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Aliyev Cultural Center - 2012 - Baku, Azerbaijan - Zaha Hadid http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Heydar_Aliyev_Cultural_Center_2.jpg/1280px-Heydar_Aliyev_Cultural_Center_2.jpg |
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| Fish Sculpture - 1992 - Barcelona, Spain - Frank Gehry http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/spain/barcelona/gehry/fish.html |
In these two pieces of architecture, Hadid and Gehry employ very similar curvature to their design. Gehry is known for designing fish inspired work, like shown here, that may not have been Hadid's philosophical approach, yet from that perspective these buildings or sculptures are very alike.
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| Art Gallery of Alberta - 2010 - Edmonton, Alberta - Randall Stout Architects http://www.samanthadasilva.com/uploads/1/4/1/0/1410639/4378641_orig.jpg |
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| Walt Disney Concert Hall - 2003 - Los Angeles California - Frank Gehry https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0uvtj8hiBRNU9cYUYvnzyGWMnaiNFQbE8wVDP5sY-rFj4KmWBeE0jiLOtpQ-5PJU26XHoU6xVRS0Qt271jOlAfMLon5oas6MjEo9N86IhVQu8TB-p2_OeLZnURHHIMUjSWjmuQZvRmQg/s1600/800px-Disney_Concert_Hall..JPG |
It is not much of a surprise to see such an alike design aesthetic achieved by Stout to Gehry, as they were colleagues in the past. Stout employs curvature and a whimsical sense through the use of corrugate metal steel - much like several of Gehry's designs. Gehry approached the Walt Disney Concert Hall with the idea of creating forms and sails. Stout's concept was to incrorporate Edmonton's North Saskatchewan River against the stiff grid of the city. Both metaphorical ideas were achieved in these designs.
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| Steinhaus - 1980 - Steindorf, Austria - Gunther Domenig. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Domenig_guenther_steindorf_ossiacher_see_14.jpg |
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| Schnabel House - 1989 - Brentwood, California - Frank Gehry http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-schnabel-house-photos,0,767364.photogallery |
Both Domenig, and Gehry approached these designs in an unconventional way, a way some would refer to as deconstructivism. In other words, it is a distortion or fragmentation of parts and elements of the design. This style began to arise more in the 1980's, so a sense of experimentation can be felt by these structures.