I found this book at the Indianapolis Institute of Arts. The author does a fine job of surveying Gehry's career and accomplishments. The reader is also offered some additional GENERAL information on various influencing architects, and architectual syles and/or movements. While the text is concise, it is truly unpretentious. The photographs are splendid, especially those showing his masterpiece, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. While this is not a full treatise on the works and influence of Gehry's career, it is exactly as the title suggests: it offers the essentials of Gehry's artistry and mastery.

Nobody can explain the thrilling of a visit to the Bilbao Guggenheim Museum. However this book help you to understand one of the most amazing work of this Century (yes, The XXI)

I was EXTREMELY dissapointed when this book arrived in the mail. my first impression?? what a waste!. Im a gehry fan through n' through dont get me wrong, i rate gehry in the top 5 architects of all time. however it would be wiser to spend your money on "The complete works: Frank O.Gehry" (now thats a fab book!!) or "Gehry talks" etc, etc. This book is TINY, a little bigger than your hand. it does have o.k pictures but its certainly not worth the US$15 i paid for it......what did i do with it? lets just say it was great for compost!.

It got lot ah pitures. It got too many werds. It real small.