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    Frank Gehry is an 87-year-old architect known for designing unusual buildings that resemble giant sculptures. Some of his most famous works include the twisting "Dancing House" in the Czech Republic and the uneven, wavy Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. As a child, Gehry enjoyed building miniature structures, and he now uses advanced computer software to transform his sketches into mechanical drawings for construction of his imaginative designs.

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    Frank Gehry is an 87-year-old architect known for designing unusual buildings that resemble giant sculptures. Some of his most famous works include the twisting "Dancing House" in the Czech Republic and the uneven, wavy Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. As a child, Gehry enjoyed building miniature structures, and he now uses advanced computer software to transform his sketches into mechanical drawings for construction of his imaginative designs.

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    Frank Gehry is an 87-year-old architect known for designing unusual buildings that resemble giant sculptures. Some of his most famous works include the twisting "Dancing House" in the Czech Republic and the uneven, wavy Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. As a child, Gehry enjoyed building miniature structures, and he now uses advanced computer software to transform his sketches into mechanical drawings for construction of his imaginative designs.

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    Frank Gehry

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    Frank Gehry is an 87-year-old architect known for designing unusual buildings that resemble giant sculptures. Some of his most famous works include the twisting "Dancing House" in the Czech Republic and the uneven, wavy Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. As a child, Gehry enjoyed building miniature structures, and he now uses advanced computer software to transform his sketches into mechanical drawings for construction of his imaginative designs.

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    Common Core State Standard: ELA: Literacy: R.L. 3.3-5.3, R.L. 3.7-6.7, R.L. 3.1-5.1, R.L. 6.4-8.4, R.H.

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    Meet the Architect: Frank Gehry


    Written by the Staff at Lyman Allyn Art Museum
    Frank Gehry grew up playing with materials
    at his grandfather’s hardware store. He built
    miniature houses and cities with the supplies
    on hand. Gehry is now 87 years old and still
    designs buildings all over the world. Some of
    his buildings look almost like giant sculptures;
    the “Dancing House” in the Czech Republic has a
    very unusual twisting exterior. He also designed
    the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain (built
    1993-97). He used many different materials
    including stone, glass and titanium to create
    the building’s uneven wavy exterior. Gehry uses
    special computer software from the aerospace
    • Born 1929 in Toronto, Canada industry to design his buildings. This software
    allows him to turn his sketches into mechanical
    • Architect, Professor drawings that engineers can use to create the
    building.
    • Still working at age 87

    Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain (built 1993-97).

    ART ACTIVITY
    Imagine a building made
    of marshmallows! If you
    could use odd or unusual
    materials to create a
    building what materials
    would you use and why?
    Make a sketch of your
    building.

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