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Frank Gehry, born in Toronto, Canada on February 28, 1929, was
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raised amidst creativity. He was exposed to art through
• Gravelle, Connor. n.d. “Gehry Residence Analysis.” Connor Gravelle. Accessed March 20, 2024.
museums, concerts, and drawing sessions with his parents, and https://www.connorgravelle.us/projects/architecture/gehry-residence-analysis.
his visits to his grandfather's hardware store. Gehry pursued • “ARCH1201_Exercise1_First Week’s Collection.” n.d. Ridley's Architectural Diary. Accessed
March 20, 2024. https://ridleyding.weebly.com/projects-blog/arch1201_exercise1_first-weeks-
architecture at the University of Southern California, earning his
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Bachelor of Architecture in 1954. He furthered his studies in city • “ Gehry House - Data, Photos & Plans.” n.d. WikiArquitectura. Accessed March 26, 2024.
planning at Harvard Graduate School of Design from 1956 to https://en.wikiarquitectura.com/building/gehry-house/.
1957. Establishing his practice in Los Angeles in 1962, it became • “Frank Gehry House in Santa Monica (First Residence).” 2020. ArchEyes.
https://archeyes.com/frank-gehry-house-santa-monica/.
Frank Gehry and Associates in 1967 and then evolved into Gehry • n.d. WordPress. Accessed March 26, 2024.
Partners in 2001. https://criticalissuesintheculturalindustries.wordpress.com/studio/fragments/.

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Located at 1002 22nd Street Santa Monica, California, the Gehry • “Frank Gehry.” n.d. Wikipedia. Accessed March 26, 2024.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gehry.
residence is owned by Frank Gehry, a self-commission initiated by
• “Gehry Residence.” n.d. Wikipedia. Accessed March 26, 2024.
Frank and Gehry’s purchase of the 1920 constructed, pink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehry_Residence.
bungalow in 1977, and completing the renewed structure in 1978. • n.d. Instagram. Accessed March 26, 2024.
Built around the Dutch colonial-style building, Frank Gehry https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/217074078/gehry-residence/.
• n.d. Instagram. Accessed March 26, 2024.
experimented with unconventional materials, particularly metal, https://www.instagram.com/p/B_TCIAfFegU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiN
plywood, chain link fencing, and wood framing. He disrupted the WFlZA==.
symmetrical nature of the existing house with such a • n.d. Instagram. Accessed March 26, 2024.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEe0oomgcgq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBi
deconstructionist approach. Dubbed by Gehry as “a dumb little NWFlZA==.
house with charm,” the structure has the area of roughly 911 • Gehry, Frank. 2015. Frank Gehry on X: "Frank Gehry ( Residence Santa Monica ) #frankgehry
square metres. #ResidenceSantaMonica https://t.co/r2uU5rPMQg".
https://twitter.com/frankogehry/status/657368114347253761.
• n.d. Facebook. Accessed March 26, 2024.
https://www.facebook.com/100064324733998/posts/286414746487739/.
At first glance of the exterior of the construction, the bungalow • n.d. Flavor Wire. Accessed March 26, 2024. https://www.flavorwire.com/331065/the-
surprisingly-colorful-homes-of-9-famous-architects.
remains visible, extruding amongst Gehry’s fascinating
deconstructionist features of fence and metal. Seemingly,
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insertions of rectangular prisms of glass and wood framing
• Friedman, Mildred S. “Frank Gehry: The Houses.” Rizzoli, 2009.
penetrate through the northwest walls of corrugated sheets of • Gehry, Frank O., Peter. Arnell, Ted. Bickford, Germano. Celant, and Mason. Andrews. 1985.
metal. However, the interior is also altered by such fragmented “Frank Gehry, Buildings and Projects.” New York: Rizzoli.
features. The kitchen of this side of the building is encapsulated • Gehry, Frank O., Horst Bredekamp, and Rene Daalder. 2004. “Gehry Draws.” Edited by Mark
Rappolt and Robert Violette. N.p.: MIT Press.
entirely within an angled glass box framed with wood, in which
both inside residents and outside passersby can speculate from “Frank Gehry.” n.d. Wikipedia. Accessed March 26, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gehry.
“Gehry Residence.” n.d. Wikipedia. Accessed March 26, 2024.
opposite sides. As gaps of the window openings allow airflow, this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehry_Residence.
altered interior permits outsiders to perceive and immerse “ Gehry House - Data, Photos & Plans.” n.d. WikiArquitectura. Accessed March 26, 2024.
themselves within the ‘fragments’ of the unorthodox openings of https://en.wikiarquitectura.com/building/gehry-house/.
n.d. WordPress. Accessed March 26, 2024.
the structure. https://criticalissuesintheculturalindustries.wordpress.com/studio/fragments/.
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Gravelle, Connor. n.d. “Gehry Residence Analysis.” Connor Gravelle. Accessed March 20, 2024.
https://www.connorgravelle.us/projects/architecture/gehry-residence-analysis.
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1st Floor
Public

2nd Floor
= Clustered

= Axis

= Shapes of symmetry

= Grid organisation
“Frank Gehry House in Santa Monica (First Residence).” 2020. ArchEyes.
https://archeyes.com/frank-gehry-house-santa-monica/.
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NW Section NE Section

= Light

= Ventilation (Airflow)
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Exterior Interior