I did my final project on the architect Frank Gehry. He seemed very interesting to me and I wanted to learn more about him. In an artistic climate that too often looks backwards rather that toward the future, where retrospectives are more prevalent than risk-taking, it is important to honor the architecture of Frank O. Gehry. His refreshing originality and totally American style, has made Gehry's work highly refined, sophisticated and so adventurous that it really emphasizes the art of architecture. .
Frank Gehry is a master architect who is still living, and has greatly changed the face of architecture. He got this title from hard work. He started out small; building "little cities" out of wood scrapes as a child. His Grandmother was the one who influenced him to do this. .
Frank was born in 1929, in Toronto, and at the age of 18 moved to Los Angeles, California. Gehry attained an architecture degree in 1954 at the University of Southern California. He started out his career in Paris, working for Pereira and Lickman. When he was in Paris his French education was an enormous help to him while working. He studied works by LeCorbusier, Balthasar Neumann, and was attracted by the French Roman churches. In the late 1960's he returned to the United States and founded Frank O. Gehry and Associates. He became famous after he developed plastic furniture. But over the years, Gehry had moved away from the conventional commercial practice to a more artistically directed atelier. For Frank, like most architects, the art of building is a serious and searching business. He pursues his muse with love and frustration, and with a sense of discovery in each undertaking with his exceptional set of skills. He is known for taking chances; he works close to the ed!.
ge; he pushes boundaries beyond previous limits. There are times when he misses the mark, and times when the breakthrough achieved is remarkable.
The history of modern architecture shows the personality of the architect who designed it. This style began in the United States and Europe. It then spread from there to the rest of the world. Modern architects reacted against the architecture of the 19th century; they thought it borrowed too man...
