architecture + process Architecture and process Friedman, Mildred S. Sorkin, Michael 1948- Frank O. Gehry and Associates text bibliography nyu 2002 Rev. edition monographic eng

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239 p. ill. ;col. ;photo. ; 21 cm. With the completion of the celebrated Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, architect Frank O. Gehry has entered the pantheon of twentieth-century masters. In this wholly unique new book, a condensed edition of the original volume of the same name, Gehry himself offers extensive and illuminating commentary on various aspects of the processes involved in developing his revolutionary designs, including his influences, clients, use of materials, and new technologies. Gehry Talks: Architecture + Process documents all of his new work of this decade, tracing his evolution from a southern California architect known for his idiosyncratic use of materials and collaboration with local artists, to an international figure whose fluid, hitherto undreamt-of forms surge beyond the aesthetic and technical constraints of the twentieth century. From the titanium-wrapped curves of the Guggenheim Bilbao to the binocular facade of the Chiat-Day Headquarters in California, his innovative structural ideas evoke a sense of freedom and spontaneity while, at the same time, displaying the utmost control. Unbound by guidelines of symmetry or the grid's delineation, his structures spring forth, engaged in a seemingly limitless play of ideas--ever-changing in both the multitudinous combinations of shapes suggested by the form and the depth of the conceptual associations implied by the design. Fish and snake motifs birl upon his building's rippling surfaces, while light follows the asymmetrical trajectories of their metallic folds. Though controversial and daring, his works always possess an elegance that lends warmth and humane scope to each project, regardless of the level of innovation--as evinced in contexts as varying as the complicated, and unrealized, plan of the Lewis House in Lyndhurst, Ohio, or the clarity of the idea behind the Üstra office building in Hannover, Germany. This generously illustrated presentation features twenty-four projects, including the Chiat-Day Headquarters in Venice, California; the Team Disneyland Administration Building in Anaheim, California; the Vitra Furniture Museum and Factory in Weil am Rhein, Germany; and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. The book features insightful essays by editor Mildred Friedman and architecture critic Michael Sorkin, as well as photographs of buildings that have been completed since the publication of the original volume. Preface / mildred friedman The reluctant master / Mildred Friedman -- Frozen light / Michael Sorkin -- Commentaries / by Frank Gehry -- Then and now -- Materials and methods -- Sculpture and architecture -- The new office -- Project designers -- Women in the office -- Contractors and architectural practice -- Clients -- Changing our house -- Venice, California chiat-day main street headquarters 1985-1991 -- Rocklin, California herman miller, inc. western regional manufacturing and distribution facility 1987-1989 -- Anaheim, California team disneyland administration building 1987-1996 -- Weil am Rhein, Germany vitra furniture museum and factory 1987-1989 -- Birsfelden, Switzerland vitra international headquarter 1988-1994 -- Los Angeles, California bentwood furniture Knoll 1989-1992 -- Lyndhurst, Ohio lewis residence (unrealized) 1985-1995 -- Los Angeles, California walt disney concert hall 1987 -- Toledo, Ohio university of toledo center for the visual arts 1990-1992 -- Minneapolis, Minnesota frederick r.weisman museum 1990-1993 -- Frankfurt, Germany goldstein sud housing 1991-1996 -- Bilbao, Spain Guggenheim museum bilbao 1991-1997 -- Hannover, Germany ustra office building 1995-2001 -- Bad Oeynhausen, Germany EMR communication and technology center 1992-1995 -- Prague, Czech Republic nationale-nederlanden building 1992-1996 -- Anaheim, California disney ice 1993-1995 -- Telluride, Colorado telluride residence 1995 -- Dusseldorf, Germany der neue zollhof 1994-1999 -- Seattle, Washington experience music project 1995-2000 -- Berlin, Germany DZ bank at pariser platz 1995-2001 -- New York city conde naste cafeteria 1996-2000 -- Annandale-on-Hudson, New York Bard college center for the perfornig arts 1997 -- Cleveland, Ohio the weatherhead school of management at case western reserve university 1997-2002 -- Cambridge, Massachusetts ray & maria stata center 1998 -- Gehry vita -- Gehry Partners ; Mildred Friedman, editor ; with an essay by Michael Sorkin and commentaries by Frank O. Gehry. Include index Include bibliography Gehry, Frank O 1929- Themes, motives Frank O. Gehry and Associates. Architectural practice, International Architecture Designs and plans Architecture, Postmodern NA737.F69 G45 2002 720.92 9780789306821 0789306824 2002109741 pucpr 020210 20220606205038.0 eng