Frank Gehry / edited by Aurélien Lemonier and Frédéric Migayrou
Contributor(s): Lemonier, Aurélien [editor,, interviewer] | Migayrou, Frédéric [editor,, interviewer] | Gehry, Frank O [architect,, interviewee] | Centre Georges Pompidou [host institution] | Los Angeles County Museum of Art [host institution].
Publisher: Munich ; New York : Prestel, [2015]Description: 255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 29 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9783791354422.Contained works: Gehry, Frank O., 1929- Works. Selections.Subject(s): Gehry, Frank O., 1929- -- Exhibitions | Gehry, Frank O., 1929- -- Criticism and interpretation | Architecture, Postmodern -- ExhibitionsGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | NA737.G44 A4 2015 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000010905 |
Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name held at Centre Pompidou, Paris, October 8, 2014-January 26, 2015, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, September 13, 2015-January 3, 2016
Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-255)
The organon of Frank Gehry / Frédéric Migayrou -- The promise of cities / Aurélien Lemonier -- Interview with Frank Gehry -- Elementarization-segmentation, 1965-80 -- Composition-assemblage, 1980-90 -- Frank Gehry in the workshop : furniture experiments / Eliza Culea -- Fusion-interaction, 1990-2000 -- Tension-conflict, 1990-2000 -- Form-building / Andrew Witt -- Frank Gehry : the interlacing of the material and the digital / Marie-Ange Brayer -- Continuity-flux, 2000-10 -- Singularity-unity, 2010-15 -- Territories / Gwenaël Delhumeau -- Chronology of major urban projects (1967-2014)
Arranged chronologically, this book follows the arc of Gehry's later career, during which he has focused mainly on public and cultural facilities. The book explores how Gehry has overcome technological setbacks and aesthetic backlash, never wavering from his vision. It examines his work in the context of the urban environment, showing how Gehry continually strives to make cities "less boring" and to create urban buildings that echo their surroundings. The buildings profiled here - including the Vitra International Furniture Manufacturing Facility and Design Museum in Switzerland, Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the 8 Spruce Street Skyscraper (Beekman Tower) in New York, and the Fondation Louis Vuitton - are represented in dazzling colour photographs as well as preparatory drawing, plans and models. From his early years working within the L.A. Art Scene, to his Pritzker-winning stardom, to his current fascination with the application of computer-aided-design in such areas as cancer research, Frank Gehry, now in his ninth decade, continues to surprise and inspire the public. This informative, fascinating volume is a must-have for his ardent fans and anyone interested in architecture