Frank O. Gehry

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Biography

Piano was born in Genoa, where he still maintains a home and office (Building Workshop). He was educated and subsequently taught at the Politecnico di Milano. From 1965 to 1970 he worked with Louis Kahn and with Makowsky. He worked together with Richard Rogers from 1971 to 1977; their most famous joint project is the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (1977). He also had a long collaboration with the extraordinary engineer Peter Rice.





Trans National Place





Trans National Place, also known as 115 Winthrop Square, is a supertall skyscraper proposed for construction in Boston, Massachusetts. The building was designed by architect Renzo Piano, but Piano later left the project in March 2007.[1] If completed, Trans National Place would stand as the tallest building in Boston, Massachusetts, and New England, surpassing the 60-story John Hancock Tower by 15 stories and at least 210 feet (64 meters) to become the tallest building in the city. The developer is local businessman Steve Belkin, who also owns an adjoining mid-rise building, which would be torn down.[2]
Although an official height has not yet been released, the building is expected to have 75 floors and a roof height of approximately 1,000 feet (304.8 meters), with a spire extending the building's total height to around 1,175 feet (358.1 meters). The tower's design also incorporates a rooftop garden, park, and observation deck entitled "Lookout Garden".
However, on May 15, 2008, the Federal Aviation Administration objected to the the building's proposed height, deeming the structure a possible flight obstruction to the air traffic of nearby Logan International Airport.[3] Although plans for a 1,000–foot (352 m) skyscraper have not yet officially been abandoned, it is possible that Belkin will develop a new design with a height range closer to that of the 790–foot (241 m) John Hancock Tower in Boston's Back Bay.[3]
Construction was originally scheduled to begin in 2008, with the opening taking place in 2011.[4] However, given the FAA's recent objection to Trans National Place's proposed height, the tower's construction process has been stalled




Los Angeles County Museum of Art






The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, also known as LACMA, is an art museum in Los Angeles County, California. It is located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles, adjacent to the George C. Page Museum and La Brea Tar Pits.
LACMA is the largest encyclopedic museum west of Chicago.[citation needed] Its holdings include more than 100,000 works spanning the history of art from ancient times to the present. In addition to art exhibits, the museum features film and concert series throughout the year.

arkitek pilihan adfateen.....PHILIP JOHNSON

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PHILIP JOHNSON

Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906– January 25, 2005) was an influential American architect. With his thick, round-framed glasses, Johnson was the most recognizable figure in American architecture for decades. In 1930, he founded the Department of Architecture and Design at MoMA and later (1978), as a trustee, he was awarded an American Institute of Architects Gold Medal and the first Pritzker Architecture Prize, in 1979. He was a student at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. When Johnson died in January 2005, he was survived by his long-time life partner, David Whitney, who died only a few months later, on June 12, 2005

The Pennsylvania Academy of MusicLancaster, Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Academy of Music is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to musical training. Students range in age from kindergarten to high school. The Academy chose Philip Johnson/Alan Ritchie Architects to design a new centerpiece for its campus in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. At its heart the project has a new performance space -- a 370-seat recital hall and grand foyer -- that will be intimate yet monumental. Nineteenth century red brick buildings line the block where the new 80,000 sq. ft. structure will sit. The design responds to this context. The architects have chosen tall, slender brick piers with a traditional corbeled cornice. Behind this is a bay of clear, frameless glass. At the entrance to the grand foyer a glass curtain wall rises beyond the brick frame. Both solid and transparent this design gives a distinct modern approach a monumental solution In addition to performance space and foyer there will be classrooms, rehearsal spaces, a library and an audio lab on the ground floor. On the upper level studios enclose a roof garden that sits above the recital hall.



American Business Center at Checkpoint CharliePhilip Johnson HausBerlin, Germany

The American Business Center is a mixed-use commercial building, clad in granite with an aluminum curtain wall. Adjacent to what was once 'Checkpoint Charlie', in the former East Berlin, the design embodies a thirty meter high, seven story building and an adjacent public park. The total above ground area of over 320,000 square feet, consists of a ground floor of 45,000 square feet along with retail space and the upper floors dedicated for commercial use. Three levels of parking, storage and retail are situated underground. The interior of the typical 35,000 square foot floor plate features two large courtyards, a response to the request for daylight to all working areas of twenty feet in depth or less. One courtyard, a three story lobby connecting an adjacent park to the main street of Friedrichstrasse, became the central organizing element of the plan. There is a cross axis which connects the three elevator cores, serving each portion of the building. The design is responsive to market desires, calling for the building to have the majority of its accessibility from Friedrichstrasse. A prestigious lobby is provided for all of the building tenants. A first class restaurant and an adjacent lounge are designed to face a park that is part of the site. The park features a stone paving outline of the foundation of the destroyed Bethlehem Church and a ten meter metal helix sculpture supporting the bronze steeple bell of the former Church. The facade, articulated with vertical stone elements, comes together with horizontal stone beams. Glass curtain walls sit between the vertical piers, with portions of the curtain wall slanted back to denote the entrances. The design responds successfully to the client request for a highly articulated street facade that is reminiscent of the work of the early 20th century German architects.

Chavasse ParkLiverpool, England

The idea of urban intervention has been a central part of several recent designs by Philip Johnson/Alan Ritchie Architects. In these they have explored how to place large-scale structures within existing urban fabric to create extraordinary architectural effects. Their design for Chavasse Park in Liverpool, England is a clear example of this urban intervention, which at once stands out as a civic monument, yet acts to unite various elements of the city to form a recognizable urban district. Its distinctly warped form is very much due to the firm's collaboration with engineer, Cecil Balmond of Ove Arup Partners. When asked about the use of glass to enclose the two-story shopping mall, Johnson explains, "This is reminiscent of traditional shopping arcades such as London's famous Burlington arcade and similar arcades found in France and Germany." Philip Johnson/Alan Ritchie Architects is concerned greatly with what will makes this project so special to the city of Liverpool. Johnson asserts, "It will offer retail and entertainment activities and all that, but more important it will provide pedestrian access to and from Liverpool's Old dock, the city's salient feature. The design emanates directly from the need to reintegrate the waterfront into the city."

arkitek pilihan saya:......Jorn Utzon SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

bangunan ni kat...Sydney, Australia

tarikh....1957 to 1973
jenis bangunan...opera house
Construction System...tile-clad concrete and precast concrete
Context...urban waterfront
Style...Expressionist Modern
Notes
Great stairway, family of forms in spherical section roofs, pure curving shapes that across the harbor in great heroic harmony

The construction of the beautiful freestanding, sculptural tripartite Opera House was one of the longest contractual sagas of the century. Sadly, architect Jorn Utzon became the scapegoat of a scandalous political affair and in 1966 withdrew from his project. Sitting on Bennelong Point, virtually in the Harbour and overlooked by the great Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Opera House is completely exposed, as three-dimensional as the orange segments its forms are based on. It is all roofs with an imposing base. These were made possible by Ove Arup. Originally the winner of an international open competition in 1957, it was a scheme that broke most of the rules. It was finally completed in August 1973 by other hands under the direction of Peter Hall.

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ABOUT MY HERO ARCHITECT :

FRANK OWEN GEHRY..........

My personal hero is Frank Gehry. He was born on February 28, 1929 in Toronto, Canada. His architectural designs are regarded around the world. He attended the University of Southern California, where he received his Bachelor in Architecture degree, and got his Masters in Architecture at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. He owns his own architecture firm and designs buildings all over the world.

ARCHITECTURE STYLE

The warped forms of Frank Gehry's structures are classified sometimes as being of the deconstructivist, or "DeCon" school of postmodernist architecture, whether or not he consciously holds such inclinations. Gehry himself disavows any association with the movement and claims no formal alliance to any particular architectural movement.

The Walt Disney Concert Hall Downtown Los AngelesThe physical model of Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall. Photo courtesy of Frank O. Gehry & Associates

*Frank Gehry has experienced and seen many different styles and trends throughout his life and it has helped him develop his own unique, but sophisticated, version of designing.

How does this hero contribute to society?

Gehry has designed more than fifty commercial buildings and residences throughout the United States and the world, including the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, the Disney Ice Rink in Anaheim, the Los Angeles Children’s Museum, the California Aerospace Museum, and the Yale Psychiatric Institute, just to name a few. He also renovated the famous Hollywood Bowl by adding fiberglass spheres which hang from the bowl’s shell to upgrade the sound of the acoustics.

What values does this hero represent?

In a way, Frank Gehry represents determination, ingenuity, and individuality. He has developed many different designs that are not generally seen every day. His designs are his own and are not copies of other people’s work. In 1989, he received the prestigious Pritzker Prize in Architecture for his work.

Gehry’s style of design and the fact that he has produced so many things including buildings and furniture. As a future architect, I would only hope to develop the skills to design as well as him.

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