Frank Gehry: The Houses

One of the great architects of our time, Frank Gehry has revolutionized the use of materials in design and redefined how architects use computers as a design tool to advance formmaking as we know it. Having achieved worldwide fame for such large-scale public projects as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California, it was in the private houses that Gehry first explored and interrogated the principles of modern architecture, searching for a personal voice. In these houses Gehry distorted, expanded and collapsed the modernist box, exploring everyday materials (corrugated metal, unfinished plywood and chain link), experimenting with colour and challenging accepted notions about geometry and structure as well as experimentation with collage and assemblage. Colour photographs, sketches and plans create an illuminating visual record into some of the most groundbreaking, seminal projects of Gehry's oeuvre. An absolute must-have for lovers of design, Frank Gehry illustrates the workings of a design master with never before seen sketches and background information on his masterworks.