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Gehry Residence
Loyola Law School
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Fish and Snake Lamps
Chiat/Day Building
Vitra International Headquarters
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Vitra
Fish Sculpture
Lewis Residence
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum
EMR Communications and Technology Center
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Nationale-Nederlanden Building
Vontz Center for Molecular Studies
Der Neue Zollhof
Experience Music Project
DG Bank Building
Ustra Office Building
Conde Nast Cafeteria
Telluride Residence
Performing Arts Center at Bard College
Peter B. Lewis Building
Guggenheim Museum New York
Hotel at Marques de Riscal
Ray and Maria Stata Center
Maggie's Centre Dundee
Millennium Park Music Pavilion and Great Lawn
New York Times Headquarters
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USTRA OFFICE BUILDING
Hannover, Germany 1995–

The nine-story, brushed stainless-steel office tower designed for USTRA, the Hannover public transportation authority, visually responds to its site down the street from the Am Steintor park, which is surrounded by historic buildings. Gehry's sleek, twisting structure rotates in the park's direction to acknowledge the open space and the older architecture, which it reinterprets with a contemporary visual vocabulary. Minimal exterior details prevent the tower from overpowering the neighboring buildings, and its rectilinear foundation echoes their boxy forms. An adjacent five-story component—to be clad in dark blue stainless steel—will mediate the height change between the taller structure and its low-lying neighbors. Angled windows are recessed on the facade, facilitating a view of the nearby landscape while also emphasizing the exterior's uninterrupted sculptural form.