It was Frank O. Gehry is one of the most innovative architectural talents of the 20th century, with innovative projects such as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris. He won the Pritzker Prize, considered the Nobel Prize of architecture, in 1989. Gehry died on Friday, December 5, at the age of 96, at his home in California.
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The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, a work by architect Frank O. Jerry – Photograph: Markel Redondo/The New York Times
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The exterior of the Fisher Center, designed by architect Frank O. Jerry, at Bard College, New York – Photograph: Eric Tanner/The New York Times
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Loma Complex, in Arles, France, designed by architect Frank O. Jerry – Photograph: James Hale/The New York Times
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The Louis Vuitton Foundation Building, in Paris, designed by architect Frank O. Gehry – Photo: Marc Domage/Disclosure/Gehry Partners, LLP and Frank
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The building of the National Insurance Company Nederlanden, in Prague, Czech Republic, nicknamed “Ginger and Fred” – Image: Disclosure
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Frank Gehry’s first skyscraper, 76 stories high, rises in lower Manhattan in 2016 – Photograph: Robert Deitchler/The New York Times
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The titanium and steel in the top plates of the Marqués de Riscal are a Frank Gehry signature. – Image: Reproduction
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Art shows what the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, designed by Frank Gehry and scheduled to open its doors in 2025 in the Saadiyat Cultural District, in Abu Dhabi, will look like – Image: Disclosure / Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi
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Saadiyat Island Cultural District, “Museum Island” in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The interior design of the Guggenheim Museum Abu Dhabi, designed by architect Frank Gehry. — Photo: Disclosure/ Abu Dhabi Department of Tourism
The architect died on Friday, December 5, at the age of 98