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Collection:
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Archivision Base to Module 13
LocalCollection
Archivision Base to Module 13
Collection
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Preferred Title:
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American Center
Work_PrefTitle
American Center
Preferred Title
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Alternate Title:
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Cinémathèque Française
Work_AltTitle
Cinémathèque Française
Alternate Title
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Image View:
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Close view of the upper area, depicting collision of forms
Image_Title
Close view of the upper area, depicting collision of forms
Image View
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Creator:
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Frank Owen Gehry (American architect, born 1929)
Agent_Display
Frank Owen Gehry (American architect, born 1929)
Creator
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Location:
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site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
Location
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Location Note:
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51, rue de Bercy
Work_LocationNotes
51, rue de Bercy
Location Note
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Date:
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1994 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
1994 (creation)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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American
Work_Culture
American
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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Postmodern
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Postmodern
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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mixed-use development
Work_Worktype1
mixed-use development
Work Type 1
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Classification:
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architecture
Work_Classification
architecture
Classification
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Material:
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limestone; steel; glass; zinc
Work_MaterialDisplay
limestone; steel; glass; zinc
Material
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
Work_Technique
construction (assembling)
Technique
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; contemporary (1960 to present); Art museums
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architectural exteriors; contemporary (1960 to present); Art museums
Subjects
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Description:
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Now the home of the Cinémathèque Française, the largest archive of films, movie documents, and film-related objects in the world. The architecture of the building might be best understood against the backdrop of Gehry's struggles to build the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles (roughly concurrent with the timeline of this project) and his eventual triumph at Bilbao. If Bilbao's is definitively exuberant, the American Center's geometry seems almost indeterminate--somet imes masterful, other times awkward and circumstantial. Part of this encompasses a struggle to square irregular geometry with ordinary office space (which made up a substantial portion of the program). This illustrates the intermediate step that this building represents (somewhere between Disney and Bilbao) in the development of a workable process to translate irregular designs into material existence. (Source: Galinsky [website]; http://www.galinsky. com/)
Work_Description_Sou rce
Now the home of the Cinémathèque Française, the largest archive of films, movie documents, and film-related objects in the world. The architecture of the building might be best understood against the backdrop of Gehry's struggles to build the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles (roughly concurrent with the timeline of this project) and his eventual triumph at Bilbao. If Bilbao's is definitively exuberant, the American Center's geometry seems almost indeterminate--somet imes masterful, other times awkward and circumstantial. Part of this encompasses a struggle to square irregular geometry with ordinary office space (which made up a substantial portion of the program). This illustrates the intermediate step that this building represents (somewhere between Disney and Bilbao) in the development of a workable process to translate irregular designs into material existence. (Source: Galinsky [website]; http://www.galinsky. com/)
Description
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
LocalCollection
Archivision Base Collection
Collection
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Identifier:
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1A1-GF-AC-A3
Image_OriginalVendor ID
1A1-GF-AC-A3
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Rights
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