Frank O. Gehry

by Dal Co, Francesco; Forster, Kurt; Arnold, Hadley Soutter

• ISBN13: 9781885254634
• ISBN10: 1885254636
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-09-01
• Publisher: The Monacelli Press

Summary

One of the world's greatest architects, Frank O. Gehry has produced an astonishing body of work over the past 40 years. This pioneering designer continues to receive worldwide praise from both peers and critics as the most talented and influential architect working today. 1,000 illustrations, 400 in color.

Author Biography

Francesco Dal Co, Italy's most renowned architectural historian and critic, teaches at the University Institute of Architecture of Venice, edits Casabella, and is the architectural editor for Electa. He has written and contributed to many books, including The American City, Modern Architecture (with Manfredo Tafuri), and The Monacelli Press titles Luis Barragßn, Villa Ottolenghi, and Sverre Fehn.

Kurt W. Forster is founding director of the Getty Research Center for the History of Art and the Humanities and is professor of the history of art theory of architecture at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.

Hadley Soutter Arnold writes frequently on architecture and design.

Table of Contents

Architectural Choreography	9	(30)
Kurt W. Forster
The World Turned Upside-Down: The Tortoise Flies and the Hare Threatens the Lion	39	(545)
Francesco Dal Co
Works and Projects
Hadley Arnold
Senior Thesis, University of Southern California	64	(1)
Roman Residence	64	(1)
Third Army Day Room Improvements, Fort Bragg	65	(1)
David Cabin	65	(1)
Steeves Residence	66	(2)
Clifton Springs Resort	68	(1)
Marais & Miranda Residence	68	(1)
Hillcrest Apartments	69	(1)
Kay Jewelers Office and Warehouse	70	(1)
Kay Jewelers Stores, Redondo Beach and Buena Park	71	(1)
Sixth and Hill Apartments	72	(1)
SMIV Apartments	72	(1)
Steeves Office Building	73	(1)
Kenmore Apartments	74	(1)
Faith Plating Company	74	(1)
Atkinson Park Recreation Center	75	(1)
Hauser-Benson Health Resort	75	(1)
Kline Residence	76	(1)
Kay Jewelers Stores, San Fernando and Alameda	77	(1)
Los Angeles County Museum of Science and History Planning Study	77	(1)
Newburgh Feasibility Study	78	(1)
Office Building, Beverly Hills	78	(1)
Danziger Studio and Residence	79	(3)
``Art Treasures of Japan,'' Los Angeles County Museum of Art	82	(1)
Clinton Laboratories	83	(1)
Reception Center, Columbia	83	(1)
Merriweather-Post Pavilion	84	(2)
``Assyrian Reliefs,'' Los Angeles County Museum of Art	86	(1)
Hotchkiss Residence	86	(1)
Ahmanson Gallery Planning Study	87	(1)
Marr Ranch Land Use Study	87	(1)
Central Business District Planning Study, Hermosa Beach	87	(1)
Vernon-Central Redevelopment Project	88	(1)
Greber Studio	88	(1)
Watts Automotive Park	88	(1)
Public Safety Building, Columbia	89	(1)
Norton Simon Sculpture Courtyard	90	(1)
Rockdale Urban Renewal Study	90	(1)
``Billy Al Bengston,'' Los Angeles County Museum of Art	90	(1)
O'Neill Hay Barn	91	(1)
Clark County Family Housing	92	(1)
Rose Gardens	92	(1)
Joseph Magnin Stores, Costa Mesa and San Jose	93	(1)
Bixby Green	94	(2)
Davis Studio and Residence	96	(4)
Easy Edges Cardboard Furniture	100	(2)
Rouse Company Headquarters	102	(3)
American School of Dance	105	(1)
University Park Apartments	106	(1)
Hollywood Bowl Renovation	107	(8)
Handler Residence	115	(1)
Hollydot Park Townhouses	115	(1)
Recreation Center, Cochiti Lake	116	(2)
Janss Residence	118	(1)
Santa Monica Place	119	(5)
Woodlands Metro Center	124	(1)
Larkspur-Greenbrae Mall	124	(1)
Illinois Center	125	(1)
Golden Cove Shopping Center	125	(1)
Concord Performing Arts Center	126	(6)
Placement and Career Planning Center, University of California, Los Angeles	132	(1)
Westinghouse Distribution Services Office Building	132	(1)
Horton Plaza	133	(1)
The Atrium, Rudge and Guenzel Building	133	(1)
Shoreline Aquatic Park Pavillions	134	(2)
Norton Simon Gallery and Guest House	136	(2)
Harper House	138	(1)
Thornwood Mall	139	(1)
Santa Monica Pier Renovation	139	(1)
Manhattan Tower	139	(1)
Jung Institute	140	(1)
The Vineyard, Escondido	141	(1)
St. Ives Residence	141	(1)
Mid-Atlantic Toyota	142	(2)
Gemini G.E.L.	144	(4)
Weisman Beach House	148	(1)
Trancas Beach House	148	(1)
Berger, Berger, Kahn, Shafton & Moss Law Offices	149	(1)
Gehry Residence	150	(12)
Cabrillo Marine Museum	162	(4)
Cheviot Hills Residence	166	(1)
Nelson Residence	166	(1)
``Treasures of Tutankhamen,'' Los Angeles County Museum of Art	167	(1)
Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art	167	(1)
Main Street Development Project, Venice	167	(1)
Wagner Residence	168	(4)
Gunther Residence	172	(6)
Familian Residence	178	(2)
Carriage House	180	(1)
Valley Cultural Center, Warner Ranch Park	181	(1)
Arts Park, Van Nuys	182	(2)
Spiller Residence	184	(8)
Loyal Heights Manor	192	(1)
Centerpoint Mall	192	(1)
Loyola University Law School	193	(11)
Children's Museum, Los Angeles	204	(1)
Indiana Avenue Houses	205	(5)
Experimental Edges Cardboard Furniture	210	(2)
Benson Residence	212	(2)
Late Entry to the Chicago Tribune Tower Competition	214	(1)
Stolte Office Building	215	(1)
``In the Presence of the Past: Strada Novissima,'' Corderia of the Arsenale, Venice	215	(1)
``The Avant-Garde in Russia, 1910-1930,'' Los Angeles County Museum of Art	216	(1)
Angel's Place	217	(1)
United States Embassy & School, Damascus	217	(1)
Bubar's Jewelers, Santa Monica Place	217	(1)
World Savings and Loan Association, North Hollywood	218	(1)
House for a Filmmaker	219	(2)
Lafayette Square	221	(1)
Smith Residence	222	(1)
``Collaborations: Artists and Architects,'' Architectural League of New York	223	(1)
Westlake-Thousand Oaks Industrial Park	223	(1)
14th Street Housing, Atlanta	223	(1)
Fish Sculpture, New York	224	(1)
``Seventeen Artists in the Sixties,'' Los Angeles County Museum of Art	225	(1)
Paramount Theater Shell	226	(1)
Screen Actors Guild	226	(1)
Binder House	227	(1)
Central Business District, Kalamazoo	228	(1)
Galleria Shopping Mall	229	(1)
Brooks Avenue Development Project	229	(1)
Frank O. Gehry and Associates Office	230	(1)
Wosk Residence	230	(1)
Fleck Residence	231	(1)
Fleck Office Building	231	(1)
Tract House	232	(1)
World Savings Bank, Denver	232	(1)
Century View Office Building	233	(1)
Civic Center Competition, Beverly Hills	233	(1)
The Temporary Contemporary	234	(2)
World Expo Amphitheater	236	(3)
California Aerospace Museum and Theater	239	(11)
Norton Residence	250	(5)
Rebecca's Restaurant	255	(1)
Frances Howard Goldwyn Regional Branch Library	256	(4)
Winton Guest House	260	(10)
Kellerman-Krane Residence	270	(1)
Cricket Inn Project	271	(1)
``Folly: The Prison Project''	272	(1)
Jencks Front Porch	272	(1)
Available Light, Temporary Museum of Contemporary Art	273	(1)
``German Expressionist Sculpture,'' Los Angeles County Museum of Art	274	(1)
Boxenbaum Residence	274	(1)
Mediatheque, Centre d'Art Contemporain Design Competition	275	(2)
Galleria Office Building	277	(1)
Fish and Snake Lamps	278	(2)
Information and Computer Science/Engineering Laboratory and Engineering Center, University of California, Irvine	280	(4)
Sirmai-Peterson Residence	284	(8)
Camp Good Times	292	(1)
Sunar-Hauserman Showroom, Innova Design Center	293	(1)
Edgemar Development	294	(4)
II Corso del Coltello, Venice Biennale	298	(1)
Fountain Valley School Theater	298	(1)
Boylston Street Air Rights	299	(1)
Pirelli Bicocca Competition	299	(1)
Turtle Creek Development	300	(2)
GFT Fish	302	(1)
360 Newbury Street	303	(3)
Yale Psychiatric Institute	306	(7)
Herman Miller Western Regional Facility	313	(5)
Chiat/Day Building	318	(6)
``Lawrence Halprin: Changing Places,'' San Francisco Museum of Modern Art	324	(1)
Hoffman Gallery	324	(1)
Chiat Residence	324	(1)
Fan Pier, Parcel H	324	(1)
NBC-Maguire Proposal	325	(1)
Standing Glass Fish, Walker Art Center Sculpture Garden	325	(1)
Fishdance Restaurant	326	(7)
``The Architecture of Frank O. Gehry,'' Walker Art Center	333	(3)
Chiat/Day Temporary Offices	336	(4)
``Sheet Metal Craftsmanship: Progress in Building,'' National Building Museum	340	(2)
Schnabel Residence	342	(10)
Progressive Corporation Headquarters	352	(3)
Santa Monica Airport Park Competition	355	(1)
Toronto Metropolitan Government Headquarters Competition	355	(1)
Parc de la Villette Restaurant Competition	356	(1)
Culver Center	356	(1)
Kings Cross Competition	357	(1)
Borman Residence	358	(1)
Madison Square Garden Competition	358	(1)
Fine Arts Center Planning Study, Los Angeles County Museum of Art	359	(1)
San'Wiches 1 and 2	360	(1)
St. James Office Building	361	(1)
Vitra International Furniture Manufacturing Facility and Design Museum	362	(8)
Iowa Laser Laboratory	370	(8)
Team Disneyland Administration Building	378	(5)
Cloverfield Alterations for Frank O. Gehry and Associates	383	(1)
Chiat/Day Toronto	384	(2)
Milan Triennale	386	(1)
Port Imperial Competition	387	(1)
Canary Wharf Competition	387	(1)
Library Square, Los Angeles	388	(1)
Hollywood Sign, Barcelona	389	(1)
Weisman Center	390	(1)
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art	390	(1)
New York Bagel Shop	391	(3)
Euro-Disneyland Retail and Entertainment Center	394	(2)
American Center	396	(12)
Vitra International	408	(8)
Federal Triangle Competition	416	(1)
12th Street Project, Santa Monica	416	(1)
Center for the Visual Arts, University of Toledo	417	(8)
Pito Tea Kettle	425	(1)
New Zealand Museum Competition	425	(1)
Bentwood Furniture	426	(4)
Vila Olimpica	430	(4)
Lewis Residence	434	(8)
Walt Disney Concert Hall and Hotel	442	(12)
Chiat/Day New York Offices	454	(1)
Frederick R. Weisman Art and Teaching Museum	455	(10)
Bonames Housing Project	465	(1)
Griesheim (Lancia Study)	465	(1)
Parc del Delta	465	(1)
``The Walt Disney Concert Hall Design Process,'' Venice Biennale	466	(1)
Los Angeles Rapid Transit District Headquarters Competition	467	(2)
Hannover Bus Stop	469	(1)
EMR Communication and Technology Center	470	(8)
Goldstein Housing Project	478	(2)
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao	480	(18)
``Degenerate Art: The Fate of the Avant-Garde in Nazi Germany''	498	(1)
Metal Crafts Building, University of Toledo	499	(1)
Children's Museum, Boston	500	(4)
Nationale-Nederlanden Building	504	(8)
Alameda Redevelopment	512	(2)
Disney Community Ice Center	514	(8)
Telluride Residence	522	(1)
Center for Molecular Studies, University of Cincinnati	523	(3)
Berlin Museum Competition	526	(7)
Kunsthalle Bielefeld	533	(1)
Pferdeturm USTRA Bridge	534	(2)
Der Neue Zollhof	536	(4)
Pariser Platz 3	540	(8)
Temporary Contemporary Renovations, Museum of Contemporary Art	548	(1)
Decorative Arts Museum of Montreal	549	(3)
Samsung Museum of Modern Art	552	(10)
USTRA Office Building	562	(2)
Church of the Year 2000 Competition	564	(4)
Experience Music Project, Seattle Center Campus	568	(6)
Financial Times Millennium Bridge Competition	574	(2)
Chapel for Father Serra, Cathedral Square Competition	576	(1)
Telluride Residence	577	(1)
Conde Nast Cafeteria	578	(1)
One Times Square	579	(5)
Project Register	584	(4)
Biography	588	(3)
Bibliography	591	(23)
Illustration Credits	614