
Gehry Draws
Introducion by Horst Bredekamp
MIT Press
Published on 7. December 2004
Book
Hardback
496 pages
978-0-262-18241-6 (ISBN)
Description
Everyone knows what the distinctive curves and lines of Frank Gehry's
buildings look like. But where do they come from? Gehry has described drawing as his
way of "thinking aloud"; Gehry Draws traces that thinking through 32 major projects
(both built and unbuilt) with more than 500 drawings (many of which have never
before been published) and more than 400 additional illustrations -- providing a
privileged view of the creative practice of a master architect. Horst Bredekamp's
introduction relates Gehry's drawing methods to the concept of "disegno," as
practiced by Leonardo and Durer -- not only the act of drawing and modeling but also
the dynamics of creative thinking -- and shows how Gehry thinks through the curving
movements of his hand on paper. Gehry himself describes for Bredekamp his method in
several explanatory sketches, and Bredekamp applies this to a study of drawings made
for specific Gehry commissions.Gehry Draws is produced in collaboration with Frank
Gehry and his team at Gehry Partners. Project synopses and commentary by Gehry and
two of his Partners and Project Designers, Edwin Chan and Craig Webb, guide us
through the full range of Gehry production, from the small details of furniture
design to such large-scale undertakings as the Disney Concert Hall and the
Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. The drawings, illustrations, and text in Gehry Draws
definitively place drawing at the heart of Frank Gehry's creative process.This book
is published by The MIT Press in association with Violette Editions.
buildings look like. But where do they come from? Gehry has described drawing as his
way of "thinking aloud"; Gehry Draws traces that thinking through 32 major projects
(both built and unbuilt) with more than 500 drawings (many of which have never
before been published) and more than 400 additional illustrations -- providing a
privileged view of the creative practice of a master architect. Horst Bredekamp's
introduction relates Gehry's drawing methods to the concept of "disegno," as
practiced by Leonardo and Durer -- not only the act of drawing and modeling but also
the dynamics of creative thinking -- and shows how Gehry thinks through the curving
movements of his hand on paper. Gehry himself describes for Bredekamp his method in
several explanatory sketches, and Bredekamp applies this to a study of drawings made
for specific Gehry commissions.Gehry Draws is produced in collaboration with Frank
Gehry and his team at Gehry Partners. Project synopses and commentary by Gehry and
two of his Partners and Project Designers, Edwin Chan and Craig Webb, guide us
through the full range of Gehry production, from the small details of furniture
design to such large-scale undertakings as the Disney Concert Hall and the
Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. The drawings, illustrations, and text in Gehry Draws
definitively place drawing at the heart of Frank Gehry's creative process.This book
is published by The MIT Press in association with Violette Editions.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
950 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 229 mm
Thickness: 51 mm
Weight
1814 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-18241-6 (9780262182416)
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Horst Bredekamp is Professor of Art History at the University of
Humboldt-University of Berlin and a Permanent Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg in
Berlin.
Mark Rappolt is a freelance writer, Senior Editor of Contemporary
magazine, and former editor of AA Files, the journal of the Architectural
Association in London.
Humboldt-University of Berlin and a Permanent Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg in
Berlin.
Mark Rappolt is a freelance writer, Senior Editor of Contemporary
magazine, and former editor of AA Files, the journal of the Architectural
Association in London.
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