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Some of Gehry’s early works were his pink house that he reconstructed with metals, fencing, concrete, wood, and glass. He exposed the wooden support beams in the interior of the house. After that his reputation started slow it began with furniture. Frank earned a name with an affordable furniture line called Easy Edges, he then designed a second line named Rough Edges. These pieces were expensive because few were built. Franks reputation became known when his friend Ron Davis asked for his help. Together they designed a house with an art studio for Ron, and incorporated his style. This helped Frank developed his own personal style by using natural material.
More of Frank’s early works was the Guggenheim Museum, he used titanium sheet on the exterior part of the building. This building was built on a former container and storage site. It has three main floors and the titanium sheathing makes it look like a fish. Another design was the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Lillian Disney donated 50 million dollars in memory of her late husband Walt Disney, the business people felt that this was a big project. Frank Gehry was picked to design the concert hall. Nicolas Koshalek explained, “Frank is at a period in his career in which he has the potential to design one of the greatest buildings of the Twentieth Century. He is an architect of the highest ability…”. It is made from stainless steel and has a billowing wood ceiling to give it an acoustic sound when the orchestra is playing.