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Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry

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Availability:In StockContributor:Paul GoldbergerPublish date:11/14/2017Pages:544
Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780307946393ISBN-10:307946398UPC:9780307946393Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, ArchitectureBook Subcategory:Artists, Architects, Photographers, Literary Figures, Individual Architects & FirmsSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.541Product ID:SC9RK0M837
From Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Paul Goldberger, a full-fledged critical biography of Frank Gehry, undoubtedly the most famous architect of our time.

"Fascinating. . . . An informative, startling journey into the inner sanctums of modern architecture's power structure." --The New York Times Book Review

"Riveting. . . . Full of little-known facts about the Pritzker Prize-winner that will surprise the most knowledgable Gehry-philes." --Architectural Digest

Goldberger follows Gehry from his humble origins--the son of working-class Jewish immigrants in Toronto--to the heights of his extraordinary career. He explores Gehry's relationship to Los Angeles, a city that welcomed outsider artists and profoundly shaped him in his formative years. He surveys the full range of his work, from the Bilbao Guggenheim to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in L.A. to the architect's own home in Santa Monica, which galvanized his neighbors and astonished the world. He analyzes his carefully crafted persona, in which an amiable surface masks a driving ambition. And he discusses his use of technology, not just to change the way a building looks, but to revolutionize the very practice of the field.

Comprehensive and incisive, Building Art is a sweeping view of a singular artist--and an essential story of architecture's modern era.
Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780307946393ISBN-10:307946398UPC:9780307946393Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, ArchitectureBook Subcategory:Artists, Architects, Photographers, Literary Figures, Individual Architects & FirmsSize:9.10 x 6.10 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.541Product ID:SC9RK0M837

Paul Goldberger, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, spent fifteen years as the architecture critic for The New Yorker and began his career at The New York Times, where he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism for his writing on architecture. He is the author of many books, most recently Why Architecture Matters, Building Up and Tearing Down: Reflections on the Age of Architecture, and Up From Zero. He teaches at The New School and lectures widely around the country on architecture, design, historic preservation, and cities. He and his wife, Susan Solomon, live in New York City.


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