Dec 05, 2025
By JOHN ROGERS LOS ANGELES (AP) — Frank Gehry, the most celebrated architect of his time, has died. He was 96. Related Articles The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump’s birthright citizenship order violates the Constitution Grand jury transcripts fr om abandoned Epstein investigation in Florida ordered released Day 4 of Luigi Mangione’s pretrial hearing is postponed because he’s sick, judge says What Netflix’s acquisition of Warner Bros. means for the movies Trump administration will expand travel ban to more than 30 countries, Noem says Gehry died Friday in his home in Santa Monica after a brief respiratory illness, said Meaghan Lloyd, chief of staff at Gehry Partners LLP. Gehry won every major prize that architecture has to offer. Gehry’s fascination with modern pop art led to the creation of some of the most wildly imaginative buildings ever constructed and brought him a measure of worldwide acclaim seldom afforded any architect. 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. FILE – The Louis Vuitton Foundation building designed by American architect Frank Gehry is pictured before the presentation of Louis Vuitton’s Spring/Summer 2015 ready-to-wear fashion collection in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File) LOS ANGELES – OCTOBER 23: (TABS OUT) The Concert Hall Exterior at the Walt Disney Concert Hall opening gala, day one of three, October 23, 2003 in Los Angeles, California. Tonight, �Sonic LA� a sonic progression highlighting some of the world�s favorite works throughout the ages, to benefit the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association and Music Matters, Keeping Music Alive in LA. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for LAPA) Pedestrians walk past Guggenheim museum, under a cloudy sky, in Bilbao, on June 27, 2023. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images) 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 and the Americans for the Arts lifetime achievement award. ...read more read less
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