
Dayshawn James
FRANK GEHRY
FRANK GEHRY was born in Canada on February 28, 1929 . His mother Thelma Caplanski left her parents, a couple with deep religious morals . While living in Toronto they agreed to change there last named to Caplan. His father was the owner of a hardware store .
Frank father lived in Brooklyn New York . He started as early immigrant. Frank had a hard time since his father died when he was 11 . Since Irvin Frank would be a fought for money on the streets he was very skilled. Since his farther fought a lot it made frank want to be a boxer, also he participate in karate .After Irvin moved to Canada he change jobs a lot .Then he met Thelma the women for him soon they got married.
A good student frank was getting a and b in all his classes , frank went to Hebrew school and his best was math ; he even spoke Yiddish . Frank work at his grand farther hardware and notice the tools around him. With the help of his grand farter they both built a small cities together .After frank farther got sick they move to L.A. and that when Frank attending a collage in L.A. . Frank was going to a art school but did not go but his other choice was USC . That when he realize that the architecture was a thing for him . Then frank had to find a job he became a delivery truck driver , a man that install breakfast nooks. Then f rank meet a women named Antia Snyder the women that he married (1952)and that when they change there last named to Gehry in 2 years .
They had 2 daughters they all went to Georgia then Paris then they got divorce 1966 then he remarried ten years later to Berta Isabel.
They live in a present house .
While he was in USC he work for a man named victor gruen associate and came back to work after living Harvard . He left L.A. for Europe in Paris and went back to his family to make firm . That
When he met peter esienman . His man company in Manhattan
That was 1000 feet . The building named after himself if like a glass type of building with a little white add to it with curves . It look like you in a glass house when the mirror make funny of u its just like that but big this building will draw so much people they have take a photo of it no mater what and it the best building I ever saw I my life time . It seem like it took him about 1 year to finish the building . You can find this building at Chelsea piers . The other building is tower Hanover is 80 feet have 8 floors and it have this to it twist the color of this building is a bronze type brown . The dancing house in Prague this building look like in the 80 with cartoon features with tub on the side looking like a pipe.
THE 2004 ago unveiled a $194 million (since risen to $254) redevelopment plan by architect none other than frank Gehry.
Some of his building is made out glass , wood , metal and other objects som e people be like who would make a building like that then other people will say frank gehry made this then they will say who that a great man who was famous he made a lot of building he got them all over the world its about 1,000 building he made he was also in the hit TV. show the Simpson’s . So he all over he still alive one day am going to see him and be like can u build me a building . no mater what people see they will say that a hot building so get out and explore.
And see if you can find a one of his building and be amaze of the work he has down.