Frank O. Gehry’s sketches of architecture are so odd in subsatnce and design and yet so complete that one can envision the whole thing as though they are walking through a building. This Canadian-American is an award winning arcitect whose work is now considered a tourist attraction in Santa Monica, California. This attraction is his home which was a major factor in his famous status. His style is considered contemporary and perhaps one on the most talented and influential of our time. But, it all started with his amazingly intricate sketches.
Like most true talent, he had very early beginnings in architecture, building villiages out of wood shavings with his grandmother, working with scraps in his grandfather’s hardware store, and drawing with his father. It is the kind of ability that one is not able to falsify or duplicate. Although he has received many awards, he, like so many others, has had his share of criticism as well. He shapes and design has been said to go outside the guidelines of purpose and locational climate. Although they may have a point, the opinion can be held that art has no guidelines. That there is no set criteria of how one has to design a building. Having seen many of his buildings, they far outway any expense for unnecessary materials to create amazing archetecture out of a detailed sketch. Unfortunately, his clients were not always thrilled with the budget overage that came with his massive works of art. In fact, one of his projects, the Walt Disney Concert Hall, went almost $175 million beyond the budget, but now we all have a tourist attraction in Los Angeles.
http://www.arcspace.com/studio/gehry/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gehry
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