Building Art
  • Published: 13 November 2017
  • ISBN: 9780307946393
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 544
  • RRP: $59.99
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Building Art

The Life and Work of Frank Gehry

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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic of The New Yorker: a brilliant biography of the most celebrated architect of our time.

From Pulitzer Prize–winning critic Paul Goldberger, a full-fledged critical biography of Frank Gehry, undoubtedly the most famous architect of our time.

“Fascinating. . . . An informative, startling journey into the inner sanctums of modern architecture’s power structure.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Riveting. . . . Full of little-known facts about the Pritzker Prize-winner that will surprise the most knowledgable Gehry-philes.” —Architectural Digest

Goldberger follows Gehry from his humble origins—the son of working-class Jewish immigrants in Toronto—to the heights of his extraordinary career. He explores Gehry’s relationship to Los Angeles, a city that welcomed outsider artists and profoundly shaped him in his formative years. He surveys the full range of his work, from the Bilbao Guggenheim to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in L.A. to the architect’s own home in Santa Monica, which galvanized his neighbors and astonished the world. He analyzes his carefully crafted persona, in which an amiable surface masks a driving ambition. And he discusses his use of technology, not just to change the way a building looks, but to revolutionize the very practice of the field.

Comprehensive and incisive, Building Art is a sweeping view of a singular artist—and an essential story of architecture’s modern era.
  • Published: 13 November 2017
  • ISBN: 9780307946393
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 544
  • RRP: $59.99
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Praise for Building Art

  • "Fascinating.... An informative, startling journey into the inner sanctums of modern architecture's power structure." --The New York Times Book Review
  • "An invaluable resource.... If you're intrigued by Frank Gehry...I can't recommend this expansive survey of his life and work too highly." --San Francisco Chronicle
  • "Riveting.... Full of little-known facts about the Pritzker Prize-winner that will surprise the most knowledgable Gehry-philes."--Architectural Digest
  • "Terrifically readable.... Satisfying detail on Gehry's career path and hugely complex personality."--Los Angeles Times
  • "A big biography.... Penetrating.... Revealing." --NPR

  • "Fascinating.... An informative, startling journey into the inner sanctums of modern architecture's power structure." --The New York Times Book Review
  • "An invaluable resource.... If you're intrigued by Frank Gehry...I can't recommend this expansive survey of his life and work too highly." --San Francisco Chronicle
  • "Riveting.... Full of little-known facts about the Pritzker Prize-winner that will surprise the most knowledgable Gehry-philes."--Architectural Digest
  • "Terrifically readable.... Satisfying detail on Gehry's career path and hugely complex personality."--Los Angeles Times
  • "A big biography.... Penetrating.... Revealing." --NPR