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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spainen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1992 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorFrank O. Gehry and Associatesen_US
dc.date1992en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-28T20:20:24Z
dc.date.available2013-10-28T20:20:24Z
dc.date.issued1992en_US
dc.identifier240226en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2697en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/147102
dc.descriptionLarge sphere "food" mounted on a nearby roof; A huge fish sculpture placed on Barcelona’s waterfront for the 1992 Olympics. The monumental fish sculpture functions as a landmark in the Olympic Village, anchoring a retail complex designed by Gehry Partners within a larger hotel development by Skidmore, Owing & Merill. This fish sculpture was also a landmark in the history of Frank O. Gehry & Associates, inaugurating the firm's use of computer-aided design and manufacturing; leading to the adoption of CATIA (computer aided three-dimensional interactive application). The sculpture was modeled entirely in 3D and delivered directly to the fabricators as a 3D model. The copper skin "scales" ride on a steel support system. Gehry has used the fish motif in sculpture and jewelry before; "three hundred million years before man was fish." Source: MIMOA (online architecture guide) [website]; http://www.mimoa.eu/ (accessed 5/28/2013)en_US
dc.format.mediumcopper; steelen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectanimalen_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectOlympicsen_US
dc.subjectfishen_US
dc.subjectgoldfishen_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.titleBarcelona Fishen_US
dc.title.alternativeFishen_US
dc.title.alternativePeixen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-GF-BF-A13en_US
vra.culturalContextSpanish Catalanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypesculpture (visual work)en_US
dc.contributor.displayFrank O. Gehry and Associates (American architectural firm, founded 1962)en_US


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