Lillian Frank Disney

In 1987, a woman named Lillian Disney donated $50 million in order to construct a concert hall at the location of 111 South Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, California, in honor of her fallen spouse, Walt Disney. For the project, they hired 80 of the most intelligent minds in the art of architecture. Out of those 80, came architect Frank Gehry, whose imagination is very common with Walt Disney’s. His work has a sense of wonder and delight, similar to Disney’s movies. With this bursting imagination, he created a structure consisting of various lengths and curves of sheets of metal. This, by itself, stuck out of the crowd, and is now considered as one of the most distinct, modern, architectural masterpiece of all time. Not surprisingly, this modern type of architecture, with its curving metallic surfaces, became associated with Frank Gehry’s signature style. …show more content…
Construction started in 1992 continuing onto 1994, where they had to stall construction due to a lack of fundraising. After they revised plans, replacing the original stone exterior with a less expensive stainless steel skin, they needed to start raising more funds. This lack of progress lasted until 1996, when press articles, key events, and professional support helped the funding campaign begin to show signs of life. After a few more years of construction, the building was complete. And in October of 2003, the doors of the Walt Disney Concert Hall were finally opened to the