Frank Gehry Biography and Artwork

Born 1929

Frank Owen Gehry, CC (born Ephraim Owen Goldberg in Toronto, Ontario on February 28, 1929) is a Canadian-American architect. Gehry is best known for his sculptural approach to building design and for constructing curvaceous structures, often covered with reflective metal. His buildings, including his private residence, have become tourist attractions.

Many museums, companies, and cities seek Gehry's services as a badge of distinction, regardless of the product he delivers. His best known work is the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, which is covered in titanium.

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• Ronald Davis Studio/Residence, Malibu, CA, 1971-2
• Easy Edges furniture series 1972.
• Exhibit Center, Merriweather Post Pavilion, and Rouse Company Headquarters, Columbia, Maryland, USA (1974)
• Gehry Residence, 1978
• Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, USA (various buildings, 1978-2002)
• Santa Monica Place, Santa Monica, California, USA (1980)
• California Aerospace Museum, Los Angeles, California, USA (1982-1984)
• Edgemar Retail Complex, Santa Monica, California, USA (1984)
• Chiat/Day Building, Venice, California, USA (1985-1991)
• Vitra Design Museum, Vitra premises, Weil am Rhein, Germany (1989)
• Frederick Weisman Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (1993)
• Iowa Advanced Technology Laboratories, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA (1987-1992)
• Disney Village, Disneyland Resort Paris, Paris, France (1992)
• Center for the Visual Arts, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA (1993)
• American Center, Paris, France (1994)
• Dancing House (Fred and Ginger), Prague, Czech Republic (1995)
• Anaheim ICE (formerly Disney ICE), Anaheim, California (1995)
• Team Disney Anaheim, Anaheim, California (1995)
• Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain (1997)
• Der Neue Zollhof, Dusseldorf, Germany (1999)
• Vontz Center for Molecular Studies, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (1999)
• DG Bank building, Pariser Platz 3, Berlin, Germany (2000)
• Experience Music Project, Seattle, Washington, USA (2000)
• Gehry Tower, Hanover, Germany (2001)
• Issey Miyake, Flagship Store, New York, New York, USA (2001)
• Peter B. Lewis Building, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA (2002)
• Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA (2003)
• Maggie's centre, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland (2003)
• Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California, USA (2003)
• Ray and Maria Stata Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (2004)
• Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA (2004)
• MARTa, Herford, Germany (2005)
• IAC/InterActiveCorp West Coast Headquarters, Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, California, USA (2005)
• Brian Transeau's house, Los Angeles, California, USA
• Marques de Riscal Winery, Elciego (Rioja (wine) region), Spain (2006).
• IAC/InterActiveCorp Headquarters New York City

Quotes

• "Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness."
• "You've got to bumble forward into the unknown."

Publications

• Frank Gehry, Architect (Guggenheim Museum Publications) - by Frank O. Gehry, Beatriz Colomina, Mildred Friedman, William J. Mitchell, J. Fiona Ragheb, Jean-Louis Cohen, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, Harry N. Abrams; Hardcover edition (May 2001)
• Frank O. Gehry: The Complete Works - by Francesco Dal Co, Kurt W. Forster, Phaidon Press; New Ed edition (October 1, 2003)
• Gehry Talks: Architecture + Process (Universe Architecture Series) - by Frank O. Gehry, Michael Sorkin, Mildred Friedman, Universe Publishing (December 20, 2002)
• Frank O. Gehry: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao - by Coosje Van Buggen, Frank O. Gehry, Coosje Van Bruggen, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation; New Ed edition (July 2003)
• The Essential Frank O. Gehry - by Laurence B. Chollet
• Gehry Draws - by Mark Rappolt, Robert Violette, Horst Bredekamp, The MIT Press (December 1, 2004)
• Digital Gehry - by Bruce Lindsey , Birkhauser; 1 edition (January 1, 2002)
• Frank Gehry, Architect - by Frank O. Gehry, J. Fiona Ragheb, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation; New Ed edition (July 2003)

Quick Facts

• Gehry is a Distinguished Professor of Architecture at Columbia University in New York City and also teaches at Yale University.
• Gehry is considered a modern architectural icon and celebrity, and is now considered a major Starchitect
• He has appeared in Apple's black and white "Think Different" pictorial ad campaign that associates offbeat but revered figures with Apple's design philosophy."
• Gehry is sometimes associated with what is known as the "Los Angeles School", or the "Santa Monica School" of architecture."

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