Frank Gehry, legendary Canadian-American architect, dies aged 96
The architect, whose work included the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA, died after a brief illnessFrank Gehry, one of the most influential and distinctive talents in American architecture, died Friday at his home in Los Angeles following a brief respiratory...
<p>The architect, whose work included the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA, died after a brief illness</p><p>Frank Gehry, one of the most influential and distinctive talents in American architecture, died Friday at his home in Los Angeles following a brief respiratory illness, his chief of staff confirmed to the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/arts/design/frank-gehry-dead.html">New York Times</a>. He was 96.</p><p>Gehry, the most recognizable American architect since Frank Lloyd Wright, was one of the first to embrace the potential of computer design, and pioneered a distinctively exuberant style of bravura power, whimsical and arresting collisions of form. His most famous work remains the Guggenheim Museumin Bilbao, a fantastical, titanium-clad composition on the Nervión River<strong> </strong>which received international acclaim upon its opening in 1997, heralding a new era of emotive architecture.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/dec/05/frank-gehry-dead">Continue reading...</a>
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