MONOCLE

38 results for Frank Gehry

C 5

Article

Arts cool

17 June 2007

With the stunning architecture of its Frank Gehry-designed performing arts centre and a star-studded roster of visiting talent, Bard College in Upstate New York is less like an academic institution, more like this summer’s…

Radio

The Late Edition, episode 282

27 November 2012

Ben Hartman of the Jerusalem Post assesses Tzipi Livni’s new party, Bloomberg's Kasper Viita analyses Finland's gaming boom, and Hugo Macdonald considers Frank Gehry's latest project.

Radio

The Globalist - Thursday 7 September

7 September 2017

As pressure mounts on Aung San Suu Kyi over the growing crisis in Myanmar, we hear from professor of law Penny Green about the responsibilities of national leaders. Plus: Emmanuel Macron in Greece and Frank Gehry’s new…

Radio

The Urbanist - Tall Stories 72: Luma Arles

4 September 2017

We visit the Luma Arles creative-arts hub. Made up of former railway warehouses, the site will soon welcome a new architectural feature – a 56-metre tall tower designed by architect Frank Gehry. We check out the view.

Radio

The Monocle Daily - Tuesday 12 February

12 February 2019

We discuss why the trial of Catalan leaders in Madrid could further damage Spain’s national unity. Plus: a look a the ethics probe being faced by Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, we ask whether North and South Korea could ever…

Monocle Minute

Design down under

30 December 2016

With foreign investment flooding Sydney, Australia’s biggest city is booming with new infrastructure and building developments. Big-name international designers David Chipperfield and Muir Livingstone recently touched down…

C 106

Article

Tracking changes

17 August 2017

Occupying former railway warehouses, Luma Arles is a gallery going full steam ahead with big ambitions and big ideas.

D 24

Article

Great Sheikhs

17 May 2009

Abu Dhabi is built on oil but the supply is not without a bottom. As a result, the city is morphing into a technology, and culture superpower. But who are the visionaries on the ground turning dreams into bricks and mortar…

D 17

Article

Architecture/design

17 September 2008

Briefing: A Danish bag designer goes back to school, a pair of Japanese brothers fall in love with Bolivia, and a Swedish and an American shoe company cosy up for a collaboration.

E 124

Article

Eero Aarnio

17 May 2019

Over a beer and steak in an 18th-century coffee house, the celebrated Finnish chair designer takes a seat to talk sunsets, saunas and smoking his own salmon.

A 75

Article

Oceania

19 June 2014

Taking stock of a rebuilt Christchurch after the 2011 earthquake — and Auckland acts on housing.

D 18

Article

Arty party

17 October 2008

Everybody who is anybody in the world of architecture goes to the Venice Biennale. So why were there so few good ideas this time?

D 5

Article

Architecture/Design

17 June 2007

Danish creations, Taiwanese homes and Italian words of wisdom.

D 137

Article

Healthy balance

17 September 2020

When we heard that the Swiss pharmaceuticals company Novartis was making plans to open its sparkling, prestige-architect-designed Basel campus to the public, we were keen to take a look.

D 47

Article

Life as art

15 September 2011

Renowned textile artist Kay Sekimachi has lived in her California home for over 50 years. And while it may not say much on the outside, indoors it’s a warm celebration of furniture and fabrics in which life very much imi…

L 174

Article

June - Contributors

23 May 2024

Our current issue has come together thanks to the tireless efforts of our global network of creative folk. Find out about a few of the writers, illustrators and photographers we called on to report for Issue 174.