Frank Gehry
Frank Gehry
Frank Owen Gehry, CC28 February 1929) is a Canadian-born American architect, residing in Los Angeles...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth28 February 1929
CityToronto, Canada
CountryUnited States of America
artist
Everybody's an artist. Unfortunately we don't treat them as such.
people design comfort
Generally people are more impressed with the services and the comfort issues than the design.
responsibility serious taking-responsibility
If you're serious about being an architect, you've got to learn how to take responsibility.
done shapes want
You can't ignore history; you can't escape it even if you want to. You might as well know where you come from, and you might as well know that everything has been done in some shape or form.
democracy want problem
Democracy is a problem and we don't want to get rid of it.
art school
It should begin much earlier with arts education in the American school system, which is sadly deficient.
cities downtown linear
I have always thought that L.A. is a motor city that developed linear downtowns.
green building program
I never said I was opposed to the LEED program or to green building - I'm not.
thinking vacation people
I think people care. If not, why do so many people spend money going on vacations to see architecture? They go to the Parthenon, to Chartres, to the Sydney Opera House. They go to Bilbao... Something compels them, and yet we live surrounded by everything but great architecture.
father mean kitchen
My father was an urchin that lived in Hell's Kitchen. He was part of a family of nine. I mean, there were times that were better and worse, but mostly, by the time we got to L.A., they'd lost whatever they had. And it was a sad time. And both he and I became truck drivers for different companies.
may way bigs
Your work may be great and not make its way into the big picture... like Van Gogh... so who's to say what's good and bad?
want dry dull
I don't want to do architecture that's dry and dull.
passion opportunity trying
I am obsessed with architecture. It is true, I am restless, trying to find myself as an architect and how best to contribute in this world filled with contradiction, disparity and inequality, even passion and opportunity.
people bigs certain
On certain projects, on big public projects, people definitely are interested in making them greener, but on smaller projects with tight budgets it can be harder.