"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.“

FRANK OWEN GHERY

ANAKHA BIJU
ROLL NO:10
S6 B.ARCH.
BIOGRAPHY
•Frank Owen Gehry was born on february 28, 1929, in Toronto, Ontario.

•He tried chemical engineering, which he wasn't very good at and didn't like, than he tried some
architecture classes.

•Gehry graduated at the top of his class with a bachelor of architecture degree from the university
of southern California's school of architecture in 1954.

•He established his own firm in 1962 in Los Angeles.

•He spent time away from the field of architecture in numerous other jobs,including service in the
united states army.

•In 2004, he designed the trophy for the world cup of hockey.

•Gehry’s work has earned him several of the most significant awards in the architectural field.
Including the Pritzker Architectural Prize.

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 DESIGN STYLE

• 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.

• The works retain a deconstructed aesthetic that fits well with the increasingly disjointed
culture to which they belong.

• Most recently, Gehry has combined sensuous curving forms with complex deconstructive
massing, achieving significant new results.

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 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
 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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MAJOR WORKS

1967: Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland (first Gehry structure reviewed by The New York Times)
1978 and 1987: Gehry House (Gehry's private home), Santa Monica CA
1993: Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
1997: Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
1999: Maggies Centre, Dundee, Scotland
2000: The Experience Music Project (EMP), Seattle, Washington
2001: Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 2004: MIT Stata Complex, Cambridge MA
1989-2004: Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles CA
2004: Jay Pritzker Music Pavillion, Chicago, Illinois
2005: 'MARTa' Museum, Herford, Germany
2007: IAC Building, New York City
2008: Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, Kensington Gardens, London, UK
2010: Dr Chau Chak Wing Building Design, the "Treehouse,", University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
2011: New York By Gehry, New York City
2014: Biomuseo, Museum of Biodiversity, Panama City, Panama

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GHERYS HOUSE
Santa Monica, California
GEHRY HOUSE, GEHRY'S PRIVATE HOME

Constructed on 1948

Construction System : light wood frame, corrugated metal, chain

Frank and Berta Gehry bought a pink bungalow that was originally built in 1920.

The original structure is the conventional two-storey bungalow with framing.

Some interior finishes have been stripped to reveal the support of the structure inside the
residence.

The bearing wall is raised inner and outer structural frames wooden support beams, girders
and joists.

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 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 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 ... “ The architect explains: "... Armed
with very little money I decided to build a new house around the old and try to maintain a
tension between the two, making one define the other, and making them feel that the old house
was intact within the new, from the outside and from the inside. These were the basic
objectives ... "

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 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.

GROUND FLOOR PLAN INTERIOR

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WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL
LOS ANGELES CA
 WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL

 The Walt Disney Concert Hall, designed by the architect Frank Gehry, opened in 2003
after many years of gestation.

 The history of the building began in 1987 when Lillian Walt Disney, widow of
businessman donates $ 50 million to start building a philharmonic hall.

 The idea was to create a reference point for music, art and architecture, which
position the city of Los Angeles in the cultural level.

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 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 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. The building also fulfills an important
role in urban areas.

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 Structure
 To calculate the complex shapes of the curves Walt Disney Concert Hall was used
to Catia software.

 This allowed us 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 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. Here was used in
floors, walls and ceilings.

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MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION,COLUMBIA

 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 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.

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 REFERENCES

 Frank gehry (slideshare.net)

 Frank Owen Gehry (slideshare.net)

 Frank o gehry (slideshare.net)

 PPT - Frank Gehry PowerPoint Presentation, free download - ID:5642006

(slideserve.com)

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