Precedent analysis

The Disney concert hall is a place of daring design and modern innovation. The Disney concert hall was built for Disney Corporation in Los Angles to hold special events and concerts. The concert hall was designed by Frank Gehry a famous architect from Canada. Gehry attended college at Los Angeles City College, then USC, in the school of architecture, he also attended Harvard graduate school of design, studying city planning for a year. Frank Gehry has been a very influential architect in the 20^th century some of his other famous projects/designs that he designed were the Guggenheim museum in Spain, the dancing house, the Gerhy tower and a lot of other buildings in the fields of residential and commercial design. The concert hall itself is famous for its wavy and flowing design its exterior is made from a matte finished stainless steel. The original design of the building was going to be made from stone but in an effort to reduce cost they decided to use metal. Frank Gehry the architect took inspiration from a sail boat and the way it sways with the wind and the way that the ocean moves it. This is supposed to represent the flow of music all tying the wavy element of the building to the movement of music. The building was started being built in 1999 and was completed in 2003. The plans were originally for the building to be built in 1993 however the plans were delayed due to financial problems. The Disney concert hall has become a famous landmark in Los Angles it has been used in many shows and movies most notably recently part of the movie Get Smart was filmed at the auditorium. The Concert hall is constantly being used for concerts or special events. The Disney corporation is huge some of their other projects include theme parks, hotels, cruise ships, and restaurants all over the world. Disney also has studios where they film movies and they make tons of money from paraphernalia from the movies and attractions. Because of all of these things the Disney Corporation wanted to build something that would demonstrate their power and successes and keep with the whimsical idea behind the Disney industry and this was very well accomplished in my opinion. The pricing for this building was very high and for this reason some original design ideas had to be changed and production delayed. In the end donation of 50 million by Disney’s widow the garage itself cost 110 million dollars and the actual concert hall cost 164 million dollars. This famous 20^th century building will continue to stand as a symbol of modern design and risk taking.