This Week’s Crazy Building: Marqués de Riscal Hotel

“Hotel Marques De Riscal, Elciego, Álava, Spain” by CO-120812 is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0
The Marqués de Riscal Hotel in Elciego, Spain is a redesign of a 150-year-old winery. This highly unusual work by architect Frank Gehry seeks to embody the vineyard in an abstract way. The colors used are symbolic. Pink represents the wine itself, silver is found on the bottle’s neck, and gold is for the signature
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health

The undulating walls and movement of the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health are a vast departure from other health physicalities. Designed by renowned architect, Frank Gehry, he feels the center represents hope. The Center treats patients with Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s and Parkinson’s disease, among others. Started in 2009 the Center came about as a partnership
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Guggenheim Museum

The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain looks like it defies gravity. This is the work of renowned architect, Frank Gehry who has employed this shocking style for about 20 years. Besides a surprising exterior, the Guggenheim also created another effect, economic prosperity. The building generated 500 million in profit within 3 years of its opening
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This Week’s Crazy Building: IAC Building

The IAC Building, located in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood was designed by Frank Gehry, known for his wild, deconstructive style. Unlike the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, however, the IAC presents a much more conservative, although still unusual face. Surprisingly, this is Gehry’s first completed building in New York. The sailboat theme was
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Fondation Louis Vuitton

The Fondation Louis Vuitton located in Paris’ Bois de Boulogne park makes a noticeable splash. Designed by Frank Gehry, the contemporary art museum’s unusual forms exhibit his characteristic deconstructed look. The park is nearly twice the size of New York’s Central Park and is composed of several smaller parks. The Fondation is in the Jardin
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Walt Disney Concert Hall

Walt Disney concert hall building - Los Angeles, United States - Architecture photography by Giuseppe Milo is licensed under CC BY 2.0
The wild, expressive Walt Disney Concert Hall is located in downtown Los Angeles. Lilian Disney donated $50 million to establish the hall in memory of her late husband, Walt. A design competition was held to determine the architect and Frank Gehry’s proposal was selected. Completed in 2003, this building later became an example of Gehry’s
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This Week’s Crazy Building: MoPOP

EMP Museum by philstyle is licensed under CC BY 2.0
The Museum of Pop Culture or MoPOP is located in Seattle, Washington. Among its archives are the largest collections of Jimi Hendrix and Nirvana memorabilia. This unique building has become a part of Seattle and aims to bring people together through their common connection in pop culture. Designed by Frank Gehry the building itself was
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This Week’s Crazy Building: Dancing House

Case danzanti by Dino Quinzani is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Dancing House is located in Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic. It was designed by Frank Gehry and Vlado Milunić and completed in 1996. Dancing House was a radical addition at the time. Its unusual design makes a stark contrast compared to the neighboring buildings which were done in Art Nouveau, Baroque, and
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