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Guggenheim-listasafnið í Bilbao eftir Frank Gehry er óvenjulegt líkt og …
Guggenheim-listasafnið í Bilbao eftir Frank Gehry er óvenjulegt líkt og má segja um nýja húsið hans. Hér sést hluti listaverks Jenny Holzer varpað á listasafnið. mbl.is/AFP

Einn frægasti arkitekt í heimi, Frank Gehry, flutti nýverið í nýtt hús sem hann hannaði ásamt syni sínum. Húsið sem Gehry bjó í áður hannaði hann upphaflega árið 1978 en nú er arkitektinn orðinn níræður og vildi hús sem hentaði betur. Veitti hann Architectural Digest innlit í húsið. 

Þó svo að Gehry hafi viljað hús sem hentaði honum betur er ekki um neitt venjulegt hús að ræða frekar en fyrri daginn. Gehry er þekktur fyrir að fara óvenjulegar leiðir í sköpun sinni og minna hús hans oftar á skúlptúra en hefðbundnar byggingar. Ein af hans frægustu byggingum er Guggenheim-safnið sem hann hannaði á Bilboa á Spáni. 

Gera má ráð fyrir að nýja húsið sem er í Santa Monica í Kaliforníu eigi ekki eftir að vekja minni athygli en gamla húsið sem er í borginni. 

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With multiple angled, gabled roofs, expanses of glass, and an internal structure of heavy diagonal timbers of Douglas fir, architect @frankgehry’s new Santa Monica house has the air of a modern version of an Adirondack lodge. While it is larger and more luxurious than the first house Gehry created for himself and his wife, Berta, in 1978, it has the same sense of being at once unconventional and enthusiastically welcoming. Gehry designed the home with his son, Sam, an architectural designer who has played a major role in his father’s firm since he was given charge of the design for the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London’s Hyde Park in 2008. Sam, determined that it be more sustainable than its predecessor, designed the house to be passively cooled, and included nine geothermal wells to provide energy for heating. As architecture, it both celebrates the notion of a traditional villa and subverts it: Like so much of the firm’s work, this house refuses to choose between comfort and challenge, and seems intent on offering both. Within the front wing of the house, facing outward, are a large, high-ceilinged living room and a dining room hung with Frank’s famous fish lamps as chandeliers, pictured above. See more of the home through the link in our profile. Photo by @jasonschmidtstudio; text by Paul Goldberger; styled by @michaelreynoldsnyc

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@frankgehry’s international architectural practice for years has left him little opportunity for designing houses. So, he was intrigued by the notion of being his own client again, this time conjuring up a new house that would work for him and his wife at a more advanced stage of their lives. (Gehry turned 90 in February) He came across an old house on a prime lot on one of Santa Monica’s finest streets, overlooking Santa Monica Canyon, with a view of the ocean. The challenge this time would be very different from the original house, not only because the Gehrys were older and wanted both an elevator and space for possible live-in help. They continued to be so happy in their old house that they were not sure they really wanted to move, however sensible the idea might be. By then Sam Gehry, an architectural designer, was working at his father’s firm, and Frank decided that he and his son would design the house together. If Berta and Frank chose not to move in when it was finished, they would declare it a spec project and sell it. Sam devised a scheme for a house in two distinct parts. First, facing the street and the view is a large front wing wrapped around a landscaped patio that Frank refers to as the “entertainment plaza,” which he envisioned as a place for outdoor parties that could take advantage of the ocean view; within the front wing, facing outward, are a large, high-ceilinged living room and a dining room hung with Frank’s famous fish lamps as chandeliers. Upstairs, with balconies overlooking the other rooms and the ocean but out of sight of visitors, is a sprawling master suite. With multiple angled, gabled roofs, expanses of glass, and an internal structure of heavy diagonal timbers of Douglas fir similar to the ones in the Fondation Louis Vuitton, the house has the air of a modern version of an Adirondack lodge, larger and more luxurious than the older Gehry house, but with the same sense of being at once unconventional and enthusiastically welcoming. See more of project through the link in our profile. Photo by @jasonschmidtstudio; text by Paul Goldberger; styled by @michaelreynoldsnyc

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Architect @frankgehry’s work has evolved considerably since the first home he created for himself and his wife, Berta, in 1978. It was finished long before the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, and the other large projects that have come to define is legacy. As the first house had been a kind of design laboratory at an earlier phase of his career, he wanted the new one to reflect his current formal preoccupations. His son, Sam, who has played a major role in Gehry’s firm since he was given charge of the design for the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London’s Hyde Park in 2008, was deeply familiar with all of the office’s current work, and he conceived of a design that merged the sumptuous qualities of a grand villa with the crisp, fresh energy of one of his father’s sculptural essays. With multiple angled, gabled roofs, expanses of glass, and an internal structure of heavy diagonal timbers of Douglas fir similar to the ones in the Fondation Louis Vuitton, the house has the air of a modern version of an Adirondack lodge, larger and more luxurious than the older Gehry house, but with the same sense of being at once unconventional and enthusiastically welcoming. Sam, determined that it be more sustainable than its predecessor, designed the house to be passively cooled, and included nine geothermal wells to provide energy for heating. As architecture, it both celebrates the notion of a traditional villa and subverts it: Like so much of the firm’s work, this house refuses to choose between comfort and challenge, and seems intent on offering both. In the family room, Frank Gehry for @knollinc chairs surround a custom dining table. See more of the home through the link in our profile. Photo by @jasonschmidtstudio; text by Paul Goldberger; styled by @michaelreynoldsnyc

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When legendary architect @frankgehry set out to build a new house in Santa Monica, CA, he tapped his son, Sam, to codesign the space. Navigating between his father as design partner and his mother, Berta, as client, Sam—an architectural designer at his father’s firm—devised a scheme for a house in two distinct parts. First, facing the street and the view is a large front wing wrapped around a landscaped patio that Frank refers to as the “entertainment plaza,” which he envisioned as a place for outdoor parties that could take advantage of the ocean view; within the front wing, facing outward, are a large, high-ceilinged living room and a dining room hung with Frank’s famous fish lamps as chandeliers. A family room, a kitchen with a vibrant tile floor—a special request from Berta—and a study are tucked behind these major rooms and look toward a rear garden. The second part of the house sits at some distance behind that structure, separated by an expansive garden with a lap pool and a long pathway covered by a Gehry-esque trellis. The rear wing contains a large music room suitable for small chamber-music concerts, a gym, two guest rooms, and a suite for long-term visitors that could also be used for live-in help. See inside the home through the link in our profile. Photo by @jasonschmidtstudio; text by Paul Goldberger; styled by @michaelreynoldsnyc

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