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Archivision Base to Module 9
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ARCHIVISIONBASETO9~1~1
Archivision Base to Module 9
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Preferred Title:
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American Center
Work_PrefTitle
American Center
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Alternate Title:
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Cinémathèque Française
Work_AltTitle
Cinémathèque Française
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Image View:
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Temporary building, context view, from the northwest, depicting lateral tension cables
Image_Title
Temporary building, context view, from the northwest, depicting lateral tension cables
Image View
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Creator:
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Frank Owen Gehry (American architect, born 1929)
Agent_Display
Frank Owen Gehry (American architect, born 1929)
Creator
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Location:
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site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
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site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
Location
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Location Note:
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51, rue de Bercy
Work_LocationNotes
51, rue de Bercy
Location Note
false
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Date:
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1994 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
1994 (creation)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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American
Work_Culture
American
Cultural Context
false
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Style Period:
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Postmodern
Work_StylePeriodDisplay
Postmodern
Style Period
false
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Work Type 1:
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mixed-use development
Work_Worktype1
mixed-use development
Work Type 1
false
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Classification:
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architecture
Work_Classification
architecture
Classification
false
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Material:
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limestone; steel; glass; zinc
Work_MaterialDisplay
limestone; steel; glass; zinc
Material
false
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
Work_Technique
construction (assembling)
Technique
false
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; contemporary (1960 to present); Art museums
Work_Image_SubjectDisplay
architectural exteriors; contemporary (1960 to present); Art museums
Subjects
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Description:
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Now the home of the Cinémathèque Française, the largest archive of films, movie documents, and film-related objects in the world. The architecture of the building might be best understood against the backdrop of Gehry's struggles to build the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles (roughly concurrent with the timeline of this project) and his eventual triumph at Bilbao. If Bilbao's is definitively exuberant, the American Center's geometry seems almost indeterminate--sometimes masterful, other times awkward and circumstantial. Part of this encompasses a struggle to square irregular geometry with ordinary office space (which made up a substantial portion of the program). This illustrates the intermediate step that this building represents (somewhere between Disney and Bilbao) in the development of a workable process to translate irregular designs into material existence. (Source: Galinsky [website]; http://www.galinsky.com/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
LocalCollection
Archivision Base Collection
Collection
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Identifier:
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1A1-GF-AC-B1
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1A1-GF-AC-B1
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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