A monolithic form as beautiful as his buildings.
Frank gehry furniture.
His work defies categorization but has made him an icon of current architecture with such projects as the vitra museum in weil am rhein germany.
Weisman art museum in minneapolis.
Frank gehry also created a bentwood furniture collection for knoll in 1992.
After working for several architectural firms he established his own company frank o.
The frank gehry bench has an overall height of 17 0 43 cm length of 50 0 127 cm and.
One of the most celebrated architects of the second half of the 20th century frank gehry has made a career of pushing boundaries and questioning what architecture can do.
American born canada 1929.
Frank gehry is considered one of the most influential architects of the late 20th century.
Created from uv protected rotational molded polyethylene it was designed in 2004 by celebrated architect frank gehry for heller.
Unquestionably one of the most innovative most popular and most prolific architects of his generation gehry is famous around the world for his unconventional designs and ingenious use of shapes and materials to produce striking sometimes reality.
A number of his buildings including his private residence have become world renowned attractions his works are cited as being among the most important works of contemporary architecture in the 2010 world architecture survey which led.
The end result was a structurally lightweight ribbon like design.
His benches were one single form and consisted of resistance outer corners for durability.
He sought to lighten the thick main structures typical of bentwood furniture using the apple crates of his childhood as inspiration.
Gehry associates in 1962 and established its successor gehry partners in 2002.
His benches were rotationally molded with bright colors inspired by his sculptures for sophie calle.
1929 has changed the nature and spirit of contemporary architecture yet the world s best known living architect has also enjoyed a prolific career as a designer of artful and functional objects ranging from furniture to jewelry that.
Gehry created his bentwood furniture collection for knoll in 1992.
And the walt disney concert.
Frank gehry is one of the most sought after internationally recognized and prolific architects and designers in the world today.
Anyone who loves design on any scale from the shape of a building to the color of the furniture inside of it has probably heard of frank gehry.
Frank gehry s bench represents his building precisely.
He completed his architecture studies at the university of southern california in 1954 and enrolled at harvard s graduate school of design to study urban planning but dropped out soon after and returned to los angeles.
He studied architecture at the university of southern california 1949 51.
The frank gehry house.
Born frank owen goldberg.
Gehry s family immigrated to los angeles in 1947.
1954 and city planning at harvard university 1956 57.
With magnificent buildings such as the guggenheim bilbao disney concert hall in los angeles and the new foundation louis vuitton in paris frank gehry b.
The distinctive gehry bench adds a functional sculptural form to your outdoor furniture.