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Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry by Paul Goldberger

Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry by Paul Goldberger

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Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry by Paul Goldberger

ISBN: 0307946398    EAN: 9780307946393
Publisher: Vintage
US SRP: $22.00 US 
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: November 14, 2017
Physical Info: 1.1" H x 9.1" L x 6.1" W (1.54 lbs) 544 pages
Here, from Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Paul Goldberger, is the first full-fledged critical biography of Frank Gehry, undoubtedly the most famous architect of our time. Goldberger follows Gehry from his humble origins--the son of working-class Jewish immigrants in Toronto--to the heights of his extraordinary career. He explores Gehry's relationship to Los Angeles, a city that welcomed outsider artists and profoundly shaped him in his formative years. He surveys the full range of his work, from the Bilbao Guggenheim to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in L.A. to the architect's own home in Santa Monica, which galvanized his neighbors and astonished the world. He analyzes his carefully crafted persona, in which an amiable surface masks a driving ambition. And he discusses his use of technology, not just to change the way a building looks, but to revolutionize the very practice of the field. Comprehensive and incisive, Building Art is a sweeping view of a singular artist--and an essential story of architecture's modern era.

Paul Goldberger, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, spent fifteen years as the architecture critic for The New Yorker and began his career at The New York Times, where he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism for his writing on architecture. He is the author of many books, most recently Why Architecture Matters, Building Up and Tearing Down: Reflections on the Age of Architecture, and Up From Zero. He teaches at The New School and lectures widely around the country on architecture, design, historic preservation, and cities. He and his wife, Susan Solomon, live in New York City.

Review Quotes:

"Fascinating. . . . An informative, startling journey into the inner sanctums of modern architecture's power structure." --The New York Times Book Review

"Revealing. . . . A penetrating portrait." --Morning Edition/NPR

"Riveting. . . . Full of little-known facts about the Pritzker Prize-winner that will surprise the most knowledgeable Gehry-philes." -- Architectural Digest

"Excellent and comprehensive. . . . Undeniably fascinating." -- Bloomberg

"Terrifically readable. . . . Satisfying detail on Gehry's career path and hugely complex personality." -- Los Angeles Times

"Convey[s] the architect's personality and process with deft strokes that have an artistic ease of their own. . . . If you're intrigued by Frank Gehry . . . I can't recommend this expansive survey of his life and work too highly." --John King, San Francisco Chronicle

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