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Frank Gehry on Frames

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Kurt Andersen and the architect Frank Gehry look at how both literal and conceptual frames shape our creativity. Gehry is one of today’s most visionary and pioneering architects. He’s drawn notice since the 1970s for his deconstructed style, using unconventional materials and sculptural shapes in his buildings. He designed the instantly iconic Guggenheim Museum in […]

Special Guest: Frank Gehry

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Architecture of the absurd

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‘Studio 360’: Architecture of the Absurd

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The Eisenhower Memorial v. The Eisenhower Family

President Dwight D. Eisenhower is most commonly remembered as a vocal opponent of communism and a leader who ushered in one of America’s most prosperous eras.  But a new national memorial in Washington D.C. offers a different image: designed by famed architect Frank Gehry, the proposed monument features Eisenhower as a young, barefoot boy in Abilene, […]

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Absurd Architecture in Your Neighborhood

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