One-On-One with Legendary Architect Frank Gehry

Yesterday evening was a very special one. I was back at my old school, Parsons School of Design, after all these years, to attend my very first At The Parsons Table. And guess who was at that table? One of the most inventive and pioneering architects working today, Frank Gehry. Mr. Gehry has designed buildings that have become world-renowned attractions. His work includes The Disney Concert Hall, home of the Los Angeles philharmonic, 8 Spruce Street in New York City, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and the Louis Vuitton Foundation building in Paris. Recently, Gehry agreed to design the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington D.C. and to undertake the redesign of the Los Angeles River.

In this intimate, one-on-one conversation, Goldberger, Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic (who served as the architecture critic for The New Yorker, where he wrote the magazine’s celebrated “Sky Line” column. He began his career at The New York Times, where, in 1984, he earned the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism. He is formerly dean of the Parsons School of Design) and Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture at Parsons, engaged Gehry on his life and work.

Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry, Goldberger‘s recently published full-length biography on Gehry, was available for purchase in the lobby of the University Center during, and after the event.

Frank Gehry At the Parsons Table with Paul Goldberger John L. Tishman Auditorium, University Center NY, NY. November 12, 2015. Phto Credit: J Grassi

At the Parsons Table is an ongoing series of conversational interviews with cultural luminaries hosted by Goldberger. These conversations provide exclusive insights into the creative process and innovative thinking of artists, designers, and industry leaders. At the Parsons Table guests have included such icons as Ralph Lauren, Mickey Drexler, Robert Wong, Frank Gehry, Chuck Close, Bruce Mau, and Donna Karan.

Livestreaming of the Frank Gehry At the Parsons Table with Paul Goldberger : http://livestream.com/TheNewSchool/Frank-Gehry-at-the-Parsons-Table