Frank Gehry

(1929–2025) kanadensisk-amerikansk arkitekt

Frank Gehry (Canada, 1929–2025) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Frank Gehry belongs to the chapter ‘Modernism’ in this site’s history of architecture.

Frank Gehry was born in Toronto and died in Santa Monica. Frank Gehry trained at University of Southern California, Harvard University, and USC School of Architecture. Frank Gehry worked in Toronto, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and Hanover. Wikidata associates Frank Gehry with postmodern architecture. Frank Gehry became a member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts, American Academy of Arts and Letters, and Royal Academy of Arts. The awards include AIA Gold Medal, National Medal of Arts, Pritzker Architecture Prize, and Praemium Imperiale.

The best-known works include ‘DZ Bank building’, ‘8 Spruce Street’, ‘Louis Vuitton Foundation’, and ‘Walt Disney Concert Hall’. The catalogue has 33 buildings by Frank Gehry. The dated buildings span the years 1858–2028. The buildings are in places such as Los Angeles, Bilbao, New Town, 16th arrondissement of Paris, and Toronto. They are in 10 countries. According to Wikidata, buildings by Frank Gehry belong to the styles ‘Contemporary architecture’ and ‘Postmodernism’.

Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Torun Bülow-Hübe, Pierre Paulin, Leïla Menchari, Marianne Westman, and Luigi Colani.