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Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry

Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry

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 AIA Gold Medal | Frank Gehry, 1999

Here, from Pulitzer Prize winning critic Paul Goldberger, is the first full-fledged critical biography of Frank Gehry, undoubtedly the most famous architect of our time. Goldberger follows Gehry from his humble origins the son of working-class Jewish immigrants in Toronto to the heights of his extraordinary career. He explores Gehry's relationship to Los Angeles, a city that welcomed outsider artists and profoundly shaped him in his formative years. He surveys the full range of his work, from the Bilbao Guggenheim to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in L.A. to the architects own home in Santa Monica, which galvanized his neighbors and astonished the world. He analyzes his carefully crafted persona, in which an amiable surface masks a driving ambition. And he discusses his use of technology, not just to change the way a building looks, but to revolutionize the very practice of the field. Comprehensive and incisive, Building Art is a sweeping view of a singular artist and an essential story of architectures modern era.

DETAILS:
By Paul Goldberger
Vantage, 2017
Paperback, 544 pages
6.2 x 1.1 x 9.3 inches


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