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Frank gehry architecture in america
Frank O. Gehry (b.1929)
Biography
Born Ephraim Owen Goldberg, into a Polish-Jewish family in Toronto, Ontario, his enthusiasm for building futuristic cities out of scraps of wood was nurtured from a young age by his grandmother, using leftover oddments from her husband's hardware store.
In 1947, at the age of 18, he moved with his family to Los Angeles and the family's name was changed from Goldberg to Gehry. He later became a US citizen.
Unsure of what career to choose, Gehry took a job driving a delivery truck, while attending a number of courses at Los Angeles City College.
After various false starts he decided to try architecture and - despite some difficulty with his drawing skills - won several scholarships to the University of Southern California, from where, in 1954, he graduated top of his class with a degree in architecture.
After graduating, Gehry joined the prestigious Los Angeles architectural firm of Victor Gruen Associates.
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