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Gehry contributed studios and additional structures that reflect the neighborhood’s industrial roots: corrugated metal siding, simple boxlike volumes and subtle geometric twists.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

The boxlike exterior of this two-story, three-bay building is quite plain, but has a simple elegance.

From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2021

Initially, Ron and Mike commissioned a local metal worker to create five boxlike forms out of quarter-inch steel.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2019

Of more paramount importance, though, is the boxlike area indicated by a trapezoidal drawing of a room, which is periodically projected both by itself and as a frame for other images.

From New York Times • May 10, 2018

Carrie steers the boat around the tip and I can see Cuddle- down there at the lowest point of the land, with its chubby, boxlike structure.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart