ART OF STEEL
WALT DISNEY’S CONCERT HALLINNOVATIVE ARCHITECTURE
Walt Disney’s Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA.
By Stephanie Clark Ali | Arts & Entertainment
I will never forget stepping into what I call the "The Art of Steel." Approaching the Walt Disney Concert Hall displays enormous perspectives of curves and lines. The building is bold, a statement of shining metal and stainless-steel finishes shaped similar to bellowing sails. This work of art was designed by Frank Gehry, leading innovative architect, designer of the 20th century.
The Walt Disney Concert Hall is home to downtown Los Angeles, California, and one of Gehry's internationally works of postmodern design. The iconic masterpiece began development in 1987, and finished in 2003. His design of right angled, trapezoidal plans and sheet metal for the roofs are quite different than most design structures. Known for modernist designs, Gehry's style of disordered and sculptural contours is generated with computer technology that advances his shapes of angular, straight-line and cubic forms into spectacular works of art known of having the “swoosh.”
Inside the plush hall features the acoustics treatment of vertical grain wall panels made of Douglas fir. The sound is outstanding serving home to the Los Angeles Philharmonic and leading musicians around the world. The auditorium is a daring statement, wearing the hue of warm orange and smooth, oak wood finishes. Gehry design of colorful patterns of non-traditional theater seats captures an intimate feeling for 2,265 guests. Seated centerstage at the orchestra section is the organ showcasing the sculpting design of pipes, known as the “French Fries."
Though many artists like to compare the concert hall to Gehry's Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, The Walt Disney Concert Hall is a conversation piece of avant-garde forms that soar into the futuristic scope. The visit here is breathtaking and a true discovery that architecture is more than just buildings.
Original Story: Title "Traditional vs Innovative" December 18, 2017
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