Frank Owen Gehry was born into a Jewish family in Toronto on February 28th, 1929. As a creative child, he was encouraged by his grandmother with whom they would build little cities out of scraps of wood.
Frank is one of the most in inventive and pioneering architects working today. He relocated with his wife and his two daughters in 1947 to Los Angeles.
He is most famous for the Guggenheim Museum, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Weisman Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Ontario and the Dancing House. His works are unique, creative and different in style; his creations had expanded and grew to include exhibition designs, furniture, libraries, office buildings, restaurants, schools, and visual and performing arts.
Frank studied city planning at Harvard University’s Graduate school of design after graduating from USC. He studied urban planning, and spent a year in Paris working for André Remondet.
Frank then returned to California and opened a small office in Santa Monica in 1962.
Frank went to the University of Southern California, where he got his bachelor’s degree in architecture and then his Masters in architecture at Harvard University. In a way, Frank represents determination and individuality. During an architectural career that has spanned four decades, Frank Gehry has produced public and private buildings in America, Asia, and Europe.
Frank Gehry’s structures are sometimes classified as being of the deconstructivist, or “decon” school of postmodernist architecture. Deconstructivist means “Decon” and it is often referred to as post-structuralist in nature for it’s ability to go beyond current modalities of structural definition. I like his work because it’s different from other peoples work and it’s not plain. The IAC building is an example of Frank Gehry’s unique and creative style.
IAC building
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