my bryce

This is my model of my building. I made this on Bryce. Bryceis a 3d modeling site. My building is goin to be a shopping center. the bottom of my building will be filled with resturants. My building is located at west 117th and manhattan avenue.

my building

I made my building using cardboard. I also used thick paper. My buildings name is Crown Towers. It took me about 3 days to complete my model. See My Bryce for more information about my tower.

in the end

Frank Gehry most famous pieces was the Gehry residence because it was his own home and he took the original design and made it his own. Almost all of his designs that I saw had some kind weird twist or turn which makes them all so unique. Another building that he did was the Experience Music Project this building is a museum of music history founded by Paul Allen which he is also the co-founder of Microsoft, this museum is located on the campus of Seattle. The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a modern art museum, located in Bilbao. Basque country in Spain it was built alongside the Nervion River. The Gehry tower is a nine-story building, it is located at the steintor, and Goesthestrabe 13a in Hanover transport service Gehry also design a bus stop for the city. Gehry is known for all the amazing buildings he designed he is also considered a modern architectural icon and a celebrity. In 2005 film director Sydney Pollack a friend of Gehry made a documentary of him and his life, which came out on a DVD on august 22, 2006

All about his work

The Decon movement stems from a series of discussion between French philosopher Jaques Derrida and architect Peter Eisenman in which they question the utility of commonly accepted notions of structure alone in being able to define and communicate a meaning or truth about a creator’s intended definition and counterposes our preconceived notions of structure with undoing the deconstruction of that very same preconception of space and structure. It is in this criticism or deconstruction of a given construct in this case a structure that architecture finds its justification or its place of presence. In that sense, decon is often referred to as post-structuralist in nature for its ability to go beyond current modalities of structural definition. In architecture, its application tends to depart from modernism in its inherent criticism of culturally inherited givens such as societal goals and functional necessity. Because of this unlike early modernist structures, DeCon structures are not required to reflect any of his ideas. Frank Gehry Santa Monica home is an example of deconstructivist architecture. Frank’s most famous building was the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao that was opened to the public in1997. The building is made in the style of Deconstructivist. It is next to the Nervion River Balbao. The building has fish scale like designs on it. The reflection from the river gives the building an organic feeling to it. The building is made of titanium, glass, and limestone. You can find the building in Bilbao, Spain. As soon as the museum opened it became one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world.

His early years

In 1967, Frank created his own firm and called it the Frank O. Gehry and Associates. Gehry’s architectural work was primarily expressed in traditional architecture for many years. Frank experienced many financial difficulties during his firms early days. Frank expressed his creativity by re-designing his own home. He used his home for as creative launching pad. One night when Gehry was having guest at his house someone asked him why is he so creative with his home but so reserved and traditional in the execution of his architectural work. This moment is when Frank decided to take his work in a new direction.
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is one Frank’s most iconic and representative work. In an interview in Harvard Design magazine Gehry explained three things he does to keep his projects on time and under budget. First he ensures that what he calls the organization of the artist will prevail during construction. His is to prevent political business interests from interfering with the design and achieve a result close as possible to the original design drawings. Secondly, he has a detailed and realistic cost estimate before proceeding with a building. Thirdly, Frank maintains a close relationship with area builders to ensure his cost is met.
Frank Gehry also designed the wristwatch marketed by Fossil. Instead of a standard clock face, Gehry’s watch displays a digital text of the way a person might speak the time aloud. In 2004, Frank designed a bottle for Wyborowa vodka. He also designed jewelry for Tiffany & Co, signifying his own unique departure from mainstream architectural practice in his willingness to practice in other artistic endeavours as well.
Frank is working with different textures and lighting, incorporating these into the framework of his usual approach. He is incorporating these ideas in new projects, including a small office complex on the west side of Manhattan. Frank Gehry is currently working on the Barclays Center, the NBA arena for the New Jersey Nets. Located in Brooklyn, New York, it is planned to open by 2010. Also it will seat about 18, 000 people.

frank gehry the beginning by jasmine

Frank Gehry


Frank Owen Gehry born as Ephraim Owen Gehry on February 28, 1929. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Gehry was born into a Jewish family, as a little boy his grandmother Caplan was a big part of his life. She encouraged him to make small cities out of scraps of wood. As he got older in 1947 he moved to California and got a job driving a delivery truck, and studied at Los Angeles City College eventually to graduate from the University of Southern California’s School of Architecture.
Later after graduating college in 1954 Gehry took some time away from architecture. Frank worked in the service for the U.S. Army, he studied city planning at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Still being called Frank Goldberg, got married to Anita Snyder and she made him change his name to Frank Gehry. They had two daughters together. Then they all moved to Paris where he worked in the office of Andre Remondet. He studied work by LeCorbusier and Balthazar Neumann. He was attracted to the sculptures and art in Europe and Paris.
When Gehry and his family returned to Los Angeles, Gehry started his own firm. In the mid-1960s he divorced Anita and in the mid -1970s he remarried a woman named Berta. They had two sons and are still together today. Being a hockey fan as a kid growing up in Canada Gehry started a hockey league in his office. Sadly he doesn’t play in the league anymore. In 2004 Frank Gehry designed the World Cup of Hockey.
Frank Gehry spent a lot of years working in traditional architecture. Frank worked for the firms of Pereira and Luckman, Victor Gruen Associates, and Andre Remondet

My Bryce Project

I made my building by using Bryce. Bryce is a 3D modeling program. I built it by putting together a lot of different shapes and making them the colors I used when I designed it on paper. My Building is located on Pelham Parkway in the Bronx, New York. It takes up a whole block. The bottom floor is used for lounging and eating. The middle floors are shopping centers and the top has business offices in it. The Building is going to be open to the public and has a parking area around it. The building has two fountains and two sculptures around it. It took me about two days to finish my design but I had a lot of fun doing it and seeing how it turned out in the end.

Frank Gehry Photos By Jessica Bero

The Gehry residence in Santa Monica.

The IAC Building.

Frank Gehry's famous cardboard furniture.

The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.

This is Frank Gehry.

Frank Gehry's biggest accomplishments and fame by: Jessica Bero

The curves of Gehry’s work have been classified as being Deconstructivist, or “DeCon” school of postmodern architecture. Gehry denies anything to do with the movement and says he has no alliance to any particular architectural movement at all. Gehry’s home in Santa Monica is considered a great example of Deconstructivist architecture. It looked as if it was drastically changed from what it was originally suppose to look like. It looked like it was done to drastically change it from its original intention of having a lot of space. Gehry is sometimes associated with what is known as the “Los Angeles” and “Santa Monica” school of architecture.
Frank Gehry is most famous for the Guggenheim Bilbao building; it has been featured in the James Bond film, The World Is Not Enough. Frank Gehry has done many other buildings but this was his most famous one. Gehry is considered a modern architectural icon and celebrity a major “starchitect”. A “starchitect” is a group of unbelievable architects that have celebrity status. Gerhy came to the public’s attention with his “Easy Edges” cardboard furniture. He has appeared in many cartoons and television shows. He has been on the show “Author”, and also on “The Simpson’s”. Steve Sample, President of the University of California, told Gehry that,” …After George Lucas, you are our most prominent graduate.” In 2005 a great film director Sydney Pollack who is a friend of Frank Gehry made a documentary about him called “ Sketches of Frank Gehry”. It was released on DVD by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on August 22,2006.

Frank Gehry and his architectural style by: Jessica Bero

Gehry is working with different lighting and textures, putting this into his usual framework. He is putting these ideas into new projects, including a small office complex on west side of Manhattan.
Frank Gehry use to work in mostly traditional style architecture. He took a chance and wanted to make something really creative like his house. That’s when he came up with the idea for the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. This Building is located in Bilbao, Basque Country, and Spain. It is built near the Nervion River. It was opened to the public in 1997. It has a sculpture of a puppy by Jeff Koons in front of it. It was called one of the world’s best Deconstructivist buildings. The Building is made out of glass, titanium, and limestone. The Building used computer aided design and visualization which was used in designing the structure of the building. The Building has many curves and is unlike any other building. Its reflected panels look like fish scales. This is one other way his grandmother influenced him. These fish -like design forms, recur in Gehry's work. The curves on the building are made to appear as if they were random. The Nervion River reflects on the building giving it the appearance of organic life. The building is supposed to resemble a ship sailing on the Nervion River. The museum was opened as part of a revitalization effort for the city of Bilbao and for the city of Basque Country. Almost immediately after the building was built, it became a huge tourist attraction. It drew tourists from around the world. This Building influenced many similar buildings around the world. It is a product of the period’s technology, which was very common for Frank Gehry’s work. Computer simulations of the Building’s structure made easier to build shapes that architects early on would have found impossible to make. Frank Gehry is currently working on the Barclays center, the new NBA arena for the New Jersey Nets. It’s located in Brooklyn, New York. It is planned to open in 2010. It will be able to seat about 18,000 people.

Frank Gehry's early work and life by: Jessica Bero

In the middle of the 1960’s Anita Snyder and Frank Gehry got divorced. Then he married Berta in the 1970’s. They had two sons together. They are currently still together.
Gerhy spent many years of his life working in traditional architecture. During his firms first few years he experienced financial difficulties.
He expressed his creativity in his home that he used as a launch pad, playing with shapes and textures. Gehry had an epiphany when a guest at his house asked why his worked was so reserved and his house was so creative. So Gerhy decided to take his work to a more creative direction. The Guggenheim museum Bilbao work was known to be Gehry’s most iconic work and was thought to be the new direction of creativity he was talking about. Gehry was known for being on time and on budget in a business where delays and going over budget are common. Gerhy says there are three things he does to stay on time and to stay in budget. The first thing is to be an organized artist so they don’t have political and business interests and design a model as close to the original design as possible. The second thing is he makes sure he has a detailed and realistic estimate of what it’s going to cost. Thirdly he makes sure he keeps a close relationship with the area builders so he can meet the costs of the project.
In addition to his Architectural work, Frank Gehry designed a wristwatch that was marketed by Fossil. Instead of a regular watch, Gehry’s watch had showed digital text of the way a person might speak aloud. For instance if the time was 2:57 it would say 3 ‘til 3. Gehry has designed jewelry for Tiffany & Company. In 2004 he designed a bottle for Wyborowa Vodka. When he did this, he was showing people that he was willing to do other creative things other than architecture. Gehry has made an attempt to move away from titanium surfaces in his recent works. Gehry is working with different lighting and textures, putting this into his usual framework. He is putting these ideas into new projects, including a small office complex on west side of Manhattan.

Frank Gehry's early years by: Jessica Bero

Frank Gehry

Frank Gehry was born on February 28, 1929 as Ephraim Owen Goldberg. Gehry was part of a Jewish family and lived in Toronto Ontario. His grandmother Caplan was his encouragement. They used to build little cities of wood together. Also he would watch his grandma put live carp in a bathtub. Gehry would watch the movement and the format of the fish. Having grown up in Canada Gehry was a big fan of hockey and would later on begin a hockey league in his office. In 1947 Gehry moved to California and got a job driving a delivery truck. He was studying at Los Angeles City College. Eventually he graduated from University of Southern California’s School of Architecture in 1954. He began working full time at the Victor Gruen Associates while still in school. After he spent a year in the army he was allowed to go to Harvard Graduate School of Design to study urban planning but he left before he finished the program. When he returned to Los Angeles he worked for Pereira Luckman. Then he rejoined Gruen until the 1960’s. In 1961 Frank Gehry who was known as Frank Goldberg married Anita Snyder who he says was the one who told him to change his name and he did. They had two daughters together. Then they all moved to Paris where Gehry worked in the office of Andre Remondet. While in Europe Frank was facinated with French and Roman churches. In 1962 he returned to Los Angeles and started his own firm.

The Water Color Promenade Trip

On Friday we went to the Brooklyn Promenade. Fist we took the train to city hall. Then we walked over the brooklyn bridge and took a quick sketch of our view. After that we walked to the Brooklyn Promenade. When we got there we were allowed to pick two water colors and paint what we saw. We found this trip alot funner than some of the other treips because we had a little more freedom to do what we felt was right.

The Staten Island Trip

On tuesday we all took a trip to staten island to see the sky line. It was fun because we had never been on the ferry. We saw the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building while on the ferry. While on the ferry we took pictures and sketched the skyline.

The AT&T Building

In 1984 Philip Johnson and John Burge built the AT&T Building. The 37 story building was made in post modern design. The building is gray, beige, and dark gray. It has many ovals, squares, and rectangles in it. The building has a big dip at the top which sets it apart from all the other buildings. When we first saw this building we thought it looked kind of plain but when we got closer we saw all of its details and we really liked it. If we could change one thing we would make the dip at the top bigger so it stands out alot more.

The Architect Movie

Today we watched a movie about a man named Louis Khan. Louis Khan was a very famous architect. He was born on an island called Saaremaa. Then his Jewish family migrated to America. He was raised in Philidelphia and became an actual citizen in 1914. He trained in Beaux art tradition at the University of Pennsylvania. Later on in his life he was a Professor of architecture at Yale and the University of Pennsylvania. He designed the Yale University Art gallery. He made many other great buildings. An architect is a person that designs and builds buildings and landmarks. We believe that architects are people that spend a lot of time traveling. They are people who do alot of research and draw a lot of the time. An architect has to have a great imagination and has to be able to be good leader. Architects don't share any of the credit of there work with any other people. Louis Khan did not treat women fairly. He did not like his girlfriends to come to alot of his events. Those are some of the things about Louis Khan and some characteristics of an architect.

~*~The Chrysler Building~*~

Our picture of The Chrysler Building.

The Chrysler Building was built on september 19, 1928 by a man named William Van Alen. The Building is 1,047 feet tall ( 319 m) and has 77 floors. The building has an Art Deco type of architecture. The Building is made out of masonry with a steel frame and metal cladding. The Building is gray and silver. Its repeated shapes are triangles, rectangles and squares. It has a huge crown and animals and arches on it. When we first saw the Chrysler we thought the crown really made it stand out. If we were to change anything about this building we would add more colors to it to make it really stand out.

*The United Nations Headquarters*

The United Nations Headquarters was built in 1949 to 1950 by Wallace K. Harrison. The Building is made up of grean glass, marble and bands of metal. The Building was built in the International Style.The Building is gray, green, silver and shined alot because of the glass. When we first saw this building we thought it was really nice and simple. Our favorite thing about the Building was the glass everywhere. If we could change anything about the building we would put sculptures on the building.

*~*The Grace Building*~*

Our picture of the Grace building.

The Grace Building is also known as the W.R Grace Building. This Building opened in 1974 and is located on 1114 sixth ave at w43 street. This building is 630ft (192m) and has 50 floors.The color of the building is an off white with big black letters that say "Grace".The Grace building has a curve in it that makes it different compared to all the other sky scrapers. This building also has many stores underneath it in order to attract more people. We liked the curve of the building and thought it was very original. If we could change one thing about this building we would make it have another curve.

~The Steel Tree~

The steel tree was made by Roxy Paine. The tree sits in the middle of Madison Square park right in between the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Building and the Flat Iron Building. We have never seen anything like this and we are glad. This tree is in the middle of all the real trees and it really stands out. The tree is very unique.

*_*The Met. Life Building*_*

The Metropolitan life company tower was built in 1909 by a man named Napolean LeBrun. The Building stands at 700 feet (213m) and has 50 to 52 floors in it. The building was done in Ecole des Beaux Arts style architecture. The Building was made of Tuckahoe marble and lateron redone with limestone. The Building is beige and gray. Also it has lights on the top. The tower has many ovals, squares, and rectangular kinds of shapes. The ornament on this tower would have to be its clocks and the lights on the top of it. When we first saw this tower we thought it looked nice and looked very different because of the number of clocks. Our favorite feature was the clock because we have never seen a tower with a clock in New York. If we could change one thing we would make the clocks lights different so it would stand out even more and make it a lot more colorful.

~_~The Flat Iron Building~_~

The Flat iron Building is also known as the Fuller building. It was made in 1902 by two men named Daniel Burnham and John Wellborn Root.The Building is 285 feet (87m) and has 22 floors.The architecture is in the Beux Arts style. The building is made out of a steel skeleton, limestone, and glazed terra cotta. The color or the Flat Iron building is beige, brown, and gray. The building is shaped like a triangle. It has a statue of two people and a lion at the point of one of the edges of the triangle. Also the building has carvings of people and animals faces ingraved into it. When we first saw it we thought it looked very original and there was no other building like it. We liked the shape of it the more than any thing. If we could change anything I think we would have to make the carvings of the people and animals more noticeable.

:) about jessica and jasmine :)

Jessica and I are here because we have bad attendence and because of that we don't have all our credits to move on to the next grade. What we trying to gain here is responsibility so that when school starts again we can be here everyday. In summer school we are learning how to be more attentive in all the work that we do. Hopefully next year we won't have to do this again and that in summer school they show us the mistake we made so that we won't make them again.

^ building big ^

This movie describes many skyscrapers and towers. One of the towers he mensioned was the Eiffel tower. The Eiffel tower is in Paris, France. It was made by a man named James Eiffel. This tower is the largest tower ever built. It has two elevators in it. It is about 1,000 feet high. Elevators have an emergency brake so if the cord breaks the elevator will stop instead of falling. The elevator is used so you dont have to walk up up all the flights of stairs. The reason they built skyscrapers to be symbols and landmarks. Also they were used to save space. That is why we have so many skyscrapers today.