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SCI-Arc awards Frank Gehry honorary masters degree in architecture

October 2, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
SCI-Arc Frank Gehry graduation

Los Angeles university SCI-Arc has granted Frank Gehry an honorary masters degree in recognition of his “unparalleled” impact on architecture. The 90-year-old architect was awarded the masters of architecture degree at a graduation ceremony held at SCI-Arc’s campus in Los Angeles on 8 September. After receiving his masters diploma, Gehry gave a speech reflecting on

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Construction set to begin on Frank Gehry’s long-awaited Guggenheim Abu Dhabi

May 8, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi by Frank Gehry

The Guggenheim Foundation has revealed that its Frank Gehry-designed art museum in the United Arab Emirates is “on track” to complete in four years time. First unveiled in 2007, the long-awaited Guggenheim Abu Dhabi will be 42,000-square-metres, making it the largest of the four Guggenheim outposts. Though the specific timeline for construction of the sculptural building has not

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Frank Gehry designs iceberg-like headquarters for Warner Bros

April 26, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Second Century Project office buildings for Warner Bros by Frank Gehry

Architect Frank Gehry has designed a pair of office buildings for Warner Bros Entertainment in Los Angeles, to resemble “icebergs floating along the freeway”. Gehry Partners plans for the 800,000-square-foot (74-square-metre) complex to extend the entertainment company’s current building in the Burbank Media District. Located in the city of Burbank, the area has formed a hub

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“Frank Gehry has an unending thirst for new work, new ideas, new forms”

February 28, 2019 Aaron Betsky 0
UTS Business School by Frank Gehry

As Frank Gehry celebrates his 90th birthday, Aaron Betsky looks back over the architect’s seven-decade-long career of projects that include “sliding planes, open frames, slithering fish, dancing blocks, and curving compounds”. It was the day after Christmas. I had told Frank Gehry that my husband I were in town, and he suggested I stop by the

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Frank Gehry granted restraining order against harasser

January 14, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Portrait of Frank Gehry

A judge has awarded Frank Gehry a restraining order against a man who sent the architect death threats by email and repeatedly asked for employment. Gehry was granted the restraining order at a court hearing held on 11 January 2019, the Blast reported. According to the news outlet, which obtained documents about the case in December

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Frank Gehry’s aluminium-clad Luma Arles tower takes shape in France

November 21, 2018 India Block 0

A twisting tower clad in reflective aluminium tiles, designed by architect Frank Gehry, is taking form in the south of France. Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, who was awarded the Prizker Prize in 1989, designed the tower for the Luma Arles complex, an arts centre established by Swiss collector Maja Hoffmann. The tower’s opening date has been

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