Frank Gehry wins 2015 Getty Medal
By Bustler Editors|
Thursday, May 21, 2015
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The one and only Frank Gehry was announced as the recipient of the third annual Getty Medal. Established in 2013 by the J. Paul Getty Trust, the Getty Medal — initially titled the J. Paul Getty Founder's Award — recognizes living individuals worldwide for their leadership in the cultural disciplines in which the Getty works including museology, art historical research, philanthropy, conservation and conservation science.
Gehry will be presented with the medal during a dinner ceremony at the Getty Center on September 28.
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"Over more than five decades, Frank Gehry has built an architectural career that has produced iconic buildings in North America, Europe and Asia, and earned him the most significant awards in the field, including the Pritzker Architecture Prize, perhaps architecture’s premier accolade. Other honors include the National Medal of Arts, Ordre National de Legion d’honneur Commandeur from the French government, Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement Award at the Venice Biennale, and several more. Among his most notable buildings are the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California; the Jay Pritzker Pavilion and BP Bridge in Chicago, Illinois; Eight Spruce Street Residential Tower in New York City; and Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, France. In all, his buildings have received more than 100 national and regional AIA awards.
Hallmarks of Gehry’s work include a concern that people dwell comfortably within the spaces that he creates, and an insistence that his buildings address the context and culture of their sites. Despite his international stature and renown, he continues to be closely associated with Los Angeles, where his 1978 redesign of his Santa Monica home launched his international career."
The inaugural Getty Medal went to Harold M. Williams (founding president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust) and Nancy Englander (former director of program planning and analysis at the J. Paul Getty Trust) for their leading influence in creating The Getty as it exists today. Lord Jacob Rothschild received the second award in recognition of being the most influential volunteer cultural leader in the English-speaking world.
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