Frank Gehry

Dancing house in Prauge

Frank Gehry is an award winning architect that resides in Los Angeles, his buildings and his home have become tourist attractions and he has been described as 'the most important architect of our age. Some of his best work are the Guggenheim museum in Spain and the Disney concert hall in down town Los Angeles. His style is described as 'Deconstrutivism' which generally goes against structural definition, meaning the do not represent anything and therefore do not follow function. 'Gehry’s style at times seems unfinished or even crude, but his work is consistent with the California "funk" art movement in the 1960s and early 1970s, which featured the use of inexpensive found objects and non-traditional media such as clay to make serious art'  I think the materials he uses also have a big impact on the appearance and general opinion of his buildings. By using a range of materials to create his structures I think he creates a free space that allows the viewer to mentally add to his pieces and be inspired themselves. The way he diverts from the conventional modernist building by making his projects swerve and 'dance' makes them entirely individual.