If you have a strong passion for architecture, then you’ve heard of Frank Gehry! This award-winning architect has spent more than a half-century meddling the very essence of design within architecture.
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All in all, Gehry designed and projected more than two hundred iconic buildings worldwide. Amongst them, we can highlight the iconic Guggenheim Museum of Bilbao in Spain or the Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris, France.
The truth is that Gehry has shown time and time again the power that’s generated when the whimsical design is achieved masterfully. That’s why he was rightfully awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1989, considered by many as the Nobel prize of Architecture. A man with apparently no boundaries, there is no wrong time to rejoice Gehry’s oeuvre. That’s why Best Interior Designers decided to present you with 5 astonishing architectural buildings devised by Frank Gehry over the past five decades. So get inspired by his unique architectural style.
Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain
It’s one of the most famous and controversial projects of Gehry. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation selected Frank Gehry to designed a modern building that could put Bilbao on the architectural map. Gehry delivered and now Bilbao is known worldwide for this stunning building!
Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, United States of America
It’s the fourth hall of the Los Angeles Music Center and it opened on October 24, 2003. Bounded by Hope Street, seats 2,265 people and serves, among other purposes, as the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra and the Los Angeles Master Chorale.
The IAC Building in New York, United States of America
The IAC Building, InterActiveCorp’s headquarters is located at 555 West 18th Street on the northeast corner of Eleventh Avenue in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was completed in 2007. The building was Gehry’s first in New York and featured the world’s largest high definition screen at the time in its lobby
Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris, France
This 143 million dollars museum was opened in October 2014. The building is adjacent to the Jardin d’Acclimatation in the Bois de Boulogne of the 16th arrondissement of Paris. It’s the home of the Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation and the Louis Vuitton Museum.
Neuer Zollhof in Dusseldorf, Germany
It’s now a prominent landmark of Düsseldorf-Hafen, part of the redeveloped port of Düsseldorf in Germany. The building complex consisting of three separate buildings and was completed in 1998.
Image Source – Frank Gehry, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, IAC