View Production 3D Architectural Reels
These are a series of View-Master reels documenting great works of architecture using stereoscopic (3-D)
photography. All but the Gaudi are 3 reels sets with special packaging and
a hard plastic jewel case similar to but smaller than a CD case.
They are published by View Productions under the
direction of Michael Kaplan and Gregory Terry. Michael Kaplan is Professor of Architecture
Emeritus at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he has taught architectural
design and theory. Winner of the AIA Education Honors Award in 1991, he is a licensed
architect and has lectured and published widely on cultural aspects of architecture. He is
a veteran stereo photographer; his lecture on the history, theory and practice of
3-dimensional architectural photography has been presented at venues throughout the United
States. Gregory Terry is a graduate of the University of Tennessee School of Architecture.
He received a Master of Architecture with Graphic Design concentration from North Carolina
State University for a thesis entitled "A Center for View-Master Technology."
Frank Gehry: Sheet Metal
Contemporary
architect Frank Gehry is best known for his innovative use of materials and
sculptural shaping of space. This packet of 21 full-color three-dimension
photographs contains views of 3 recent metal-clad projects: the Sheet Metal
Craftsmanship exhibit at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC (1988),
the Center for Visual Arts in Toledo, Ohio (1989), and the Weisman Museum of Art
in Minneapolis, Minnesota (1993). Included in the packet are notes discussing
the popularity of Gehry's work, and the architect's own thoughts on the
profession of architecture.