FEATURED INSTALLATIONS > Vontz Center for Molecular Studies

Frank O. Gehry & Associates
in association with BHDP Architecture.

GehryPartners, LLP.
12541 Beatrice St.
Los Angeles, CA 90066
(310) 482-3000
www.foga.com

Product: 3 9/16" Norman (Utilitiy)
Color: Park Rose
Project: Vontz Center for Molecular Studies
Location: Cincinnati, OH

Comments: (1999) Contemporary with Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, The Vontz Center in Cincinnati, Ohio reveals Gehry's affinity for swooping sculptural forms as well his ability to create interesting shapes with traditional materials, in this case brick. Finished in prefabricated masonry panels, the volumetric nature of the building seems exaggerated by the clear delineation that the bricks give the seemingly inflated volumes.

With a construction cost of $46 million, this building is among the most expensive in the University of Cincinnati's "Signature Architect" program, which includes works by Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves and Henry Cobb. This program helped reshape the urban campus throughout the 90's, and helped raise design awareness in the city (helping bring other architects such as Zaha Hadid to Cincinnati for major projects).