Frank Gehry: Catalogue Raisonné of the Drawings Volume One 1954-1978 (Hardcover)

Inaugurating a landmark publication project on the drawings of one of America s greatest architects This catalog--the first of eight planned volumes that will critically present the entire oeuvre of Toronto-born Los Angeles-based architect Frank Gehry (born 1929) using his sketches as the primary graphic material--includes texts and high-quality images of individual works and preparatory drawings. The book explores the beginning of Gehry s conceptual thinking and his progression from paper architecture to poststructuralism. Frank Gehry is the recipient of the 1989 Pritzker Architecture Prize. He was the subject of a Sydney Pollack documentary Sketches of Frank Gehry and Vanity Fair ran a cover story labeling him the most important architect of our age. His irreverent buildings often incorporating swooping walls made of aluminum titanium or stainless steel are world-renowned attractions and his iconic design for the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao made both Gehry and the Basque city world-famous. This first catalogue raisonné of drawings was written by architecture scholar Jean-Louis Cohen in direct collaboration with Gehry. Cohen is one of the world s leading experts on modern architecture and the Sheldon H. Solow Chair for the History of Architecture at New York University s Institute for Fine Arts. His numerous books include Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes.