从形式上讲，这座建筑是一组由内部和外部楼梯连接的偏移盒，每个楼梯上方都有一个甲板面积。一楼有两间卧室、一间工作室和一间车库，从街道的墙上巧妙地向后倾斜。卷本身是用明亮的蓝色瓷砖包装的。二楼是一个主要的起居空间，包括厨房和生活空间，为了保护隐私，它被放置在更远的地方。这个空间通向一个可以俯瞰海洋的露台。三楼，包括另一间卧室和通往屋顶露台的外部楼梯，也有自己的甲板。

Formally, the building is a group of offset boxes connected by interior and exterior staircases, each with a deck area above.  The ground floor, which houses two bedrooms, a studio, and a garage, is subtly set back from the street wall. The volume itself is wrapped in bright blue tiles. The second floor, which contains the main living spaces including a kitchen and living space, is set farther back in an effort to maintain privacy. This space opens onto a terrace overlooking the ocean. The third floor, which includes another bedroom and an external staircase to the roof terrace, has its own deck as well.

然而，这座建筑最引人注目的形式是工作室：一个紫色的盒子坐落在主露台前面的柱子上，只有外部楼梯才能到达。工作室面向海洋，在它的前面形成了一个大的全景窗口。木百叶窗和木制品的几何位置上，有助于它的类似救生员站，这是一个参考适用于两个地点，因为它是在海滩上的救生员栖息是司空见惯，和客户，如威廉诺顿是一名救生员在他的年轻。尽管鲈鱼有最好的海景，但房子里的大多数窗户都面对着它。这也使得更好的隐私。

The most notable form of the building, however, is the studio: a purple box perched on a pillar towards the front of the main terrace, accessible only by an exterior stairway. The studio faces the ocean and fashions a large panoramic window at its front. Wooden shutters and timber pieces that rest geometrically on top of it contribute to its resemblance of a lifeguard station, a reference applicable to both the location, as it is on a beach where lifeguard perches are commonplace, and the client, as William Norton was a lifeguard in his youth. Although the perch has the best view of the ocean, the majority of windows in the house face it. This also makes for better privacy.

 Courtesy of LA Times (Tim Street-Porter)

洛杉矶时报(提姆街-波特)

房子通过碎裂来实现其一致性。没有一个独特的细节贯穿始终。相反，这是奇怪和对比的细节，团结在一起，创造了一个整体：“墙壁用灰泥画成不同的颜色，以突出几何形状，而其他部分面对对比瓷砖。一个高高的，红色的烟囱，透过玻璃窗，从房子里升起，刺穿屋顶水平的玻璃天篷。一个由木柴组成的简单结构意味着一个非正式的入口“(约翰逊)

The house achieves its coherence through fragmentation. There is no singular detail that runs throughout. Instead, it is odd and contrasting details that unite to create a whole: “Walls rendered with stucco are painted in different colors to accentuate geometric shapes, whereas other sections are faced with contrasting tiling. A tall, red chimney, visible through the glazing, rises through the house to pierce a glass canopy at roof level. A simple structure composed of wooden logs suggests an informal entrance" (Johnson & Lewis 11). As with his own house, these disparate features merge into a eccentric coherence.

 © Samuel Ludwig

塞缪尔·路德维希

盖里用很小的预算设计和建造了诺顿大厦。他曾经尝试过更便宜、更标准的材料，他能够利用它们的“日常性”，用它们创造出一些独特的东西。他用链环篱笆、标准厨房瓷砖、工业楼梯等东西，用很少的钱创造了一座重要的建筑。

Gehry designed and built the Norton House on a very small budget. Having previously experimented with cheaper and more standard materials, he was able to utilize their ‘everyday-ness’, and with them, create something unique. Using things like chain-link fence, standard kitchen tiles, industrial staircases, he created an important piece of architecture with very little money. 

建筑师弗兰克盖里地点洛杉矶，美国类别房屋主管弗兰克盖里客户威廉和林恩诺顿地区2500.0英尺2工程年1984年塞缪尔路德维希照片

Architects Frank Gehry Location Los Angeles, United States Category Houses Architect in Charge Frank Gehry Client William and Lynn Norton Area 2500.0 ft2 Project Year 1984 Photographs Samuel Ludwig