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Overview
- Gehry died on Dec. 5 at age 96 at his Santa Monica home after a recent respiratory illness, according to chief of staff Meaghan Lloyd.
- His best-known works include the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris.
- A pioneer of deconstructivist, sculptural design, he advanced the use of digital modeling to realize complex curving metallic forms.
- Several commissions linked to his office remain in play, including a planned Louis Vuitton flagship in Beverly Hills and the long-envisioned Guggenheim Abu Dhabi.
- He received the Pritzker Prize in 1989 and is survived by his wife, Berta Isabel Aguilera, and four children.