"Gehry's fascination with modern pop art led to the creation of some of the most striking buildings ever constructed. Among his many masterpieces are the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Berlin's DZ Bank Building. He also designed an expansion of Facebook's Northern California headquarters at the insistence of the company's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg."
"Gehry was awarded every major prize architecture has to offer, including the field's top honor, the Pritzker Prize, for what has been described as "refreshingly original and totally American" work. Other honors include the Royal Institute of British Architects gold medal, the Americans for the Arts lifetime achievement award, and his native country's highest honor, the Companion of the Order of Canada."
"Years after he stopped designing ordinary looking buildings, word surfaced in 2006 that the pedestrian Santa Monica mall project that had led to his career epiphany might be headed for the wrecking ball. Gehry admirers were aghast, but the man himself was amused. "They're going to tear it down now and build the kind of original idea I had," he said with a laugh."
Frank Gehry died at 96 in his Santa Monica home after a brief respiratory illness. His fascination with modern pop art produced striking, imaginative buildings worldwide, including the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and Berlin's DZ Bank Building. He designed an expansion of Facebook's Northern California headquarters at Mark Zuckerberg's insistence. Gehry won every major architecture prize, including the Pritzker Prize, the RIBA gold medal, the Americans for the Arts lifetime achievement award, and the Companion of the Order of Canada. He continued working well into his 80s, producing acclaimed projects such as the IAC Building in New York.
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