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Friedman, Mildred was born on July 25, 1929 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Nathaniel and Hortense (Weinsveig) Shenberg.
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gehry talks: architecture + process With the completion of the celebrated Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, architect Frank O. Gehry has entered the pantheon of twentieth-century masters. In this wholly unique new book, a condensed edition of the original volume of the same name, Gehry himself offers extensive and illuminating commentary on various aspects of the processes involved in developing his revolutionary designs, including his influences, clients, use of materials, and new technologies. Gehry Talks: Architecture + Process documents all of his new work of this decade, tracing his evolution from a southern California architect known for his idiosyncratic use of materials and collaboration with local artists, to an international figure whose fluid, hitherto undreamt-of forms surge beyond the aesthetic and technical constraints of the twentieth century. From the titanium-wrapped curves of the Guggenheim Bilbao to the binocular facade of the Chiat-Day Headquarters in California, his innovative structural ideas evoke a sense of freedom and spontaneity while, at the same time, displaying the utmost control. Unbound by guidelines of symmetry or the grid's delineation, his structures spring forth, engaged in a seemingly limitless play of ideas--ever-changing in both the multitudinous combinations of shapes suggested by the form and the depth of the conceptual associations implied by the design. Fish and snake motifs birl upon his building's rippling surfaces, while light follows the asymmetrical trajectories of their metallic folds. Though controversial and daring, his works always possess an elegance that lends warmth and humane scope to each project, regardless of the level of innovation--as evinced in contexts as varying as the complicated, and unrealized, plan of the Lewis House in Lyndhurst, Ohio, or the clarity of the idea behind the Üstra office building in Hannover, Germany. This generously illustrated presentation features twenty-four projects, including the Chiat-Day Headquarters in Venice, California; the Team Disneyland Administration Building in Anaheim, California; the Vitra Furniture Museum and Factory in Weil am Rhein, Germany; and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. The book features insightful essays by editor Mildred Friedman and architecture critic Michael Sorkin, as well as photographs of buildings that have been completed since the publication of the original volume.
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(With the completion of the celebrated Guggenheim Museum i...)
With the completion of the celebrated Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, architect Frank O. Gehry has entered the pantheon of twentieth-century masters. In this wholly unique new book, Gehry himself offers extensive and illuminating commentary on various aspects of the proceses involved in developing his revolutionary designs, including his influences, clients, use of materials, and new technologies. "Gehry Talks: Architecture + Process" documents all of his new work of this decade, tracing his evolution from a southern California architect known for his idiosyncratic use of materials and collaboration with local artists, to an international figure whose fluid, hitherto undreamt-of forms surge beyond the aesthetic and technical constraints of the twentieth century. From the titanium-wrapped curves of the Guggenheim Bilbao to the binocular facade of the Chiat-Day Headquarters in California, his innovative structural ideas evoke a sense of freedom and spontaneity while, at the same time, displaying the utmot control. Unbound by guidelines of symmetry or the grid's delineation, his structures spring forth, engaged in a seemingly limitless play of ideas--ever-changing in both the multitudinous combinations of shapes suggested by the form and the depth of the conceptual associations implied by the design. Fish and snake motifs birl upon his buildings' rippling surfaces, while light follows the asymmetrical trajectories of their metallic folds. Though controversial and daring, his works always possess an elegance that lends warmth and humane scope to each project, regardless of the level of innovation--as evinced in contexts as varying as the complicated, and unrealized, plan of theLewis House in Lyndhurst, Ohio or the clarity of the idea behind the Ustra office building in Hannover, Germany. This generously illustrated presentation features thirty-three projects, including the Chiat-Day Headquarters in Venice, California; the Team Disneyland Administration Building in Anaheim, California; the Vitra Furniture Museum and Factory in Weil am Rhein, Germany; the Entertainment Center at Euro-Disney (now called Disneyland Paris); the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California; and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. Editor Mildred Friedman and architecture critic Michael Sorkin provide insightful essays.
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Friedman, Mildred was born on July 25, 1929 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Nathaniel and Hortense (Weinsveig) Shenberg.
Bachelor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1951. Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1952. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Minneapolis College Art, 1984.
Doctor of Fine Arts, Hamlin University, 1987.
Instructor design Los Angeles City College, 1952-1954. Architectural designer Cerny Associates, Minneapolis, 1957-1969. Design curator Walker Art Center, 1970-1990.
Freelance consultant New York City, since 1990. Member architect and design panel National Endowment Arts, 1975—1978, member policy panel design arts, 1979—1982, member presidential design awards jury, 1991. Member visiting committee School Architect and Planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985—1988.
Member visiting committee Graduate School Design Harvard University, since 1994. Board directors International Design Conference, Aspen, 1989—1991, Chicago Institute Architect and Urbanism, 1990—1993, National Institute Architectural Education, since 1993. Member deisgn jury American Academy Rome, 1991.
Gueest instructor University of California at Los Angeles, 1992. Member jury to select architect for Whitehall Ferry Terminal, New York City, 1992. Visiting instructor Harvard University, 1993.
Consultant Battery Park City Authority, New York City. Guest curator Brooklyn Museum, 1992—2002. Guest curator for Frank Gehry retrospective exhibition Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, 2001.
Guest curator for Vital Forms exhibition Brooklyn Museum Art, 2001—2002.
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Member American Institute of Architects (honorary, national awards jury 1981, 87, board directors Minnesota chapter 1984-1986, Institute Honors 1994). F C.
Married Martin Friedman. Children: Lise, Ceil, Zoe.