Abstract
This paper uses the recent structures of Frank Gehry as examples of the fact that the purpose of a building is to enclose space, offering isolation, protection from the elements and define space at the same time. The writer discusses that the exterior of the building may define the type of building it is, and if it is a commercial building, may define the kind of business conducted inside. The writer maintains that the interior of the building does this as well but also facilitates whatever sort of business is conducted, separating people where appropriate, bringing them together where necessary.

From the Paper
"People considering the aesthetics of architecture often focus on the exterior design and may not pay sufficient attention to the interior space, which is just as important and which may show just as many either traditional or revolutionary features as the exterior. The purpose of a building is to enclose space, offering isolation, protection from the elements, and define space at the same time. The exterior of the building may define the type of building it is, and if it is a commercial building, may define the kind of business conducted inside. The interior of the building does this as well but also facilitates whatever sort of business is conducted, separating people where appropriate, bringing them together ..."

Tags:gehry, interiors, exteriors

Abstract
This paper looks at the life of Frank Gehry and his work, focusing on how he is associated with certain industrialized styles seen as representative of Los Angeles architecture from the 1970s and 1980s. It discusses how, even though Gehry represents these home structures to the people of Los Angeles, he also represents the visible face of the city through his structures in other cities, adding to the luster of Los Angeles by contributing to its reputation as an innovative and creative place that influences the rest of the world.

Outline
Introduction
Gehry's Reputation
Gehry in Los Angeles
Disney Music Hall

From the Paper
"The Walt Disney Concert Hall was situated very consciously on Bunker Hill, placed in relation to a number of art venues: the Central Library, the three theaters of the Music Center, MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art), and the Richard D. Colburn School for the Performing Arts. Surrounded by heavily trafficked streets, the Concert Hall literally spills out onto Grand Avenue with its various intriguing convex and concave shapes. The interior of the Hall is encompassed in Douglas fir and gives the impression of a nautical vessel instead of a great musical instrument."

Tags:disney, music, hall, los, angeles

Abstract
This paper explains that Frank Gehry is noted not only for the unusual organic look and materials on the exterior of his buildings but also for changing the way people relate to the interior design of buildings. The author points out, in the examples of Gehry's designs, how he shows interesting variations on the way people relate to the interior, get into and out of the interior and react to the function of each building. The paper relates that Gehry's interiors and exteriors also are linked to the land more directly than is often the case with other structures, not merely by being placed on a certain ground but by making use of this terrain and by forming an organic bond inside and out.

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"The Disney Hall seems to connect to the street in some ways. The Seattle music building includes a rail system that goes right through the building. The museum in Bilbao connects the structure directly to the street and to the main thoroughfare of the town, a road that cuts through the complex of buildings making up the museum. The museum itself is not a single structure but a series of nineteen galleries connected in such a way that they make up one large building, or at least give the impression of one large building."

Tags:terrain, organic, complex, groundbreaking, reference

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 discusses how Anne Frank speaks out through time and space in her now famous diary. The paper notes how in the beginning of the diary, her voice sounds joyful and without worries. It matures and hurries up along the story as if to deliver and share as much of the unreal reality as possible.

From the Paper
"Anne Frank speaks out through time and space. In the beginning her voice sounds joyful and without worries. It matures and hurries up along the story as if to deliver and share as much of the unreal reality as possible. The diary was started as a "no big deal", the "notebook" that was awaiting the birthday girl in the room. Such mastery, such Divinely inspired art of a writer - to begin her life story with a birthday celebration, a life story which is to be cut short so soon, so cruelly, a story..."

Tags:essay, anne, frank

Abstract
An observation of Frank Lloyd Wright's uniquely designed Guggenheim Museum.

From the Paper
"Though the museum did not officially open until six months after his death, The Guggenheim in New York City's Upper East Side remains Frank Lloyd Wright's crowning achievement. Not universally admired but undoubtedly appreciated by the millions that have passed through its doors since October ...st, Wright's design pioneered concepts of space, the way that people experience a museum and the way that the museum itself lives and breathes. Without this groundbreaking design, museums today would be very different places. During his seventy-two-year..."

Tags:Frank Lloyd Wright, Guggenheim, Art, Art History, Modernism, Architecture, Museums

Abstract
This paper explains that Anne Frank in her bibliography "Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl", being a typical teenage girl, was incredibly emotional. The author points out that the circumstance in which she recorded these sentiments was such that they were always overshadowed by her immense fear. The paper relates that, in the first few diary entries written in the Annex, although slightly afraid, Frank does not realize the true level of danger she is in and therefore fills page after page with detailed but mundane descriptions of daily life in the Annex. The author then explains that, as Frank matures, she begins to empathize with the apprehensiveness felt by the adults and, as a result, her fear begins to increase. The paper stresses that, in a child's mind, death is not a feasible occurrence; therefore, she can allow herself to believe that she does not fear it.

From the Paper
'In this entry, as well as many others, she discusses her constant fears of being caught by the Germans while hiding in the secret annex with her family. This entry is especially powerful because it sheds light on the fact that, in such small cramped conditions, there is little to do but let your mind wander. When put in a situation where you can not talk or laugh too loudly for fear of capture, all that one is left with is his or her thoughts and for a young girl, this can cause immense fright. As she points out on this same page of her diary, everything she says or does leads her back to thoughts of fear."

Tags:annex, burglaries, death, dream, progression

Abstract
The paper shows that with only one exception, most of director Frank Capra's greatest movies take place during the depression, 1929-1941, or shortly after. His films are unique in that they are some of the first to display a faith in American opportunity and values in the context of institutional reform. This paper explores five Capra files in chronological order, "It Happened One Night"(1934), "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" (1936), "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939), "Meet John Doe" (1941)and "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) as summarized by author Ray Carney in his book "American Vision: The Films of Frank Capra." The paper shows how Carney illustrates these films' inclusion of characters that display the courage to act on their own conviction and to sway out of control groups to act in the interest of common good.

From the Paper
"MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN portrays Longfellow Deeds as a personification of small-town virtue. After inheriting $20 million from a distant relative, Deeds moves from Mandrake Falls, Vermont to a mansion in New York where he is victim not only to bureaucratic pressures and social scrutiny, but is actually threatened with being made over into someone else. Under attack by shyster lawyers with motives to steal his fortune, Deeds successfully defends himself in court so that he will be declared sane enough to distribute millions of dollars to destitute farmers. Carney's interpretation of Capra's motivation for this work is that given the fundamental state of affairs, the marginality, and alienation of individual in a society that he is unable imaginatively to leave, he must therefore shape some sort of public expressive performance."

Tags:American, dream, reform

Abstract
This paper provides an analysis of four periods of architecture and four architects whose designs represented key styles that arose in Los Angeles during the 20th century: Irving Gill (mission revival); Frank Lloyd Wright (early modernism); Richard Neutra (international style modernism); and Frank Gehry (post-modernism). The paper includes an appendix with a work from each architect.

From the Paper
"During the twentieth century, a number of different architecture styles and architects left their imprint on the greater Los Angeles area. While a good part of this development was regional in nature with respect to architectural style and design, the whole range of modern architecture and its development are also represented via architects like Irving Gill, Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra and Frank Gehry. Gill's mission revival style of architecture, Wright's early modernism, Neutra's modernism and Gehry's post-modernism are all reflected in..."

Tags:Hollyhock House, Chiat/Day Building, Akai House, structure, art, art deco, nature, landscapes, residences, commercial buildings

Abstract
This paper provides a comparison and contrast of the international and postmodern styles in architecture. The design for Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier and the design for the Bilbao, Spain Guggenheim Museum by Frank Gehry are used to compare and contrast the respective architectural style.

From the Paper
"There could be fewer more distinct edifices than the Le Corbusier designed Villa Savoye, Poissy, France and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain designed by Frank Gehry. The clean simple lines of Corbusier's Villa Savoye are characteristic of the International Style in architecture versus the whimsical and playful Postmodern style of Gehry's Guggenheim design. Though the purity of Corbusier's design is characteristic of the International style of design in architecture, Gehry's Guggenheim design is much more..."

Tags:form, function, preformed concrete, playfulness, computer aided design, ideology, isolation, integration