Frank Gehry
Frank Gehry
Frank Owen Gehry, CC28 February 1929) is a Canadian-born American architect, residing in Los Angeles...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth28 February 1929
CityToronto, Canada
CountryUnited States of America
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I have always thought that L.A. is a motor city that developed linear downtowns.
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I think that there is a desire on the part of the city and county to do something special there.
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Jewelry is an art form, ... In conceptualizing designs for Tiffany, I worked as I always do, sketching and creating models. Sculptors and painters have inspired me with their ability to make things with their own hands. This process led to the discovery of new ways to give feeling and spirit to form, and realize our shared vision of jewelry that provides a beautiful context for living now.
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When I went to Harvard and studied planning, I found I didn't have the skills or the strength to become the kind of public person who could go out and lobby government agencies.
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There are a lot of questions about whether architecture is art. The people who ask that think pretty tract houses are architecture. But that doesn't hold up.
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My only extravagance in life is my sailboat. I'm bonkers about that, but other than that, I don't spend money on myself.
I'm a leftie, and I've always believed in doing things on a modest scale.
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This neo-minimalism super cold stuff is weird to me. I need a place where I can come home and take my shoes off.
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I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did, and I get the sweats, I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going.
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Democracy, obviously, is something we don't want to give up, but it does create chaos. It means the guy next door can do what he wants, and it creates a collision of thinking. In cities, that means people build whatever they want.
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Architecture is a service business. An architect is given a program, budget, place, and schedule. Sometimes the end product rises to art - or at least people call it that.
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A lot of people don't get it, but I design from the inside out so that the finished product looks inevitable somehow. I think it's important to create spaces that people like to be in, that are humanistic.
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I think my attitudes about the past are very traditional. You can't ignore history; you can't escape it even if you want to. You might as well know where you come from, and you might as well know that everything has been done in some shape or form.
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I was in Peru and visited a building near Lima built by the Incas. It was low in height, with no windows at all, but all the way in the back there was air movement. And I couldn't figure out how they'd done it; it was incredible.