House of the Day: Norton House by Frank Gehry

Frank Gehry, Norton House, The Modern House
Frank Gehry, Norton House, The Modern House
Frank Gehry, Norton House, The Modern House

Frank Gehry was commissioned in 1984 to design this property for the artist Lynn Norton and her husband, the writer William Norton.

The design – a sculptural assemblage of everyday materials – is based on Gehry’s own house in Santa Monica which the Nortons had seen the previous year.

Photography: Samuel Ludwig, courtesy of LA Times

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