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As part of the architect’s “long-lived dream of revitalizing Downtown LA’s Grand Avenue corridor,” Frank Gehry and Related Companies have announced the next iteration of their co-design for a one-of-a-kind luxury residential complex beset amongst the city’s civic and cultural... View full entry
Just in time for the holiday shopping season, a new list from therichest.com has ranked the world’s top ten architects in terms of their total net worth. Big A architecture remunerates extraordinarily well for some, with the total list’s net worth nearing three-quarters of a billion... View full entry
Los Angeles has welcomed several new projects, adding to the city's vibrant and robust lineup of architectural icons. On October 26, the Los Angeles Business Council (LABC) announced the winning projects for the 51st Architectural Awards. Held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel's Wilshire... View full entry
Lower Manhattan’s 8 Spruce Street, the Frank Gehry-designed rental tower instantly recognizable for its one-of-a-kind undulating surface, is for sale with an equally eye-catching price tag. — The Real Deal
Owner Brookfield Property Partners and Nuveen, the real estate arm of insurance company TIAA, have put the 76-story building on the market for $850 million. At the time of its opening, the approximately 900-unit tower was the tallest residential building in North America. The building... View full entry
The wait is over for one of Frank Gehry’s most highly-anticipated projects in the past few years. A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place on Saturday for the newly-opened Youth Orchestra Los Angeles Center in Los Angeles. Gehry was joined by LA Philharmonic director Gustavo Dudamel at the Inglewood... View full entry
Taking from the movement and fluidity found in his fish motif, Frank Gehry has now teamed up with one of France’s most storied fashion houses for the design of a new fragrance bottle that was unveiled today. As part of Louis Vuitton’s new Les Extraits Collection, the 92-year-old architect... View full entry
Frank Gehry has met with Emirati leader Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed in the UAE as the planned Guggenheim Abu Dhabi has announced yet another amended opening date for the second time in as many weeks, according to a press release. The museum will now open in 2025, a year earlier than was... View full entry
The long-awaited Guggenheim Abu Dhabi will open in five years, said the institution’s director Richard Armstrong at a press briefing held today in Basel. — The Art Newspaper
One of Frank Gehry’s most-anticipated projects to date, the $200 million Guggenheim Abu Dhabi satellite museum, has been pushed back numerous times over the years after being originally announced by Armstrong’s predecessor in July of 2006. Armstrong’s tenure has been permeated by... View full entry
The concrete frames of Frank Gehry’s Second Century Project for Warner Bros. have risen, as reported by Urbanize Los Angeles. The project, a pair of office towers resembling icebergs rising above the 134 freeway in Burbank, California, broke ground in early 2020. The undertaking is part of... View full entry
“I think the fish form is architectural, that’s my take. I like the expression of movement. I wondered if we could recreate that in some way, could get in a building,” Frank Gehry reflected in a new video released by the Gagosian Gallery in conjunction with his Spinning Tales exhibition on... View full entry
A new examination of Frank Gehry’s sculptural work is swimming into Los Angeles this summer. Spinning Tales will showcase new and old pieces from the architect at the Gagosian Gallery. Gehry has been very active in the art world recently, using this latest show to piggyback off of the... View full entry
Frank Gehry’s latest cultural project has finally opened in Arles, leaving Southern France with a shimmering tribute that the famed architect says is inspired by its most famous resident. The LUMA Tower is opening today on the foundation’s 27-acre campus after a 13-year planning effort... View full entry
Here you’ll see Gehry’s only concession to showiness, in the form of a Piranesian switchback staircase leading to the basement level. Even that is outshone, though, by the splendid vaulted walkway leading off from it, decked out in Guastavino tile and re-emerging after decades as back of house. (For the moment nothing is down here except a couple of sculptures, a gift shop, and a little cafe; the macchiato was pretty good.) — NYT
Jason Farago reviewed a renewed "Core Project" by Gehry Partners at the Philadelphia Museum. View of the Williams Forum from level one, looking west to Lenfest Hall - Steve Hall © Hall + Merrick Photographers, 2021. From the previously published article, "The Philadelphia Museum of... View full entry
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. Previously on... View full entry
The Philadelphia Museum of Art has unveiled a $233 million renovation, reorganization, and interior expansion of its historic 1928 main building. The undertaking, called the Core Project, was led by Frank Gehry and saw the addition of nearly 90,000 square feet of reimagined and newly created space... View full entry
