The Los Angeles Philharmonic and its Youth Orchestra Los Angeles recently tried out the nearly completed Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center. That is the dilapidated former bank building and Burger King in downtown Inglewood that architect Frank Gehry has transformed into a fabulous performance space and teaching facility for young musicians. — Los Angeles Times
Plans for a Gehry Partners-envisioned permanent home for the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Youth Orchestra first appeared on Archinect in 2017, followed by more concrete designs for the future Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center in LA's Inglewood neighborhood a year later.
As with its other Gehry-designed flagship facility, the Walt Disney Concert Hall which opened in Downtown Los Angeles in 2003, LA Phil worked with the team of acclaimed acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota again.
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I like this new Gehry phase. I think this in addition to the Philadelphia project are some of his best work in years. Happy to see him enjoying his sunset moment and continuing to re-invent himself.
I remember years ago seeing a lecture by him where he complained about being typecast as the guy who does swooshy buildings and wanted to get out of that. His more simple Morandi like spaces in the early 80's were great - glad to see he is still finding ways to experiment with space.
Could not agree more.
Gehry should lead the design phase of the Hollywood Lighthouse to be built by the California Creative Center non-profit.
Mr. Toyota is amazing and I had the pleasure of working with his team on a concert hall before. Very stringent in technical analysis but quite accommodating of any design (to a point lol).
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