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From rough houses to landmarks
Gehry scaled rough material experiments into civic landmarks.
Frank Gehry
Portrait of Frank Gehry
City of Toronto / Jose San Juan · Attribution · SourceFrank Gehry turns fragmentation, rough material, and civic spectacle into architectural events.
Life span1929 – PresentNationality / Region美国StyleDeconstructivismEducation南加州大学，哈佛大学设计研究生院
Deconstructivism
Portrait of Frank Gehry
City of Toronto / Jose San Juan · Attribution · SourceIdeas
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Fragmented massing
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Everyday to titanium materials
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Civic spectacle
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Digital fabrication
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The Bilbao effect
Bilbao showed how complex form, fabrication, and urban narrative could converge.
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Music, movement, skin
Gehry’s skins create movement before and within the building.
Reading the works
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
毕尔巴鄂, 西班牙 · 1997
A titanium landmark tied to urban transformation.
Walt Disney Concert Hall
洛杉矶, 美国 · 2003
A concert hall where metal skin and acoustic space meet.
Louis Vuitton Foundation
巴黎, 法国 · 2014
Glass sails around galleries in a park setting.
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