The Gehry Residence in Santa Monica Receives The American Institute of Architects 2012 Twenty-Five Year Award

2012 June 7

tags: AIA, frank gehry, THe American Institute of Architects, The Gehry Residence

by MODERNICA

“The Twenty-Five Year Award is conferred on a building that has stood the test of time for 25 to 35 years as an embodiment of architectural excellence. Projects must demonstrate excellence in function, in the distinguished execution of its original program, and in the creative aspects of its statement by today’s standards.

The Gehry Residence — a seemingly ad hoc collection of raw, workmanlike materials wrapped around an unassuming two-story clapboard bungalow — found a literal, but unexpected, answer to the question of neighborhood context, and used it to forever re-shape the formal and material boundaries of architecture.” - Zach Mortice, Managing Editor, AIArchitect

The following is an informal 3-minute video of Frank and his son sharing anecdotes and experiences from the past twenty-five years of living in the house.

If you are interested in seeing the company that Frank Gehry will be keeping with his new award, here is a compelling list of the Twenty-Five Year Award past recipients.

1969 Rockefeller Center, New York City, Reinhard & Hofmeister; Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray
1971 The Crow Island School, Winnetka, Ill., Perkins, Wheeler & Will; Eliel & Eero Saarinen
1972 Baldwin Hills Village, Los Angeles, Reginald D. Johnson; Wilson, Merrill & Alexander; Clarence S. Stein
1973 Taliesin West, Paradise Valley, Ariz., Frank Lloyd Wright
1974Johnson and Son Administration Building, Racine, Wis., Frank Lloyd Wright
1975 Philip Johnson’s Residence, (“The Glass House”), New Caanan, Conn., Philip Johnson
1976 860-880 North Lakeshore Drive Apartments, Chicago, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1977 Christ Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Saarinen, Saarinen & Associates; Hills, Gilbertson & Hays
1978 The Eames House, Pacific Palisades, Calif., Charles and Ray Eames
1979 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., Louis I. Kahn, FAIA
1980 Lever House, New York City, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
1981 Farnsworth House, Plano, Ill., Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1982 Equitable Savings and Loan Building, Portland, Oreg., Pietro Belluschi, FAIA
1983 Price Tower, Bartlesville, Okla., Frank Lloyd Wright
1984 Seagram Building, New York City, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1985 General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Mich., Eero Saarinen and Associates with Smith, Hinchman & Grylls
1986 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, Frank Lloyd Wright
1987 Bavinger House, Norman, Okla., Bruce Goff
1988 Dulles International Airport Terminal Building, Chantilly, Va., Eero Saarinen and Associates
1989 Vanna Venturi House, Chestnut Hill, Pa., Robert Venturi, FAIA
1990 The Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Eero Saarinen and Associates
1991 Sea Ranch Condominium I, The Sea Ranch, Calif., Moore Lyndon Turnbull Whitaker
1992 The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, Calif., Louis I. Kahn, FAIA
1993 Deere & Company Administrative Center, Moline, Ill., Eero Saarinen and Associates
1994 The Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine, Edward Larrabee Barnes
1995 The Ford Foundation Headquarters, New York City, Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates
1996 The Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel, Colorado Springs, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
1997 Phillips Exeter Academy Library, Exeter, N. H., Louis I. Kahn, FAIA
1998 Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Louis I. Kahn, FAIA
1999 The John Hancock Center, Chicago, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
2000 The Smith House, Darien, Conn.; Richard Meier & Partners
2001 Weyerhaeuser Headquarters, Federal Way, Wash.; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
2002 Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain; Sert Jackson and Associates
2003 Design Research Headquarters Building, Cambridge, Mass; BTA Architects (formerly known as Benjamin Thompson & Associates, Inc.)
2004 East Building, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; I.M. Pei & Partners, Architects
2005 Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Conn., Louis I. Kahn, FAIA
2006 Thorncrown Chapel, Eureka Springs, Ark., E. Fay Jones, FAIA
2007 Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, DC; Maya Lin, Designer; Cooper-Lecky Architects, Architect of Record
2008 The Atheneum, New Harmony, Ind.; Richard Meier & Partners
2009 Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Cambridge, Mass.; Benjamin Thompson & Associates
2010 King Abdul Aziz International Airport – Hajj Terminal, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
2011 John Hancock Tower, Boston, Mass.; I.M. Pei & Partners
2012 Gehry Residence, Santa Monica, CA: Frank Gehry