The Gehry Residence is architect
Frank Gehry
Frank Owen Gehry ( ; ; born February 28, 1929) is a Canadian-American architect and designer. A number of his buildings, including his private residence in Santa Monica, California, have become attractions.
Gehry rose to prominence in th ...
's home. It was originally an extension, designed by Gehry and built around an existing Dutch colonial style house. It makes use of unconventional materials, such as
chain-link fences and corrugated steel. It is sometimes considered one of the earliest
deconstructivist
Deconstructivism is a postmodern architectural movement which appeared in the 1980s. It gives the impression of the fragmentation of the constructed building, commonly characterised by an absence of obvious harmony, continuity, or symmetry. ...
buildings, although Gehry denies this.
The residence is in
Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica (; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast (California), South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 United Sta ...
. In 1977, Frank and Berta Gehry bought a pink bungalow originally built in 1920. Gehry wanted to experiment with the materials he was already using: metal, plywood, chain link fencing, and wood framing. In 1978, he chose to wrap the house with a new exterior while leaving the old exterior visible. He hardly touched the rear and south facades, and to the other sides of the house he added tilted glass cubes. Many of Gehry's neighbors were unhappy with the unusual architecture appearing in their neighborhood.
As of 2016, Gehry still owns the house. Though he has nearly finished building another residence overlooking
Rustic Canyon
Rustic Canyon is a residential neighborhood and canyon in eastern Pacific Palisades, on the west side of Los Angeles, California. It is along Rustic Creek, in the Santa Monica Mountains.
Geography
The residential neighborhood is bordered ap ...
, he plans to keep the Santa Monica house in the family.
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See also
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List of works by Frank Gehry
Frank Gehry is a Pritzker Prize-winning architect. His buildings, including his private residence, have become tourist attractions. His style is sometimes described as Deconstructivism, Deconstructivist or Postmodernism, postmodern, although he ha ...
References
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El Croquis 74/75 1995
* http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Gehry_House.html
* Dal Co, Francesco and Forster, Kurt. W. ''Frank O. Gehry: The Complete Works'', published in the United States in 1998 by The Monacelli Press, Inc. Copyright 1998 by The Monacelli Press, Inc.
External links
Photographs of exterior of Gehry Residence
Frank Gehry buildings
Deconstructivism
Architecture in California
Houses in Los Angeles County, California
Buildings and structures in Santa Monica, California
1970s architecture in the United States
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