(Ebook) Gehry talks architecture + process (Second Expanded Edition) by Michael Sorkin, Frank O. Gehry ISBN 9780789306821, 0789306824

(Ebook) Gehry talks architecture + process (Second Expanded Edition) by Michael Sorkin, Frank O. Gehry ISBN 9780789306821, 0789306824

With the completion of the celebrated Guggenheim Museum in Bilba, architect Frank O. Gehry has entered the pantheon of 20th masters.Gehry Talks: Architecture + Process documents all of his new work of this decade, tracing his evolution from a SoCal architect known for his idiosyncratic use of materials & collaboration with local artists, to an international figure whose fluid, hitherto undreamt-of forms surge beyond the aesthetic & technical constraints of the 20th century. From the titanium-wrapped curves of the Guggenheim Bilbao to the binocular facade of the Chiat-Day HQ in CA, his innovative structural ideas evoke a sense of freedom & spontaneity while, at the same time, displaying the utmost control. Unbound by guidelines of symmetry or the grid's delineation, his structures spring forth, engaged in a seemingly limitless play of ideas-ever-changing in both the multitudinous combinations of shapes suggested by the form & the depth of the conceptual associations implied by the design. Fish & snake motifs birl upon his building's rippling surfaces, while light follows the asymmetrical trajectories of their metallic folds. Though controversial & daring, his works always possess an elegance that lends warmth & humane scope to each project, regardless of the level of innovation-as evinced in contexts as varying as the complicated, & unrealized, plan of the Lewis House in Lyndhurst, OH, or the clarity of the idea behind the Üstra office building in Hannover.... 24 projects, including the Chiat-Day Headquarters in Venice, CA; the Team Disneyland Administration Building in Anaheim, CA; the Vitra Furniture Museum and Factory in Weil am Rhein; é the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. The book features insightful essays by editor Mildred Friedman & architecture critic Michael Sorkin, as well as photographs of buildings that have been completed since the publication of the original volume.