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
build create creates guy means next people whatever
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.
together building electrical
You have to do every detail on every bloody piece of the building. You have to know how the engineering works. You have to know how the fittings go together. You have to master the mechanical, electrical, acoustical - everything.
world footprint building
China is building cities for a 20 to 40 percent increase in population. India is quickly growing. The carbon footprints of that and other development around the world are overwhelming.
green building program
I never said I was opposed to the LEED program or to green building - I'm not.
would-be building driven
I would like to make a building as intellectually driven as it is sculptural and as positive as it would be acceptable to hope.
building budgets
My buildings are all on budget.
architecture building
Ninety percent of the buildings we live in and around aren't architecture. No, that's not right - 98 percent.
yearn york
We want that center, we yearn for it, we need it. It shouldn't look like New York or Paris, it should look like us.
ability art beautiful context creating designs discovery feeling inspired jewelry led living painters process provides realize shared sketching spirit vision ways worked
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.
found government harvard lobby public strength studied
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.
architecture art ask houses people tract whether
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.
life money
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.
cold home stuff super
This neo-minimalism super cold stuff is weird to me. I need a place where I can come home and take my shoes off.