Tag Archives: Frank Gehry

Walt Disney Concert Hall – Los Angeles, California

This most controversial of all Gehry projects, the Walt Disney Concert Hall will at last go forward, to become the permanent home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Located on Bunker Hill adjacent to the Dorothy Chandler Music Pavilion and … Continue reading

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University of Toledo Centre for the Visual Arts

The new art school has a linear L-shape that creates a courtyard adjacent to the existing Toledo Museum of Art Building. It is physically connected to the museum through a student art gallery. The three-storey building has an iridescent lead-coated … Continue reading

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Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum – Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Weisman Art Museum plays two roles. In addition to giving the University of Minnesota its long-awaited art museum, it adorns the Mississippi River with the extraordinary shining sculpture of its west facade, which responds to the setting sun and … Continue reading

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Palais du Cinéma – Paris American Centre

The American Centre, a Paris institution devoted to American avant-garde art since its beginnings in the 1930s, was originally housed in an old building on Montparnasse’s Boulevard Raspail. In the mid-1980s the directors decided the Centre would become a part … Continue reading

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Stata Complex – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The 324,000-square-foot Stata Complex houses the Laboratory for Computer Science, the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, and the Linguistics and Philosophy Department. In addition, the program for the Stata Complex includes an auditorium and four … Continue reading

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