Gehry Residence

Gehry Residence
View of Gehry Residence
General information
Type	House
Architectural style	deconstructivist
Address	1002 22nd Street Santa Monica California 90403
Coordinates	34°2′6.62″N 118°29′5.13″W
Design and construction
Architect	Frank Gehry

The Gehry Residence is Frank Gehry's own house. It was originally an extension, designed by Gehry built around an existing house. It makes use of unconventional materials, such as chain link fence and corrugated steel. It is sometimes considered one of the earliest deconstructivist buildings, although Gehry himself denies that it was deconstructivism.

The Gehry Residence is located in Santa Monica, California. In 1977 Frank and Berta Gehry bought a pink bungalow that was originally built in 1920^{[citation needed]}.. Gehry wanted to explore with the materials he was already using: metal, plywood, chain link fencing, and wood framing^{[citation needed]}.. In 1978, he chose to wrap the outside of the house with a new exterior while still leaving the old exterior visible. He hardly touched the rear and south facades and to the other sides of the house he wedged in titled glass cubes. Then, in the fall of 1991, they chose to remodel due to the needs of their growing family including two teenage boys^{[citation needed]}. Many of Gehry's neighbours were not happy at the unusual building being built in their neighbourhood. It's rumoured that one neighbour used to regularly bring his dog to defecate on Gehry's lawn, in protest^{[citation needed]}.

References

• El Croquis 74/75 1995
• Architects Today - Laurence King Publishers
• Dal Co, Francesco and Forster, Kurt. W. "Frank O. Gehry: The Complete Works." Published in the United States of America in 1998 by The Monacelli Press, Inc. Copyright 1998 by The Monacelli Press, Inc.

External links

• Photographs of exterior of Gehry Residence