The Gehry Residence is Frank Gehry's own house. It was originally an extension, designed by Gehry built around an existing house. It makes use of unconventional materials, such as Chain link fence and corrugated steel. It is sometimes considered one of the earliest Deconstructivist buildings, although Frank himself denies that it was deconstructivism. Frank Owen Gehry, (born Ephraim Owen Goldberg in Toronto, Ontario on February 28, 1929) is a Pritzker Prize winning architect based in Los Angeles, California. ... A chain link fence is a type of woven fence usually made from galvanized steel wire. ... Libeskinds Imperial War Museum North in Manchester comprises three apparently intersecting curved volumes. ...

The Gehry Residence is located in Santa Monica, California. In 1977 Frank and Berta Gehry bought a pink bungalow that was originally built in 1920. Gehry wanted to explore with the materials he was already using, metal, plywood, chainlink, and wood framing. He chose to wrap the outside of the house with a new exterior while still leaving the old exterior visible. He hardly touched the rear and south facades and to the other sides of the house he wedged in titled glass cubes. Then, in the fall of 1991 they chose to remodel due to their growing needs with a growing family of two teenage boys.

References

• El Croquis 74/75 1995

Dal Co, Francesco and Forster, Kurt. W. "Frank O. Gehry: The Complete Works." Published in the United States of America in 1998 by The Monacelli Press, Inc. Copyright 1998 by The Monacelli Press, Inc.