12,500 pieces of steel together on
the outside.
No two equal parts, as each piece takes a
unique form of agreement to their location.
In areas outside of regular forms, the
stone was used.
Glass surfaces function as a liaison
between the various volumes.
The interior of the auditorium and rooms,
is lined with fir wood.
This is the same type of wood that is used
in the back of violoncelos and violas, used
in floors, walls and ceilings.

15. JAY PRITZKER MUSIC PAVILLION, CHICAGO, ILLINOISE
Concept :
The first design presented by Gehry had a
much more austere , closer and inspired by
the work of Mies van der Rohe and his
influential works in the city as the Crown
Hall or Lake Shore Drive apartments
scenario .
It seems that this time the Canadian
architect wanted to break with his
particular style in favor of a more rational ,
simple, minimalist and straightforward, but
the client rejected the initial design Plan
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the client rejected the initial design
indicating that Gehry had hired precisely
because of its distinctive style and proven
capacity to create architectural icons
wherever he goes.
The second proposal was inspired in large
part on an earlier draft of Gehry made to
reform the Hollywood Bown in Los Angeles,
this project could not be performed as the
initial design because the client at that time
was much more conservative and ultimately
chose just restore and update the existing
structure instead of making a new one.
Plan

16. JAY PRITZKER MUSIC PAVILLION, CHICAGO, ILLINOISE
Structure & Material :
As with most works of
Gehry steel is undoubtedly
the predominant material.
The stage structure is
formed based soldiers steel
profiles to achieve each
generate enough media for
later stainless steel plates
cover them giving the
project its final finish.
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project its final finish.
Moreover, the mesh
covering the grassy
esplanade is formed based
stainless steel curved
circular section that
intersect creating a kind of
giant network supported on
a series of circular pillars
placed at intervals on the
long sides of the square
tubes.

17. DANCING HOUSE, PRAGUE
The Prague offices of the
Dutch insurance company
Nationale-Nederlanden is also
known as Fred and Ginger,
thanks to its signature pair of
towers, which seem to resemble
a couple dancing.
The 1996 building, comprising
a cinched volume of metal mesh
and glass and a concrete
cylinder, was a collaboration
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cylinder, was a collaboration
between Gehry and local
architect Vlado Miluníc.
Windows

18. OLYMPIC FISH PAVILION, BARCELONA
The monumental golden
steel-mesh fish sculpture
Gehry created for the 1992
Olympic Village in Barcelona
represented a technological
breakthrough for the
architect’s studio, which used
three-dimensional
aeronautical-design software
to realize the concept.
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to realize the concept.

19. IAC BUILDING, NEW YORK CITY
Concept :
The 10-story building is divided
horizontally into two main levels of five
floors each, with a narrowing on the sixth
floor.
It is divided into five vertical sections at
lower levels and three on top, further
enhancing the appearance of the sails of a
ship.
The sections appear twisted and joined
together like the cells of a beehive.
The skin of the cell units looks like
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The skin of the cell units looks like
candles on the skeleton of the building.
Because of its shape, composition and
color is also conceptually related to an
iceberg.
Materials :
The innovative building erected in this
area of New York, used in construction
reinforced concrete, steel and glass facade
containing specially coated with ceramic
particles embedded increasing energy
efficiency.

20. BEEKMAN TOWER – 8 SPRUCE STREET, NEW YORK CITY
Ripples run across
the exterior of
Manhattan’s
Beekman Tower -
dubbed 8 Spruce
Street - as if a giant
Super Ball had
ricocheted through
its interior.
These pleats also
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These pleats also
function as bay
windows for
residents of the 76 -
story apartment
building, which
opened in 2011 and
was commissioned
by the development
firm Forest City
Ratner Co.

21. WEISMAN ART MUSEUM
It is one of the major landmarks
on campus, of University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis situated
on a bluff overlooking the
Mississippi River at the east end of
the Washington Avenue Bridge.
The building presents two faces,
depending on which side it is
viewed from.
From the campus side, it presents
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From the campus side, it presents
a brick facade that blends with the
existing brick and sandstone
buildings.
On the opposite side, the museum
is a playground of curving and
angular brushed steel sheets. This
side is an abstraction of a waterfall
and a fish.

22. MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION, COLUMBIA, MARYLAND
Merriweather Post
Pavilion is an outdoor
concert venue nestled within
the 40 preserved acres
known as Symphony Woods,
conveniently located in the
Baltimore/Washington
corridor in Columbia,
Maryland.
Originally built to be the
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Originally built to be the
home of the National
Symphony Orchestra,
Merriweather was designed
by the renowned architect
Frank Gehry.
The natural outdoor
setting, the state-of- the-art
sound system and large video
screens make this
amphitheatre a favorite for
bands and fans.

23. MAGGIES CENTRE, DUNDEE, SCOTLAND
Structure :
Stability for the remainder
of the single-storey structure
was achieved by tying the
square hollow sections to the
walls.
These are all curved on plan,
and are constructed in
brickwork.
This was for two reasons:
firstly, some of the walls are to
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firstly, some of the walls are to
small radii which was not
easily achievable in
blockwork, and secondly there
was a need to minimize
control joints.
To maintain uniformity of
beam sizes, raking kickers
were provided to minimize
overhang deflections.
The tower was designed as a
separate structure, inherently
stable in its own right.

24. THE EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT ,SEATTLE WASHINGTON
Concept :
The project idea was inspired
by the Fender Stratocaster
guitar that Hendrix used to
destroy after each concert.
Hence, the museum takes the
form of electric guitar
deconstructed that invites
people to get into his spine to
discover how the music was
born.
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born.
This results in a fragmented
and volumetry undulating, as
the body of an amoeba.
From the top as the complex is
a conglomeration of various
pieces of brightly colored plants.
One of the volumes is crossed
by the Seattle monorail, which
travels through the interior of
the museum..

25. THE EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT ,SEATTLE WASHINGTON
Materials :
Stainless steel, aluminum
and glass.
The restaurant industry is
completely covered in wood.
Structure :
The roof is made up of 21
thousand panels of stainless
steel with shades of purple,
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steel with shades of purple,
silver and gold, aluminum
and painted red and blue.
Each panel has a unique
shape and size and is cut and
warped to fit your specific
location.
For this, we used a laser
guided by a French 3D,
Catia, developed for
aerospace engineering.

26. FURNITURES
Gehry had success in the 1970s with his line of Easy Edges chairs made from bent
laminated cardboard.
By 1991, Gehry was using bent laminated maple to produce the Power Play
Armchair.
These designs are part of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) collection in NYC.
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Easy Edges Body Contour
Rocker - 1971
Easy Edges Side Chair –
1970-72
Wiggle Chair - 1972
Power Play Arm Chair - 1991
Bubbles Chaise Longue - 1987

27. HONOURS & AWARDS
1977: Arnold W. Brunner Memorial
Prize in Architecture, American
Academy of Arts and Letters
1989: Pritzker Architecture Prize
1992: Wolf Prize in Art, the Wolf
Foundation
1992: Praemium Imperiale Award,
Japan Art Association
1994: Dorothy and Lillian Gish Award
for lifetime contribution to the arts
1998: National Medal of Arts
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1998: National Medal of Arts
1998: Friedrich Kiesler Prize
1999: Lotos Medal of Merit, Lotos Club
1999: Gold Medal, American Institute
of Architects
2000: Lifetime Achievement Award,
Americans for the Arts
More than 100 awards from the
American Institute of Architects
Numerous honorary doctorates and
honorary titles

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“Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for
timelessness.”
- Frank O. Gehry