Gehry in Sydney: the Dr Chau Chak Wing Building, UTS/ edited by Liisa Naar and Stewart Clegg

Description

Unique IDLIB-00015254Date1st January 2015Date qualifieryear onlyDescriptionDescription: Frank O Gehry, one of the most influential architects of his generation, is famous for many iconic buildings. Works to date include the Dancing Building, Prague, Czech Republic (1996); the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain (1997) and, in the United States, the Weatherhead School of Management, Ohio (2002), the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles (2003), and the Peter B. Lewis Library at Princeton University (2008). Frank O Gehry's first building project in Australia is examined in detail, offering a fresh perspective and informative analysis of the context, negotiation, commission, concept and construction of the Dr Chau Chak Wing Building, including full-colour models and photographic essays and sketches. The design is unlike anything Gehry has previously constructed. In creating the building skin Gehry designed an undulating and corbelled brick veneer for the eastern facade facing the city, which was laid entirely by hand, while for the western facade he created a chevron pattern in large sheets of glass.

Foreword/ Ross Milbourne, UTS Vice-Chancellor, 2002-2014

Context: experiencing the city/ Michele Lancione

Commission: a changing business school/ Michele Lancione

Drawings

Conversations: Frank O Gehry in conversation with Liisa Naar, Craig Webb in conversation with Liisa Naar, Brad Winkeljohn in conversation with Liisa Naar

Concept: seeing the building through models/ Liisa Naar and Stewart Clegg

Models

Construction: it's innovation, but not as we normally know it/ Perry Forsythe

Completion

Tales from the field: if buildings could talk/ Liisa Naar and Marianne Stang VaÌŠlandLanguageEnglish (eng)IllustrationsColour illustrationsBlack and white illustrationsPublisherImages Publishing Group Pty LtdPlace of publicationMulgrave
Victoria
Australia

Format

FormatPublication - Book

Numbering & Quantity

Number of pages279

Characteristics

Dimensions (free text)25 cm

Access

Subject tagsCollege buildingsArchitectureHistory21st centuryCity planningPublic architectureBuildings and structures

Identification

Dewey decimal numberSRC 711.57 GEHRISBN/ISSN9781864705911
1864705914Source system IDR0000388598Alternative ID30002039236054

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Gehry in Sydney: the Dr Chau Chak Wing Building, UTS/ edited by Liisa Naar and Stewart Clegg