Paul Goldberger: Jean Nouvel and the art of the façade. Nov 16, 2009
Beside the smooth, milky-white exterior of Frank Gehry s I.A.C. Building, across Nineteenth Street, it seems nervous, and even the architect s description of it, a vision machine, smacks of trying too hard. But Nouvel, one of the world s most famous and prolific architects, is anything but insecure. (New Yorker)
Review: 'Visual Acoustics' a tribute to Shulman Nov 8, 2009
Among interviewees are architect Frank Gehry, artist Ed Ruscha, publisher Benedikt Taschen, actress Kelly Lynch, fashion designer Tom Ford and, extensively, Shulman himself. The Shulman we see is a man of sharp humor, with an ego to match some of the architects he worked for. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Editorial: Public art plan for parking deck poses issues Nov 6, 2009
Robinson's suggestion at Tuesday's meeting that the parking deck might be a "sort of Bilbao Guggenheim," an ultramodern titanium-clad art museum in Spain designed by noted architect Frank Gehry, was endearingly optimistic. However, his suggestions that commission members might comprise at least part of a group deciding what art is installed in the parking deck, or that commissioners could be allowed to vote on who sits on that body, coupled with his specific mentions of two artists whose work... (Athens Banner-Herald)
The Barnes Collection Deserves a Better New Home Than This Oct 16, 2009
The Barnes Collection is moving. Does its new Philadelphia home measure up. (Slate)
Weisman Art Museum expansion started Oct 3, 2009
The expansion was designed by architect Frank Gehry, who also designed the museum itself. The silver cubist building overlooking the Mississippi River on the campus East Bank was built in 1993. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)
New design unveiled for NBA arena in Brooklyn Sep 10, 2009
The design is the latest in a string from the development team, and the second since the project's original architect, Frank Gehry, was jettisoned because his $1 billion design was too expensive. These latest plans are a collaboration between the architectural firms Ellerbe Becket, a veteran designer of sports stadiums, and SHoP, which was added to the project in June. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Top 10 fantasy holidays for wannabes Aug 29, 2009
Hotel Marques de Riscal, Spain: Live like a wine connoisseurDesigned by Frank Gehry, at Starwood's Hotel Marques de Riscal in the Rioja region of northern Spain, you can take in the views of the vineyards or taste some of the best wines in the world at the 1860 Restaurant. After dinner, retire to The Wine Bar Vinoteca for nightcap then recover the next day at the Caudalie Vinotherapie Spa with its "wine therapy" treatments. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Ratner Moving West Aug 28, 2009
The Atlantic Yards developer has already replaced architect Frank Gehry and whittled down the cost of his 1 billion Nets arena by 200 million. Now he's sold his Montauk estate for 10 million to Chelsea art dealer David Zwirner, reports The Post's Jennifer Gould Keil. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Judge dismisses suit against architect Gehry Aug 25, 2009
Evan Agostini / APA judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit against Frank Gehry by a company that claimed it was owed money for a jewelry line designed by the famed architect ... LOS ANGELES - A judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit against Frank Gehry by a company that claimed it was owed money for a jewelry line designed by the famed architect. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Is Project Runway Any Good on Lifetime? Aug 21, 2009
I detect some hints of Frank Gehry in their approach to formthe Walt Disney Concert Hall figures prominently in P.R.'s L.A. landscapeand a lot of Grace Jones in the air. (Could it be that the emergence of Rhianna and Lady Gaga as trendsetters has given Grace's delicious shtick a new salience. (Slate)
T: The New York Times Style Magazine to Host a Fifth Anniversary Celebration at The Standard, New York During New York Fashion Week Aug 15, 2009
One series of covers will commemorate the anniversary and feature the iconic T logo as reimagined by five internationally recognized artists: Frank Gehry, Jenny Holzer, Mr. Koons, Doug and Mike Starn and Francesco Vezzoli. The other set of covers will feature Ms. Mulligan on the Womens Fashion issue in one of five personas created by fashion designers Alber Elbaz, Nicholas Ghesquire, Marc Jacobs, Stefano Pilati and Miuccia Prada. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Pitt on mayoral run: I dont have a chance Aug 14, 2009
World-famous architect Frank Gehry was among those who designed the homes. Skip Bolen / EPAHousing built by Pitt's Make It Right foundation is designed to rise above potential flood waters. (MSNBC -- News)
Top 10 overlooked stunning buildings Aug 8, 2009
SYDNEY - Lists of beautiful buildings laud the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower, and at least one token Frank Gehry building, but there are dozens of other equally beautiful choices that somehow always seem to remain unnoticed. Members and editors of VirtualTourist. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Visit Barcelona's Vicky Cristina Mo... Jul 7, 2009
Port Ol;mpic Follow Mark and Judy s lead and walk along the Moll de Xaloc to see the beach and contemporary buildings, including architect Frank Gehry s shimmering fish. (Take Metro L;nia 4 to Ciutadella. (Suite101.com)
The architecture of William Rawn Jul 5, 2009
He is modern and contemporary, but not Frank Gehry off-the-wall, says Winthrop Wassenar, former director of facilities at Williams College and project manager for Rawn s 62 Center for Theatre and Dance which opened in Williamstown in 2005. Rawn is all listener when he starts a project. (Boston Globe)
A Review of Spain on the Road Again May 28, 2009
Add in the interviews with such well-known artists such as Frank Gehry and the conversations and debates that follow his visit, make Spain on the Road Again a complete pleasure to watch. It makes an armchair traveler think that they have been removed from their living room and transplanted into the vineyards of Basque Country. (Suite101.com)
Arthur Erickson, at 84; Canadian architect was inventive, fearless May 23, 2009
His opponent was a diverse consortium of architects and designers, dubbed the All-Stars, that included Frank Gehry, Barton Myers, Charles Moore, Cesar Pelli, Lawrence Halprin, and others. Mr. Erickson prevailed with a scheme calling for three towers connected at ground level by a veritable hidden city of courtyards, staircases, and escalators almost entirely sealed off from the streets around them. (Boston Globe)
Louis Vuitton exhibits go on display in HK May 22, 2009
A three-dimensional model and brief introduction to the forthcoming Fondation Louis Vuitton pour la Creation Museum designed by iconic architect Frank Gehry will also be displayed. Meanwhile, seven young Hong Kong artists will be featured at the expo to show the creative expression and characteristics of local contemporary art. (Xinhuanet, China)
#51 TORONTO, ONTARIO May 15, 2009
Back to art - make sure to see the massively expanded Art Gallery of Ontario, now complete with a wonderful glass faade courtesy of hometown boy Frank Gehry. Besides culture, Toronto's neighborhoods are the best reason to visit. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
We Hear . . . May 13, 2009
THAT architect Frank Gehry will unveil the shoes he designed for J.M. Weston tonight at the Flag Art Foundation gallery on West 25th Street. THAT Nicolas Cage hosted last night at UN headquarters as painter Ross Bleckner was made a UN Goodwill Ambassador before the likes of Graydon Carter, Calvin Klein, Jeff Koons and Harry Belafonte. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Alex Ross: Esa-Pekka Salonen ends his reign at the L.A. Philharmonic. Apr 28, 2009
Along the way, Salonen had much help from Frank Gehry, whose gleaming design for Disney Hall demanded a more up-to-date repertory, and from two exceptionally canny executives, Ernest Fleischmann and Deborah Borda. Ultimately, though, the metamorphosis of the Philharmonic was Salonen s doing, and he thereby gained a place among the visionary conductors of American musical history the likes of Leopold Stokowski, Serge Koussevitzky, and Leonard Bernstein. (New Yorker)
Alpine solitude gives Zumthor his inspiration Apr 19, 2009
While past Pritzker winners such as Zaha Hadid and Frank Gehry immerse themselves in London and Los Angeles, Zumthor has kept himself to himself in Haldenstein since first buying a barn in the village of about 800 people in 1971. There he remained while designing works including the Bruder Klaus Chapel in Mechernich, Germany; the stone thermal baths in Vals, Switzerland; the Swiss Pavilion for the Expo 2000 in Hannover, Germany and the Kolumba art museum in Cologne. (Business Report, South Africa)
Casinos and more fun in Biloxi Apr 16, 2009
New attractions are popping up, the beaches are clean and broad, restaurants are opening and a new Frank Gehry-designed art museum promises to be the architectural highlight of the Mississippi Coast when it opens in 2011 ... They re the starting point for an amazing new five-building museum complex designed by Frank Gehry, who designed Los Angeles Walt Disney Concert Hall. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Visiting the Art Gallery of Ontario Apr 10, 2009
Following a year long renovation and a new building design by famous architect Frank Gehry the AGO reopened in November 2008 ... Frank Gehry s vision of the AGO is smooth wood, spirals and a labyrinth of galleries. (Suite101.com)
Ontario gives cultural agencies $43.4-million boost Apr 9, 2009
"You have the new Frank Gehry AGO that has the New York Times drooling, [and] we're in a building [the ROM] with a crystal that Cond Nast [Traveler] called one of the 10 New Wonders of the World," Carroll said. This marks the first permanent increase in operating funds to the agencies in a decade. (Globe and Mail)
Czech capital, Prague is the city to check out ! Apr 4, 2009
Czech capital, Prague is the city to check out. - ET Travel-Features-The Economic Times. (India Times)
Frank Gehry Selected to Design Eisenhower National Memorial: First Presidential Memorial of 21st Century and Only Seventh in U.S. History Apr 2, 2009
One of the world's most celebrated architects, Frank Gehry has designed iconic buildings such as the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park in Chicago, and the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Canada. In addition to members of the Gehry firm, the design team is comprised of landscape architects EDAW, Inc., lighting designers L'Observatoire International, and information designers ESI Design. (PR Newswire)
Art Gallery of Ontario workers face layoffs Mar 13, 2009
Some 343,000 people have visited the redesigned Frank Gehry building since it opened in mid-November, roughly 16 per cent shy of the 400,000 visitors gallery officials had expected to see by March 31 ... Some 343,000 people have visited the redesigned Frank Gehry building since it opened in mid-November, roughly 16 per cent shy of the 400,000 visitors gallery officials had expected to see by March 31. (Globe and Mail)
Explore Prague, the capital of Czech Republic Mar 7, 2009
The way one eats is the way one works, is a famous Czech proverb and is prominently printed on the napkin wrapper on Czech Airlines flight. Sitting in Paris as the Czech Republic took over the presidency of the European Union from France on 1 January this year (Sweden will follow this July) I decided to spend an extended weekend checking out the mood (and need I say, food. (India Times)
Moisture plagues 'impermeable' gallery Mar 4, 2009
The new Frank Gehry-designed Art Gallery of Ontario, designed as an impregnable fortress against the harsh Canadian weather, is already showing cracks in its armour ... The leaks and condensation problems at the AGO have dredged up memories of a negligence lawsuit that ensnared its architect, Frank Gehry, in late 2007 after another of his designs, at MIT, became cracked, leaky and mouldy. (Globe and Mail)
A memorable legacy Feb 23, 2009
Few architects today can claim as varied a list of antecedents as Esocoff does: Boston s Charles Bulfinch, Washington s Thomas Schneider, Philadelphia s Frank Furness, Alvar Aalto, Louis Kahn, Robert Venturi, and Antoni Gaudi and the Barcelona Modernistas, among many others, including Frank Gehry (a little bit) and Esocoff s own wife, pattern-loving architect Amy Weinstein (a lot). Esocoff admires them all and, without literal quotation, uses their lessons in myriad ways. (Washington Business Journal, DC)
Read Article » Feb 20, 2009
An ill-conceived proposal by Frank Gehry to cover Lincoln Center's central plaza with a gigantic glass canopy stirred such outrage among constituents that it was shelved in 2001. A design by the French architect Christian de Portzamparc for a flashy new home for New York City Opera on Amsterdam Avenue came and went with barely a yawn five years later. (International Herald Tribune)
Six new boutique hostels Feb 12, 2009
Within walking distance: Little Tokyo, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall ... That cost-cutting approach left funds for frills, such as the enormous Frank Gehry puffy-cloud chandelier that illuminates the lobby. (CNN -- Travel)
HUGO BOSS PRIZE 2008: EMILY JACIR Feb 12, 2009
In addition to THE HUGO BOSS PRIZE, the company has helped to make possible the retrospectives of Matthew Barney, Georg Baselitz, Ross Bleckner, Francesco Clemente, Frank Gehry, Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Rauschenberg, and James Rosenquist; the presentation of Art in America: Now in Shanghai; the Ed Ruscha (2005) and Felix Gonzalez-Torres (2007) exhibitions in the U.S. Pavilion of the Venice Biennale; and the exhibition theanyspacewhatever (2008), featuring the works of several past finalists,... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Frank Gehry's software keeps buildings on budget Feb 11, 2009
Frank Gehry's software keeps buildings on budget - International Herald Tribune ... Frank Gehry's software keeps buildings on budget ... When Bruce Ratner hired Frank Gehry in 2004 to design a wrinkled-looking 76-story residential skyscraper in New York near the Brooklyn Bridge, the market for eye-popping luxury condominiums was booming, and the world-class architect's multimillion-dollar fees probably seemed relatively insignificant. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
