Frank Gehry is an American designer and architect of the Canadian origin whose style is the original example of contemporary construction. His design philosophy can be defined as deconstructionism, which is consistent with the philosophical views of Derrida, who introduced these ideas into the cultural discourse (Robertson, 2019). Gehry also promotes the concept that architecture should be socially responsible (Robertson, 2019). It is possible to find examples of Gehry’s work in different countries, mainly in Europe and the United States, that feature the elements of deconstruction.
The designer was widely acknowledged for the experiments with forms that were not typical for traditional buildings. His talent gained public recognition in 1989 when Gehry received the Pritzker Prize after graduating from the University of Southern California (Rybczynski, 2022). For instance, Gehry created the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and completed the privately sponsored building at the University of Technology Sydney in Sydney (Rybczynski, 2022). In addition, multiple works can be seen in Europe, including the Dancing House in Prague and the Louis Vuitton Foundation in France, Paris (Rybczynski, 2022). These works illustrate the style of the designer that make his buildings different from others.
The architecture of Gehry aims at reflecting the motion in construction, which explains the experiments with the form. The buildings create the feeling of unfinished work, which makes the design unique and original. It is impossible to call Gehry’s style mainstream even when there are numerous tendencies towards the futurist lines in buildings, but it influenced current architecture. The way the constructions by this architect look allows calling them examples of music or poetry in brick due to the unconventional use of form.
References
Robertson, K. (2019). Tear gas epiphanies: Protest, culture, museums. McGill-Queen’s University Press.
Rybczynski, W. (2022). The story of architecture. Yale University Press.