Bold shapes and binoculars: Frank Gehry’s stunning California architecture
From his home town of Los Angeles, the architect designed a career around defying what was predictableIn Frank Gehry’s world, no building was left untilted, unexposed or untouched by unconventional material. The Canadian-American architect, who died in his Los Angeles home at 96, designed a...
<p>From his home town of Los Angeles, the architect designed a career around defying what was predictable</p><p>In Frank Gehry’s world, no building was left untilted, unexposed or untouched by unconventional material. The Canadian-American architect, who <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/dec/05/frank-gehry-dead">died</a> in his Los Angeles home at 96, designed a career around defying what was predictable and pulling in materials that were uncommon and, as such, relatively inexpensive.</p><p>Gehry collaborated with artists to turn giant binoculars into an entryway of a commercial campus, and paid homage to a writer’s past as a lifeguard by creating a livable lifeguard tower. And while dreaming this up, he transformed American architecture along the way.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/dec/06/frank-gehry-california-architecture">Continue reading...</a>
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