MIT Alleges Flaws in Frank Gehry’s Building

According to Yahoo News, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is suing renowned architect Frank Gehry, alleging serious design flaws in the Stata Center, a building celebrated for its unconventional walls and radical angles.
The $300 million building was completed in 2004, it houses labs, offices, classrooms and meeting rooms, within a few years, it has persistent [...]

Frank Gehry in the Simpsons

Someone uploaded Frank Gehry and the Simpsons episode on YouTube, the guy that uploaded the movie crop off the beginning and ending portion of the movie, just in case you’re wondering, the movie ends with Frank Gehry’s concert hall converted into a prison.
The skateboarding part is amusing, and the best line ever by marge, “I [...]

Philip Johnson Glass House

Travelpods (image above) by Travelodge is the first mobile hotel room, it is for the rich that are not enthusiastic with the idea of pitching a tent and singing dancing around a bonfire. The accommodation measures 6 meters by 2.4 and comes with a double bed, carpeted floors, bathroom and blinds.
The Travelpods looks somewhat similar [...]

Who pushed Frank Ghery to become an architect?

According to Wikipedia, as a child, Frank Lloyd Wright spent a great deal of time playing with the kindergarten educational blocks by Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel (known as Froebel Gifts) given to him by his mother, Anna Lloyd Jones, which pretty much explain why most of Frank Lloyd Wright’s building are in geometrical shapes.
Wright began [...]

Draw With The Wind

Is this not cool? Semi-living things like a tree produce such a wonderful art. This reminds me of Frank Gehry’s sketches, according to the creator of Tree Art, the tree uses wind as her guide now is the secret to Frank Gehry’s masterpiece? Draw with the wind. I have to admit that Frank is a [...]

Frank Gehry - Hotel Marqués De Riscal

This is the work of non other than Frank Gehry, like the Disney Concert Hall; this ribbon like building is a unique hotel in Alava, Spain, known as Hotel Marqués De Riscal. Its an attempt to redefine the traditional image of winery regions in Spain. Chirstmas is coming soon and I guess God must have [...]

Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles Lawsuit Settled

That was close Mr.Frank Gehry.
That deal was reached last year, but took another year to finalize between attorneys for the 18 litigants involved in the case. Disney Concert Hall will pay $13.3 million to contractors from building and donor funds.
“The structure, home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, opened six years late and more than $174 [...]

Frank Gehry Food Stand Design Project

Could this be true? Frank Gehry actually design this? Looks more like something that came out from Tadao Ando’s office. Delicious is the name of the food stand, and it is located within his 43,000 square foot office. It is a place for his people and his creative neighbors to mix and mingle. The menu [...]

If One Meets an Architect, Slap Him

After finish reading the article on Slapping an Architect, I’ve come to realize that why I always have this dejavu feeling during presentation.
But, as Bob Geldof says in the new documentary, The Sketches of Frank Gehry, architects have a lot to answer for. No wonder architects all seem to be in long-term therapy. To paraphrase [...]

Frank Gehry Custom Jewelry Design Collection for Tiffany & Co.

Found this article while reading david’s blog. Yes, its yet another exclusive collection by Tiffany & Co for the filthy rich, the difference between this jewelry and other on display is the designer. Be amazed by the fact that Frank Gehry is the lead designer for these jewelry masterpiece.
Doesn’t look much like Gehry’s style, perhaps [...]

Disney Concert Hall and UFO

Found this image at Paper Architecture. Seems to be Frank Gehry has proven himself as a visionary architect. The aliens must have mistaken his masterpiece as a landing pat for flying saucer. I hate to say this, but the Disney Concert Hall looks like a huge skate board ramp for King Kong… … if only [...]

Frank Gehry and Bruce Ratner Proposal

Found this image in The Curbed. According to the Curbed, its a proposal by Frank that causes the client to pull out, due to unknown reasons. Here are some interesting comments droped by the readers in the Curbed:
The Pros
NYC needs some new awesome buildings!!!
Would feel like home.
The Cons
I would prefer the curves of the building [...]

An Architecture of Deceit

A short video, talking head style, of architects james wines, robert venturi and frank gehry with theorist diane gerardo. Seriously, I’ve got no idea what they’re talking about.

Sketches of Frank Gehry

Thanks reader daftsavant for the pointer. New documentary about Frank Gehry, directed by Sydney Pollack for Sony Pictures Classics. For your info - Frank was featured in the Simpsons Cartoon last year. This reminds me of Louis Kahn documentary film titled - My Architect - A Son’s Journey.
Watch the trailer

Frank Gehry and the Simpsons

Marge convinces the town to fund a new concert hall, designed by architect Frank Gehry.

Frank Gehry checking out the offer letter. Look at the house, its Frank Gehry’s own house in LA.

Frank Gehry’s own house in Los Angeles is rather a collision of parts, built to stay but with a deliberately unfinished, ordinary builderlike sensibility [...]