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FAMOUS ARCHITECTS

FRANK-O-GHERYAND

NICHOLAS TOM WRIGHT

FRANK-OWEN-GHERY

BIODATA

PERSONAL INFORMATIONNATIONALITY Canadian, AmericanBORN February 28, 1929 (1929-02-28) Toronto, Ontario, Canada

WORKPRACTICE Gehry Partners, LLP BUILDINGS Guggenheim Museum,

Walt Disney Concert Hall, Gehry Residence, Weisman Art Museum, Dancing House, Art Gallery of Ontario

Awards AIA Gold Medal National Medal of Arts Order of Canada Pritzker Prize

PAST LIFE OF GHERY

1947-MOVED TO CALIFORNIA AND GOT A JOB OF DRIVING A DELIVERY TRUCK………AND STUDIED AT LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE.

1952-HE WAS STILL KNOWN AS FRANK GOLDBERG MARRIED ANITA SYNDER,WHO CAHANGED HIS NAME TO F

1954-GOT GRADUATION IN UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA’S SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE.

1954-AFTER GRADUATION FROM USC HE SPENT TIME WITH NUMEROUS JOBS INCLUDING SERVICE IN UNITED STATES ARMY.

STUDIED CITY PLANNING IN HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN

EASY EDGES FURNITURE SERIES-1972

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM IN BILBAO,SPAIN-1997

Plan Drawing Plan DrawingSection Drawing

Location in New York City

Established 1937

LocationUpper East Side, New York City, United States

Type Art museum

Director Richard Armstrong

Public transit access 86th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

INTERIOR OF THE MUSEUM

DIFFERENT VIEW’S OF THE MUSEUM

EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT IN SEATTLE-2000

WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL IN LOS ANGELES-2003

DISNEY SYMPHONIC LEGACY

INTERIOR OF WALT DISNEY HALL

DANCING HOUSE(FRED AND GINGER) IN PRAGUE-1995

ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO IN TORNOTO-2008

WEISMAN ART MUSEUM IN UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-1993

INTERIOR OF THE MUSEUM

GHERY RESIDENCE-1978

GHERY TOWER HONOVER,GERMANY-2001

VITRA DESIGN MUSEUM WEIL-AM-RHEIN,GERMANY-1989

LOYALO LAW SCHOOL, LOS ANGELES,CALIFORNIA(1978-2002)

JAY PRITZER PAVILION,MILLENIUM PARK,CHICAGO-2004

OTHER WORKS OF GHERY

JEWELLERY DESIGNS

WRIST WATCH AND VODKA BOTTLE DESIGNS

THERE WAS A FILM DIRECTED BY SYNDNEY POLLACK ABOUT FRANK-O-GHERY NAMING SKETCHES OF FRANK-O-GHERY

BIBILOGRAPHY INFORMATION:-

WIKIPEDIA,WWW.FOGA.COM,WWW.ARCHSPACE .COM,WWW.GREAT BUILDINGS.COM,WWW.ACHIEVEMENT.COM,WWW.NOTEBLEBOGRAPHIES.COM

IMAGES:-GOOGLE IMAGES.COM

TOM WRIGHT...lnk

TOM WRIGHT

"The client wanted a building that would become an iconic or symbolic statement for Dubai.

ACADEMIC AND PROFFESIONAL RECORD

Full-Time Positions Held 2003—            Bishop of Durham 2000–3       Canon of Westminster (‘Lector Theologiae’, i.e. Canon

Theologian)             SPCK Research Fellow 1994–99     Dean of Lichfield 1986–93     Lecturer in New Testament Studies, Oxford University;

Fellow, Tutor and Chaplain of Worcester College, Oxford 1981–86     Assistant Professor of New Testament Language and

Literature, McGill University, Montreal; also Honorary Professor, Montreal Diocesan Theological College

1978–81     Fellow and Chaplain, Downing College, Cambridge; College Tutor in Theology

1975–78     Junior Research Fellow, Merton College, Oxford, and College Tutor in Theology; from 1976, also Junior Chaplain; from 1977, Acting Lecturer in Theology

ABOUT TOM WRIGHTPersonal details

Birth name Nicholas Thomas Wright Born 1 December 1948 (1948-12-01) (age 61)

Morpeth, Northumberland Nationality British Denomination Anglican Residence Auckland Castle, County Durham Spouse Margaret Elizabeth Anne Fiske(1971) Children 4 childrenAlma mater Exeter College, OxfordLeisure interests music, the classical world, golf, hill

walking, poetry,pastoral psychology

DETAILS OF BURJ-AL-ARAB

Location Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Developer Jumeirah

Architect Tom Wright of Atkins

Rooms 202

Total floor area 111,500 m2 (1,200,000 sq ft)

Floors 60

Total height 321 m (1,053 ft)

Website burj-al-arab.com

The Burj Al Arab is a 5-star hotel located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At 321 m (1,053 ft), it is the fourth tallest hotel in the world. The Burj-Al-Arab stands on an artificial island 280 m (920 ft) out from Jumeirah beach, and is connected to the mainland by a private curving bridge. It is an iconic structure whose shape mimics the sail of a ship

DETAILS ABOUT CONSTRUCTION

THE CONSTRUCTION STARTED ON THE YEAR 1994...

IT RESEMBLES A SAIL OF DHOW,IT IS AN ARABIAN VESSEL.

IT IS SIMILAR TO THE OPERA HOUSE IN SYNDNEY AND EIFFEL TOWER IN PARIS.

The architect and engineering consultant for the project was Atkins, the United Kingdom's largest multidisciplinary consultancy. The hotel was built by South African construction contractor Murray & Roberts.

RESTAURANTSAL -MUNTAHA

Al Muntaha (Arabic for "Highest" or "Ultimate"), is located 200 m (660 ft) above the Persian Gulf, offering a view of Dubai. It is supported by a full cantilever that extends 27 m (89 ft) from either side of the mast, and is accessed to a panoramic elevator.

RESTAURANTSAL -MUNTAHA

Al Muntaha (Arabic for "Highest" or "Ultimate"), is located 200 m (660 ft) above the Persian Gulf, offering a view of Dubai. It is supported by a full cantilever that extends 27 m (89 ft) from either side of the mast, and is accessed to a panoramic elevator.

INTERIOR WAS DONE BY KHAUN CHEW

INTERIOR DESIGN

INTERIOR DESIGN

INTERIOR DESIGN

DIFFERENT VIEWS OF BURJ-AL-ARAB

BURJ-KHALIFA-THE TALLEST BUILDINGS

BIBILOGRAPHY INFORMATION:-

WWW.WIKIPEDIA.ORG,WWW.JUMERIAH.COM.

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