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How does a working-class kid from Toronto become the most famous architect alive? Pulitzer-winning critic Paul Goldberger answers in this engaging, richly nuanced biography of Frank Gehry — from the son of Jewish immigrants through decades of struggle, experiment, and breakthrough.
Goldberger follows the rise to the shimmering Guggenheim Bilbao, the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the dancing towers that redefined what buildings could be — exploring Gehry’s restless creativity, his embrace of new technology, and the force of personality that turned a controversial outsider into a cultural icon.
This is not just a life story but a guided tour through modern architecture itself: the ideas, rivalries, and revolutions that shaped our skylines, written by a critic who watched it all unfold — with authority, and with genuine affection for his subject. Published in 2015, it remains an essential read for architecture lovers and design students everywhere.
How does a boy from a working-class Toronto family become the most famous architect of our time? Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry by Paul Goldberger — the Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic — answers that question in this engaging, richly nuanced biography.
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Goldberger follows Gehry from his humble origins as the son of Jewish immigrants through the decades of struggle, experiment, and breakthrough that produced some of the most recognizable buildings on earth: the shimmering Guggenheim Bilbao, the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the dancing towers that redefined what architecture could be. Along the way, he explores Gehry’s restless creativity, his embrace of new technology, and the sheer force of personality that turned a controversial outsider into a cultural icon.
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This is not just a life story but a guided tour through modern architecture itself — through the ideas, rivalries, and revolutions that shaped the skylines we know. Goldberger writes with the authority of a critic who has watched Gehry’s career unfold, and with genuine affection for his subject.
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Published in 2015, Building Art is essential reading for architecture lovers, design students, and anyone fascinated by how visionaries are made.
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