Publisher's Synopsis
From the stainless steel curves of its striking exterior to its hardwood-paneled main auditorium, Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall is one of the most sophisticated concert halls in the world. Produced with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Los Angeles office of Gehry Partners, Symphony: Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall chronicles the extraordinary history of this icon of world architecture, from its conception in the late 1980s to its completion in 2004. This will be the first trade softcover edition of the book.
Frank Gehry 's renowned works include the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and Dancing House in Prague. Gehry received architecture's highest honor, the Pritzker Architecture Prize, in 1989.
