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Architecture

Architecture Frank Gehry Frank Gehry Is an Architect who designs buildings. Biography Frank Gehry was born in 1929 in Toronto, Canada to a Jewish family. When he was 17 he moved to California where he went to college. He even went back to school to study Design at Harvard University.

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Architecture

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  1. Architecture Frank Gehry

  2. Frank Gehry Is an Architect who designs buildings.

  3. Biography • Frank Gehry was born in 1929 in Toronto, Canada to a Jewish family. • When he was 17 he moved to California where he went to college. He even went back to school to study Design at Harvard University.

  4. Frank Gehry He became famous in the 1970s for creating his style of furniture

  5. Frank Gehry Now he’s famous for his architecture. People say his architecture look more like sculptures than buildings

  6. Frank Gehry He’s so famous that he was even in “The Simpson's” and “Arthur”, where he played himself.

  7. Frank Gehry • When he gets an idea, he sketches it • Can you guess what this will look like?

  8. Ta Da! Walt Disney Concert Hall

  9. Frank Gehry • He does know how to draw; that was just a gesture thumbnail. • This is more like what architectural designs look like

  10. Making a Building Most times, the architect or another artist adds details to make a full drawing to show what it would look like within the environment

  11. Making a Building Some Architects use computer programs to make realistic images to see the finished product

  12. Making a Building After the architect sketches the ideas and draw the architectural design, they make a model.

  13. Making a Building Finally, they start building

  14. Wait! What is Architecture? It’s the art of designing buildings and the space around it.

  15. Kinds of Architecture It can be houses, schools, museums, shopping malls, pyramids, and even castles

  16. What in the World? Can you guess what this famous architecture was for?

  17. Elements of Art Architecture has: Line Shape Form Space

  18. Architecture has Lines • Line is a dot that moves from one point to another

  19. Architecture has Lines What kind of lines do you see here? The Guggenheim Museum in Balboa, Spain

  20. Architecture has Shapes Shape is a closed 2D area

  21. Architecture has Form Form is a 3D closed area.

  22. Architecture has Shapes Check out these shapes

  23. Architecture has Space Space is the area around

  24. Principles of Design Architecture drawings use: Emphasis Unity

  25. Architecture uses Emphasis Emphasis is the strongest area of the composition where all the attention goes Compare this architecture by I.M. Pei with Frank Gehry’s.

  26. Architecture uses Unity Unity is when a composition feels whole and belongs together.

  27. Conclusion • Architecture is a combination of science, math, and Art • Frank Gehry is one of the most important architects in the world • He used the Elements of Art and the Principles of Design to create is sculptural Architecture

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