Frank Gehry, architect
By: J. Fiona Ragheb, editor ; essays by Jean-Louis Cohen ... [et al.].
Contributors: Ragheb, J. Fiona.; Gehry, Frank O., 1929-; Cohen, Jean-Louis.; Museo Guggenheim Bilbao.
Publisher: Guggenheim Museum Publications; Brand: Guggenheim Museum; Guggenheim Museum
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
Subjects: Gehry, Frank O., -- 1929- -- Exhibitions; Architecture -- United States -- 20th century -- Exhibitions; Architects -- United States -- Exhibitions; Architecture -- Europe -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: "Since the 1997 completion of what many consider his greatest achievement - the stunning Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain - Frank O. Gehry has soared to the forefront of contemporary American architecture. Long recognized by his peers for his innovative designs, Gehry now enjoys a new level of prominence in the popular imagination.

This book, the catalogue of the first large-scale retrospective of Gehry's work in 15 years, examines the architect's unique vision and provides the historical perspective with which to interpret the audacious accomplishments.".

"Essays by noted museum curators and architectural historians explore his iconoclastic spirit and trace his melding of unconventional materials and forms. Photographs, drawings, plans, and scale models communicate the breadth and complexity of Gehry's work and show how, in his view of architecture as sculptural space, Gehry has opened up a world of new possibilities for architecture."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "Published on the occasion of the exhibition Frank Gehry, Architect. Organized by Mildred Friedman and J. Fiona Ragheb. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, May 18-August 26, 2001. Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, October 29, 2001-February 1, 2002"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-385).
Table of contents: title: A personal reflection / Thomas Krens; title: Selected projects / J. Fiona Ragheb and Kara Vander Weg; title: Architecture in motion / Mildred Friedman; title: The house that built Gehry / Beatriz Colomina; title: Frankly urban : Gehry from billboards to Bilbao / Jean-Louis Cohen; title: Sites of passage / J. Fiona Ragheb; title: Roll over Euclid : how Frank Gehry designs and builds / William J. Mitchell.