Fashioned out of traditional larch wood but accented with titanium and a glass latticework that glimmers like a school of fish, she looked schizophrenic, a hybrid of past and future. [...]
Gehry is an avid yachtsman, and sailing informs much of his most famous work—think of the billowing motif of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, New York's IAC building, and, most recently, the Louis Vuitton Foundation [...]
"On a boat like this, it's about romance and romantic encounters," the architect says.
— townandcountrymag.com
It took him nearly 87 years, but Frank Gehry has finally designed his first yacht, for developer Richard Cohen – joining the ranks of Zaha Hadid, Norman Foster, Renzo Piano and John Pawson who have all taken a stab at nautical design. Gehry's personal sailboat, a Beneteau First 44.7 named "Foggy 1", resides in Marina del Rey.
Check out more shots of the boat and its interior in the image gallery.
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Wow.
Slow news day...
Amateur.
Now THIS is a yacht:
True, Miles... it's so doggone hole-y!
Still, I'd like to check the seaworthiness of chain link and corrugated cardboard.
I just hope I'll have my own pontoon boat to decorate when I'm his age...
Anyone read that new bio on him? I just downloaded it to get me through some upcoming flights.
dazzle
German Frers designed that boat. Gehry decorated it with weird Gehry shit.
BTW, that steering pedestal is the most dysfunctional thing I have ever seen on a sailboat. It looks like it's intentionally designed to catch and snag sheets (i.e. ropes).
"Frank Gehry's First-Ever Yacht Looks Like Nothing You've Ever Seen" Wtf it looks like every other sailboat Ive ever seen
Yep, pontoon boat, midlander. That's much more my speed.
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