Frank Gehry, architect, 1999
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, East Campus
Cincinnati, Ohio
Martin Luther King Dr. and Eden Ave., Corryville
photo/Lisa Ventre
New academic, research and office space for molecular sciences, designed by signature architect Frank Gehry; completed: fall '99. As architecturally unique as the Aronoff Center at DAAP, this building elicited a wide variety of responses, including nicknames such as the Fred Flintstone Building and the Marshmallow Building. "It says, 'I'm special; I want you to look at me,'" notes university architect Ron Kull. "Many people think of it as a special piece of sculpture on the front door to the medical center." The building was named after Albert Vontz Jr., a Cincinnati businessman and UC alumnus who donated $5 million toward its completion.
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A feature article, "The Vontz Center, University of Cincinnati" by Suzanne Stephens appears in the February 2000 print edition of ARCHITECTURAL RECORD as part of "Universities: Remaking the American Campus."
Links:
ARCHITECTURAL RECORD Interview with Frank Gehry. This site also includes related articles "Projects: February 2000, The Vontz Center for Molecular Studies," "Frank Gehry's Big Year," and "Guggenheim Museum, Bilboa."
Building happy endings to UC dreams, "Horizons" feature article about UC's securing its place on the must-see list of architecture buffs around the world.
The Vontz Center for Molecular Studies, by Walter Langsam, from "Architecture Cincinnati" A Guide to Nationally Significant Buildings and Their Architects in the Greater Cincinnati Area.
Links to the work of Frank Gehry in "Artcyclopedia," a data base of artistic media web sites.
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