Frank Gehry
in conversation with Christopher Hawthorne presented in association with The Music Center
in conversation with Christopher Hawthorne presented in association with The Music Center
Monday, August 1
Walt Disney Concert Hall • 111 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles
Join a master of contemporary architecture in one of his most acclaimed projects for a fascinating conversation with Los Angeles Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne about the future of L.A. Ticket options include a pre-event reception and a walking tour of Grand Avenue architectural landmarks led by Hawthorne. The conversation will touch on the design of Walt Disney Concert Hall, the prospects for further development on Bunker Hill, Gehry’s new master plan for all 51 miles of the Los Angeles River and more.
FEATURING
TICKET TYPES
VIP ticket + tour + reception
$150
Christopher Hawthorne will lead a 45-minute walking tour of Grand Avenue and Bunker Hill, home to one of the world’s densest concentrations of buildings by acclaimed architects. We’ll visit and discuss landmarks including the Museum of Contemporary Art by Arata Isozaki, the Broad museum by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Disney Hall by Frank Gehry, the Music Center by Welton Becket and Grand Park by Rios Clementi Hale Studios. Includes a seat to the conversation in the first two rows and a pre-event reception at the Walt Disney Hall Blue Ribbon Garden with hosted bar and light snacks, hosted by Christopher Hawthorne. Guests check in by 5:45 p.m.
VIP ticket + reception
$75
Includes a seat to the conversation in the first five rows and a pre-event reception at the Walt Disney Hall Blue Ribbon Garden with hosted bar and light snacks, hosted by Christopher Hawthorne. Reception begins at 6:30 p.m.
Orchestra/Terrace tickets
$35
Conversation with Frank Gehry and Christopher Hawthorne begins at 7:30 p.m.
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Raised in Toronto, Frank Gehry moved with his family to Los Angeles in 1947. Gehry received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Southern California in 1954, and he studied City Planning at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. In subsequent years, Gehry has built an architectural career that has spanned over five decades and produced public and private buildings in America, Europe and Asia. His work has earned Gehry several of the most significant awards in the architectural field, including the Pritzker Prize.
Notable projects include Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles; Eight Spruce Street Residential Tower located in New York City; Opus Hong Kong Residential; Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris; the Biomuseo in Panama; the Dr. Chau Chak Wing Building for the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia and the West Campus for Facebook in Menlo Park, California. Current projects include: King Street Development in Toronto, Ontario; Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia; Battersea Power Station Development, London, United Kingdom; Grand Avenue Development, Los Angeles; Facebook campuses in New York City, Seattle, London and Dublin; Guggenheim Abu Dhabi; the Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, D.C.; Sunset Boulevard mixed-use project in Los Angeles; Ocean Avenue project in Santa Monica and the Los Angeles River revitalization project. Projects under construction include the LUMA / Parc des Ateliers in Arles, France; the Boulez Hall in Berlin and an extension for the Facebook West Campus in Menlo Park, California.
Christopher Hawthorne has been the architecture critic for the Los Angeles Times since 2004. Before coming to The Times, he was architecture critic for Slate and a frequent contributor to the New York Times. He is the author, with Alanna Stang, of “The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture.” Hawthorne grew up in Berkeley and has a bachelor’s degree from Yale, where he readied himself for a career in criticism by obsessing over the design flaws in his dormitory, designed by Eero Saarinen.
