ShawnK Posted December 18, 2014 Share #1 Posted December 18, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Another one of Frank Gehry's Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/238651-gehry/?do=findComment&comment=2730677'>More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted December 18, 2014 Posted December 18, 2014 Hi ShawnK, Take a look here Gehry. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Michael Hiles Posted December 18, 2014 Share #2 Posted December 18, 2014 Intewresting picture, and building. I often wonder how livable are some of these architecturally interesting buildings... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted December 18, 2014 Share #3 Posted December 18, 2014 A wonderful shot. Which location? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted December 19, 2014 Share #4 Posted December 19, 2014 Looks like Bilbao Great shot! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauledell Posted December 19, 2014 Share #5 Posted December 19, 2014 Beautiful picture with stunning lighting and tones. Great perspective. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnK Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share #6 Posted December 19, 2014 Thank you Michael, Stu, ajz & Paul. This is Case Western University's Peter B. Lewis Bldg, Cleveland. OH Interior is really pretty much like outside, awkward corridors & dead space in classrooms. After all these bldgs. are really "Homage to Self" by these Architects > Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Santiago Calatrava, ... I like these bldgs. BUT as a Structural Engineer w/Master's I saw this & others' go up in construction often. The enormous over designed structural, .... these require just makes one wonder How, Why & WTF r often most common adjectives that comes to one's mind. Perfect example would be Sydney Opera House, whose design (Jorn Utzon's designed) was accepted in 1957 but could not be completed until 1973, estimated cost $7m but final tally $102m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharookh Posted December 19, 2014 Share #7 Posted December 19, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Most impressive. I can see a good series coming up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
likalar Posted December 20, 2014 Share #8 Posted December 20, 2014 Shawn, Excellent rendition (What tones!) of that striking building, and I enjoyed your comments, too. So many of these are a feast for the eyes, and I am thankful that a few make it from sketch pad to reality, no matter the issue of practicality (....awkward corridors & dead space in classrooms"). Congrats to the committees of fundraisers and benefactors that somehow get it done. I wish San Francisco could handle it. We're still stuck on tall squared buildings with an occassional metal skin treatment for modernity. Larry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted December 24, 2014 Share #9 Posted December 24, 2014 Shawn - Jorn Utzon was fired from the project before any interior work began, though I don't recall why. My father's business partner, Jean Rosenthal received an invitation to look at the site and estimate what it would cost to complete. Her estimate was so high they paid her day-rate fees and expenses and sent her packing. Her estimate was A$50,000 less than the final bill. Jean lighted at least 90% of all Broadway plays and shows from the late 1940s until her death in the early 60s, and was a brilliant human dynamo in a very small package. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreasAM Posted December 24, 2014 Share #10 Posted December 24, 2014 He resigned after being confronted with a new governor, who disliked the building and Utzon. Utzon left and vowed never to come back to Australia. He was reinstated as architect for the interior-alterations in the 2000's and subsequently got the honors for the building after 25 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnK Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share #11 Posted December 24, 2014 Larry, Thank you for kind words appreciate it. With 3-D rendering & fly-thru' on your monitor & 3D printing/modeling. It should be much easier & economical to build these facades. Humans tend to succeed when they use indigenous material + talent. Looks like we r heading down the path w/use of computer propensity. Tho' Gehry has improved over the time from his initial Buildings in Venice Beach, CA .. In ref to SanFrancisco w/stringent earthquake requirements I'm surprised that Gehry hasn't picked up more commissions as his style is more in sync with random structural buttresses (as in Notre Dame, Fr) then Zaha Hadid or Calatrava as they tend to use more of extended overhangs & smooth curves. IMHO. Stu, Ms. Rosenthal was pioneer as everytime I c a Broadway play or even the Met's Opera "le Bohme" the lighting plays such an immense integral part & she paved the way, impressive pioneer she was. In ref. to Jorn's initial submission was just a cocktail napkin sketch & then Structural Engineers had to come up w/solutions (.... "ahem" ..tho' ..."argh" may b better when using proper onomatopoeia.) I believe they had as suggested by Andrew it was artistic difference w/a dash of politics thrown in that resulted in Utzon went to his corner of the world & pouted. But I did hear that on the opening day it did not meet the present day requirements. I used have a cartoon on my drafting board that showed an Owner like person (in Toga), listening to a contractor in early Roman days' w/'Tower Of Pisa' perfectly vertical saying "you won't believe amount money I saved in foundation". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackDE Posted December 26, 2014 Share #12 Posted December 26, 2014 Another one of Frank Gehry's Excellent! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted December 27, 2014 Share #13 Posted December 27, 2014 Shawn - The American Ballet Theater is another organization she greatly influenced. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnK Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share #14 Posted December 27, 2014 Wow ...ABT!!! Been to a few of their performances. Most memorable was back in 80s, Baryshinkov when he performed Swan Lake for the start of the Season Gala. I'll have to unearth for the brochure to remember which year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spylaw4 Posted January 1, 2015 Share #15 Posted January 1, 2015 Excellent image! IIRC part of the delay in construction was due to the inability of Arup's to carry out the structural design of the shells' shape as Utzon designed them. The solution was to modify the design's external profile (to segments of a circle?) thus allowing computation. Remember that this was when use of computers was in its infancy. It would be no problem today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedi996sps Posted January 1, 2015 Share #16 Posted January 1, 2015 A great capture of an interesting building envelope. I am glad that buildings like this, which just dont make any sense are built, otherwise life would be all rectangles and squares. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert blu Posted January 2, 2015 Share #17 Posted January 2, 2015 Gut framing, but what really imprese me, in a positive way of course are the tones...mamma mia, so good! robert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnK Posted January 2, 2015 Author Share #18 Posted January 2, 2015 Gut framing, but what really imprese me, in a positive way of course are the tones...mamma mia, so good!robert Thank you Robert for kind words. Border > I wasn't sure as I did have some qualms @ the border. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.liam Posted January 3, 2015 Share #19 Posted January 3, 2015 Gehry's "architecture" (really just sculpture enveloping mundane buildings) does make for pretty striking imagery. Form over substance, perhaps. But it's all eye of the beholder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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