Gehry Draws.

RAPPOLT, MARK & ROBERT VIOLETTE.

ISBN 10: 1900828103 / ISBN 13: 9781900828109

Published by VIOLETTE, 2005

About this Item

London, VIOLETTE Editions, 2005. Hardcover with dustjacket/wrap-around-band. 25,5 x 19,5 cm. 44 pages. With illustrations in color and b/w. - Text on Fench title page: NEAR FINE COPY [Architecture / international [Algemene Architectuur] ].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gehry Draws.
• Publisher: VIOLETTE
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1900828103
• ISBN 13: 9781900828109
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

Everyone knows what the distinctive curves and lines of Frank Gehry's buildings look like. But where do they come from? Gehry has described drawing as his way of thinking aloud; Gehry Draws traces that thinking through 29 major projects, providing a privileged view of the creative practice of a master architect. More than 360 drawings (most of which are previously unpublished) and more than 400 additional illustrations chart the evolution of Gehry's images from marks on the page to three-dimensional models to completed buildings. Horst Bredekamp's introduction relates Gehry's drawing methods to the concept of disegno, as practised by Leonardo and Durer - not only the act of drawing and modelling, but also the dynamics of creative thinking. Gehry himself describes his method for Bredekamp in several explanatory sketches, and Bredekamp applies this to a study of drawings made for specific Gehry commissions. Virtual-reality filmmaker Rene Daadler and writer Mark Rappolt return this discus

About the Author

Mark Rappolt is a freelance writer, Senior Editor of Contemporary magazine, and former editor of AA Files, the journal of the Architectural Association in London.