Abstract
This paper explains that Franks Gehry is probably the foremost proponent of the dean of American architecture Philip Johnson's "Deconstructivist Architecture". The author points out that Gehry links his work in interesting ways with the environment and with the culture of the structure's surroundings. The paper reviews the critics of several of his works: The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; the Malibu studio and residence of artist Ron Davis; the expansion of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) and the Disney Music Hall in Los Angeles.

From the Paper
"Germano Celant refers to the architecture of Frank Gehry as "idealized cities - essences of urbanity which, refracted and re-presented through Gehry's aerial vision, throws open new ways of understanding the spatial and temporal dimensions of architecture." Celant also emphasizes ways in which the buildings of Gehry seem to expand out of themselves. He is referring specifically to buildings Gehry had designed for Los Angeles when he says that they "seem to split open and break apart, to burst out of closed containers and shoot off in all linguistic directions, as if seduced by the urban eroticism of Los Angeles." Celant says that many of these structures consist of a collection of structures making up a "house-city" marked by transparency through which one can observe details by peering through "apertures or lattices, panels or filters, through chain link or glass."'

Tags:eroticism, deconstructivist, environment, aerial, critics

Abstract
This paper takes two parts. The first part is a summary of Max Horkheimer's ideas of rational thought and the deconstructivist process as an analytical tool. The second part of the paper contrasts Horkheimer's theories against those of Charles Davis on religion. This is a very basic paper for those looking to learn about Horkheimer and his theories in science and philosophy.

From the Paper
"Max Horkheimer focuses heavily on the idea of reason and rationality as the fundamental component of modern thought. Using the capacity for reason, Horkheimer stressed that humanity would be able to approach all concepts of phenomena from its most basic components and move..."

Tags:horkheimer, philosophy, religion