Inside Frank Gehry's latest Los Angeles mega-project

Abstract

As his latest Los Angeles mega-project neared completion, Frank Gehry was offered an apartment with sweeping views high up in the 45-story Grand LA complex he designed on Bunker Hill in downtown. The New York developer behind large-scale projects including New York's Hudson Yards and the Century condominium high-rise in Century City - was able to erect the Grand after years of efforts to arrange financing for the project while working through a lengthy design process with Gehry. "For the longest time, I didn't know that we were pulling it off," Gehry said of working on the Grand with Related. " With their creative tensions working on the Grand apparently in the past, Vogel and Gehry both said they have agreed to collaborate again on an unspecified project. Residents will live in the apartment tower dubbed the Grand by Gehry, which has 436 units and is managed by Related. The Grand fills a city block, and the floor count starts on Olive Street, which is well below Grand Avenue. The city should name part of Grand Avenue after Broad, Gehry said.