Articles about the Architecture of the Frances Howard Goldwyn Hollywood Regional Library

Anderson, Kurt. "Building Beauty the Hard Way", Time, October 13, 1986, p. 108-9.

Andrews, Mason. Frank Gehry: Buildings and Projects. New York, Rizzoli, 1985. Goldwyn Library is on page 278-279.

"Around the State", Architecture California, Jan/Feb 1987, p. 14.

Boissière, Olivier. "Gehry a Hollywood = Gehry in Hollywood", Arca, December 1987, no. 12, p [12]-21.

D'Arcy, David. "Why L.A. Hates Frank Gerhy", Los Angeles Magazine, August 1996, p. 67-70, 171-2.

Davis, Mike. "Frank Gehry as Dirty Harry", City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles, London, New York, Verso, 1990. pp 236-240.

Dreyfuss, John. "Design for the Hollywood Library makes a dull read", Los Angeles Times, June 27, 1983, Part V.

Freedman, Adele. "Frank O. Gehry and Associates: due opere recenti", Casabella, October 1986, v .50, no. 528, p. 52-63.

Gandee, C. K. "The Right Stuff", Architectural Record, January 1985, p. 114-123.

Kaplan, Sam Hall. "Art and architecture of Gehry". Los Angeles Times, August 17, 1986, part VIII, p.2

Molteni, Pierluigi. "F. O. Gehry: una biblioteca ad Hollywood = F. O. Gehry: a library at Hollywood", Frames, porte & finetre, July-September 1988, no. 20, p. 66-69.

"A new library for Tinseltown", Architectural Record, September 1984, v. 172 no.10, p. 59.

"State of the Arts/Visual Arts", Christian Science Monitor, November 26, 1986.

Viladas, Pilar. "Illuminated Manuscripts: Frances Howard Goldwyn Hollywood Regional Branch Library, Hollywood, Calif.", Progressive Architecture, October 1986, v. 67 no. 10, p. 76-84.

Webb, Michael. "Frank O. Gehry and Associates: this 'wild man of the West' uses light intuitively, opening his buildings up to nature", Lighting Dimensions, May/June 1987, p 40-1, 51.

Whiteson, Leon. "Frank Gehry grows up with civil, civic design for Hollywood Library", Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, May 25, 1986, p. F5.

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