RESEARCH ON ARCHITECT
FRANK GEHRY
Frank Gehry is an American architect and designer who has designed a large amount of building that has created attractions for them. His works are mostly focused on expressionism which in turn generates a lot of attractions.
Architecture Style;
Gehry's architectural style is unique and difficult to categorize, so he has been considered modernist, postmodernist, or contemporary. However, his style is best described as deconstructivist. Deconstructivist architecture is marked by going against traditional structures. This style does not find it necessary to follow standard design ideas and leaves much room to experiment with new designs and forms. Gehry's architectural designs are not decorative, but extremely playful. The following will discuss the influences on his work. (Frank Gehry, No date).
Notable works:
Fondation Louis
Vuitton;
Frank Gehry
preserved the clear lightness of 19th-century glass and the preference for
strolls interspersed with surprises. His architectural style blends the
inventiveness provided by contemporary technology with a conventional "art
de vivre" and audacious vision. Every step of construction pushed the
boundaries of conventional architecture to create a one-of-a-kind building that
fulfills a dream, from the invention of glass curved to the nearest millimetre
for the 3,600 panels that form the Fondation's twelve sails to the 19,000
panels of Ductal (fibre-reinforced concrete), each one unique, that give the
iceberg its immaculate whiteness. Not to mention, a completely new design
process.
This building is
located in Paris, France.
Dancing House;
This is situated in Prague, Czech Republic, this building is also known as the "Fred and Ginger Building" Gehry originally named the house Fred and Ginger (after the famous dancers Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers - the house resembles a pair of dancers) but this nickname is now very rarely used; moreover, Gehry himself was later "afraid to import American Hollywood kitsch to Prague", so refused his own idea. (Architectuul no date).
REFERENCES:
(No date)
Frank Gehry | architectural style, works & influences | study.com.
Available at:
https://study.com/learn/lesson/frank-gehry-architecture-style-influences-work.html
(Accessed: 27 October 2023).
The dancing
house (no date) Architectuul. Available at:
https://architectuul.com/architecture/the-dancing-house (Accessed: 28 October
2023).
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