2301. Prague, The Dancing House

 

Dear Sam,

"Sometimes the end product of an

architect rises to art, or at least

people call it that."

(Frank Gehry)

Best regards,

R

2274. Millenium Park. Chicago

 

Dear Robert,

"If you are skillful about certain things, a certain 

careful reaction will come to you. You get an opposite

and equal reaction, as it were. So the order is in how

you deal with the environment of people around you."

(Frank Gehry)

Respectfully,

R

2162. Vitra Design Museum

 

Querida Teresa,

"La arquitectura debe hablar de su tiempo y su lugar

y a la vez anhelar la eternidad" (Frank Gehry)

Afectuosamente,

R

2152. Chiat/Day Complex Venice, California

 

Dear Claes and Coosje,

"I always related more to artists than to architects"

(Frank Gehry)

Sincerely,

R

2125. Château La Coste. Pavillon de Musique.

 

Dear David

"I work from the inside out." (Frank Gehry)

Best,

R

1983. Maggie’s Centre, Dundee

 

Dear Monica,

"I think it´s an inviting building, I think people will

want to come inside and spend time there, and I really 

hope that in some small way it might contribute to a 

sense of rejuvenated vigor for moving forward and

living life" (Frank Gehry) 

Warm regards,

R

1952. Guggenheim Bilbao

 

Dear Daniela,

"The best advice I've received is to be yourself.

The best artists do that" (Frank Gehry)

Sincerely,

R

1942. AGO. Art Gallery of Ontario.

 

Dear Barry,

"In the world we live in, 90 percent of what gets 

built and designed today is pure s." (Frank Gehry)

Best,

R

1709. MIT's Ray and María Stata Center

Dear Sarah,

"The Stata's appearance is a metaphor for the freedom, daring, and creativity of the research that's supposed 

to occur inside it." (Robert Campbell)

Regards,
R

1694. Fondation Louis Vuitton

Dear Frédéric,

"I see my building as if it were moving through the 

forest, tracing an alley, a fluid liquid element, an entity 

whose unity and direction from whatever side, always 

seems different, not easy to determine whose nature and 

ephemeral quality blend with the clouds, variation of the 

sky and rain being factors constantly changing the 

perception of the building"
(Frank Gehry, talking about Fondation Louis Vuitton)

With gratitude,
R

1693. Atrio del Museo Guggenheim Bilbao

Mamá, Louis,

"...el mundo entero es un Bilbao más grande"
(Miguel de Unamuno, Rimas de dentro)

Besos muchos muchos,
R

1447. Guggenheim Bilbao. Detalle del atrio

Dear Arantxa,

"One of my greatest influences is the Italian artist Gian
Lorenzo Bernini." (Frank Gehry)

Regards,
R

1240. Vitra Design Museum in Weil Am Rhein

Dear Steen,

"I think the blurring of the lines between art and architecture has got to happen" (Frank Gehry)

Regards,
R

1112. Los Angeles Philharmonic

Dear Chris,

"The architect of the future will build imitating Nature"
(Antoni Gaudi)

Best,
R

1086. The California Aerospace Museum. Los Angeles

Dear Sam,

"An architect is given a program, budget,
place, and schedule. Sometimes the end
product rises to art -or at least people
call it that-." (Frank Gehry)

Regards,
R

708. Los Angeles, Walt Disney Concert Hall

Dear Bob,

"If you can dream it, you can do it" (Walt Disney)
"Your best work is your expression of yourself"
(Frank Gehry)

Best.
R

290. Barcelona. Vila Olimpica, Platja de Sant Miquel

Dear Frank,

It seems to me that the little fish that once swan in the
bathtub of your parents house when you were a child
grew up a little too much. Now he is ready to go back
to the ocean... or at least to the Mediterranean Sea.

Take care.
R

177. Venice, California

Jan,

The "private perch," as Gehry called
it,a kind of life-guard, is a tiny studio
with a panoramic view. A great spot
to spend time gazing out the beach.

Best.
R

145. Prague. The Dancing House

Dear Pier,

This well-known building was originally named
Fred and Ginger (after the famous pair of dancers),
though for some people it is difficult to understand this
metaphoric image. Others, however, have nicknamed
it "Drunk House".
That's easier!

Cheers.
R

88. Guggenheim Bilbao

Dear Alvaro,

This is the building that started out the well-known
"Bilbao effect". The powerful influence great public architecture can exert. After this building many eye-catching buildings by famous architect have been built worldwide.

Best Regards.
R