Dear fellow readers, this section will be a review a book I have searched for that relates to the architecture and has been mentioned in one of the lectures I attended. The architect's name is Frank Gehry, and the reason why I was interested in him is because he went against the rules of architecture and geometry and created buildings that defy gravity and angled shapes of a normal building. The book is called Frank Gehry: architect and it is about his works and highlights how it is build and stories behind the buildings as well as provide some first sketches of each building.
Frank Gehry is a Canadian architect that 'took hold of art' with Chiat Day building. His early works that interested me as I am working with the same material around October, 2019, is the Easy Edges Cardboard Furniture (1969-1973).
Frank Gehry showed a style from the early ages of his buildings, a style that will soon, be the main focus on how he will start to approach buildings. He also shows he has a curiosity to different materials and likes to experiment with them to make that piece durable. The early works also show that has an interesting way of using materials and finding unusual ones to use in his construction. For example, in the Gehry residence (1977-1978; 1991-1992).
Mr. Gehry "wrapped the existing structure in layers of corrugated metal and chain link, and pierced the outer skin with large glass apertures rotated off-square."
Frank Gehry's residence kind of construction usually revolves around a box as the Wagner residence that was never built.
The project, like the previous one, tends to exhibit a "modernist box" type of style. the same idea applies to the Wagner residence although it was never built. There also seems to be a little influence from the Japanese modern architecture.
His irregular shapes and imperfectly angular buildings is what made him stand out in the architectural industry. Again, this is further emphasized in Familian Residence that remains unbuilt as Frank Gehry says they "look nicer than buildings finished". Frank Gehry is easily adaptable with the client's requirements, tending to explore his client's work as a way of using that to create something that would meet their requirements as well as allow Mr. Gehry to dive deeper into new ways of building. This is shown in the Aerospace Hall California Science Center which exactly shows what it says
an aerospace center with unique designs of airplanes attached on the exterior of the building. Frank Gehry tends to also take inspiration from the surrounding area such as the Sirmai-Peterson Residence, like a series of boxes that were fitten in the area facing the mountains on one side and facing the pond on the other side.
One of Gehry's most recognisable buildings is the Chiat Day Building,
which includes a large scale building of binoculars and contrasting with rectangular columns and diagonal beams.
In another building, Frank Gehry took inspiration from not just the surroundings but history as well, as he tens to look at the old elements of old America Suburb and create the Schnabel Residence.
He also took an inspiration from Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles as well as reference Islamic mosques in the office design. The center of the building takes inspiration from church architecture which seems to be disorderly in design of a resident made mostly out of wood.
Frank Gehry challenged his previous and past designs when he designed the Vitra International Manufacturing facility and Design museum, by designing the building and curving the edges, it became a challenge in terms of the geometry that was shown in the previous design when layering uncommon material.
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