Frank Gehry Interview: Jump Into the Unknown || Louisiana Channel

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Frank Gehry (b.1929) is recognized as one of the most important architects of our time, and his spectacular buildings – including the iconic Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and Walt Disney Concert Hall – have won him worldwide renown. Watch the Canadian-American architect talk about his life, architecture and the world today in this in-depth video recorded at his studio in Los Angeles.  

When a teacher enrolled the young Gehry in a night-class at architecture school, it became the beginning of a long career: “It was all by chance.” At that time, American architects – including Frank Lloyd Wright – were inspired by Japanese architecture, and Gehry feels that this early influence has stayed with him ever since, not least when he built the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles: “You’d think Disney Hall was a Japanese temple.”

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