Złoty Lew dla Franka Ghery

Komisja 11. Międzynarodowej Wystawy Architektury w Wenecji 2008 nagrodziła Franka O. Gehry'ego Złotym Lwem za całokształt jego pracy.

Venice, 27th June 2008

The Board of the Foundation La Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta, gathered today in the offices of Palazzo Querini Dubois, and on the proposal of the Director, Aaron Betsky, attributed the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement for the 11th International Architecture Exhibition to Frank Gehry. With this award, the desire is to stress –in line with the spirit of the 11th Architecture Biennale– how much Gehry’s work is the significant result of years of experimentation. “Frank Gehry has transformed modern architecture”; writes Aaron Betsky in his motivation “He has liberated it from the confines of the ‘box’ and the constraints of common building practices. As experimental as the art practices that have been his inspiration, Frank Gehry’s architecture is the very modern model for an architecture beyond building”.

The Board has also underlined the important presence Gehry will have in Venice with his Venice Gateway, the water gate linking the city to the airport.

http://www.labiennale.org/en/news/architecture/en/79534.html

11. Międzynarodowa Wystawa Architektury w Wenecji 2008 rozpoczyna się 14.09.2008. Zobacz szczegóły.