Frank Gehry Walt Disney Concert Hall Plan
Gehry s original plans for the concert hall complex did not include the roy and edna disney calarts theater redcat.
Frank gehry walt disney concert hall plan. Gehry s plan calls for a glass enclosed 1 100 seat concert hall on one end plus a boxy 700 seat theater for dance chamber opera and experimental performance work. The idea was to create a reference point for music art and architecture which position the city of los angeles in the cultural level. A founders room and roof. He turned to sophisticated computer software called catia computer aided three dimensional interactive application originally created to design french fighter jets.
In 1987 lilian disney donated 50 million to establish a concert hall in honor of her late husband walt. The walt disney hall is my favorite building in los angeles. Instead that theater s design was fit in during construction of the the performing arts campus which centered on the walt disney concert hall. The walt disney concert hall designed by the architect frank gehry opened in 2003 after many years of gestation.
Frank gehry was selected from among several candidates during a design competition the. I took my father who was visiting from colombia in october 2010 1 week before he died. I am proud to show it every time i have out of town visitors. Now with the architect named the client group could.
We were at gustavo dudamel s la philharmonic concert and he started to cry. The history of the building began in 1987 when lillian walt disney widow of businessman donates 50 million to start building a philharmonic hall. In july gehry and his friend randolph sherman an amateur pilot were flying over. Los angeles ca gehry s competition winning project proposal for walt disney concert hall marked just the beginning of the design process.
Frank gehry was selected from among several candidates during a design competition the.