Frank Gehry



Frank Gehry

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry’s designs are among the most important and original works of contemporary architecture. They include the dramatic Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, the playful Dancing House in Prague, and the innovative Art Gallery of Ontario. His Deconstructivist style defies the conventions of traditional architecture.

Gehry was born to Polish-Jewish parents in Toronto in 1929 and moved to California in 1947. Supporting himself by working as a truck driver, Gehry eventually graduated with a degree in architecture from the University of Southern California. Initially influenced by the great modernist Le Corbusier, Gehry established his own firm in 1962, where he worked in the established International Style. Increasingly influenced by the avant-garde scene in California, however, he began to design more eccentric structures, highlighting the use of common building materials in designs with the whimsical sweeping curves that have become his signature.

 

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Frank Gehry Discusses His Amazing Architecture Work

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry has designed world-renowned structures including the...