The Essential Frank O. Gehry

By Laurence B. Chollet

Book Overview

This portrait of Frank O. Gehry, the architect responsible for the Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, examines his life, work and continuing search for new forms and means of architectural expression. Among his other works are the Experience Music Project in Seattle, the Fishdance Restaurant, Kobe, Japan, and the forthcoming Guggenheim branch to be built in Manhattan.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810958295
• ISBN13: 9780810958296
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Great photos and interesting writing

I found this book at the Indianapolis Institute of Arts. The author does a fine job of surveying Gehry's career and accomplishments. The reader is also offered some additional GENERAL information on various influencing architects, and architectual syles and/or movements. While the text is concise, it is truly unpretentious. The photographs are splendid, especially those showing his masterpiece, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. While this is not a full treatise on the works and influence of Gehry's career, it is exactly as the title suggests: it offers the essentials of Gehry's artistry and mastery.