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.