Overview
- Reports published Dec. 5 say Gehry died at his home in Santa Monica, California, at age 96.
- ANSA reported the death followed a brief respiratory illness.
- As designer of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (1997), he popularized the “Bilbao effect,” and his landmarks include Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Fondation Louis Vuitton.
- His studio advanced the use of aerospace-derived digital modeling to build complex forms in titanium, steel and glass.
- He received the Pritzker Prize and the Praemium Imperiale, and had major commissions slated for 2025–2026, including Guggenheim Abu Dhabi and new work with the Fondation Louis Vuitton.