” Gehry considers architecture to be the quest to transfer the feelings of humanity through inert materials. ” - considers the Walt Disney Concert Hall to be his first major project in his own home - he has a long association with the Los Angeles Phi lha rmo nic Orc hes tra whe re he wor ked to improve the acoustics of the Hollywood Bowl - de si gn ed th e Co nc or d Am ph it he at re in Northern California - wo rk ed on Me rr iw ea th er Po st Pa vi li on of Music much earlier in his career in Columbia, Maryland - the Museum of Contemporary Art selected him to convert an old warehouse into its Temporary Co nt em po ra ry ex hi bi ti on sp ac e wh il e th e permanent museum was being built - remodeled an ice warehouse in Santa Monica where he added some buildings to the site into a co mb in at io n ar t mu se um /r et ai l an d of fi ce complex - “architecture is art”: inspiration of Gehry - often times, when asked if he had any mentors in th e hi st or y of ar ch it ec tu re, he re pl ie d by picking a Brancusi pho tograph on his desk - Des ign Philo sop hy: “ (design philosophy/theory is underlined), (ppl who influenced him) - on e of th os e ar ch it ec ts wh o be li ev ed in architecture for art’s sake - sees architecture as a sculptural work & an art piece - “I ap pr oa ch ea ch bu il di ng as a sc ul pt ur al object, a spatial container.
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