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What makes a building sing? Architect Frank Gehry says it's the "Then what?" factor -- the sense of an architect's personal expression. Gehry and Richard Saul Wurman discuss this and more in a wildly entertaining conversation.
About Frank Gehry
A living legend, Frank Gehry has forged his own language of architecture, creating astonishing buildings all over the world, such as the Guggenheim in Bilbao, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA,... Read full bio »
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