TORONTO BY FRANK GEHRY

摘要

To most critics, the architecture of Frank Gehry, FAIA, is inseparably linked to a free-thinking, artsy milieu in Southern California. But if you ask the man himself, it was during his childhood in Toronto, Canada, where he formed his sensibility. Now, the 83-year-old is poised to make a major mark on that city: Early in October, he and a local developer announced plans for a mixed-use complex in downtown Toronto, with a new art gallery, retail and educational space, and three residential towers of 82,84, and 86 stories, respectively. "I walked around these streets in my childhood. I have an image of a Toronto that doesn't exist anymore," Gehry said at the project's unveiling. "All that is in my DNA, and I hope it will come out positively in the design of this project."