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Frank Gehry /

"Arranged chronologically, this book follows the arc of Gehry's later career, during which he has focused mainly on public and cultural facilities. The book explores how Gehry has overcome technological setbacks and aesthetic backlash, never wavering from his vision. It examines his work i...

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Corporate Authors: Centre Georges Pompidou; Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Group Author: Lemonier, Aurélien; Migayrou, Frédéric; Govan, Michael; Seban, Alain; Blistène, Bernard; Culea, Eliza; Witt, Andrew; Brayer, Marie-Ange; Delhumeau, Gwenaël; Gehry, Frank O., 1929; Gehry, Frank O., 1929-
Published: Prestel,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: [2017]
©2015
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Gehry, Frank O., > 1929- > Exhibitions
Gehry, Frank O., > 1929- > Criticism and interpretation
Gehry, Frank O
Gehry, Frank O., > Criticism and interpretation
Gehry, Frank O., > 1929
Gehry, Frank O. > 1929
1900-1999
Architecture, Postmodern > Exhibitions
Architecture, American > 20th century > Exhibitions
Architecture and Planning
Architecture, American
Architecture, Postmodern
Architekt
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Exhibition catalogs
Summary: "Arranged chronologically, this book follows the arc of Gehry's later career, during which he has focused mainly on public and cultural facilities. The book explores how Gehry has overcome technological setbacks and aesthetic backlash, never wavering from his vision. It examines his work in the context of the urban environment, showing how Gehry continually strives to make cities "less boring" and to create urban buildings that echo their surroundings. The buildings profiled here - including the Vitra International Furniture Manufacturing Facility and Design Museum in Switzerland, Walt Disne
Item Description: Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name held at Centre Pompidou, Paris, October 8, 2014-January 26, 2015, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, September 13, 2015-January 3, 2016.
Carrier Form: 255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 29 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-255).
ISBN: 9783791354422
3791354426
Index Number: NA737
CLC: TU-867.12
Call Number: TU-867.12/F828-1
Contents: The organon of Frank Gehry /
The promise of cities /
Interview with Frank Gehry --
Elementarization-segmentation, 1965-80 --
Composition-assemblage, 1980-90 --
Frank Gehry in the workshop : furniture experiments /
Fusion-interaction, 1990-2000 --
Tension-conflict, 1990-2000 --
Form-building /
Frank Gehry : the interlacing of the material and the digital /
Continuity-flux, 2000-10 --
Singularity-unity, 2010-15 --
Territories /
Chronology of major urban proje

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