Santa Monica: Frank Gehry, the Canadian-born architect renowned for his deconstructivist masterpieces that reshaped global skylines, passed away on Friday at his Santa Monica home following a brief respiratory illness.
At 96, Gehry leaves behind an indelible legacy of wildly imaginative structures, including the iconic Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.Gehry’s fascination with modern pop art propelled him to create buildings that defied convention, earning him universal acclaim rarely bestowed upon architects. He secured architecture’s highest honors, such as the Pritzker Prize for his “refreshingly original and totally American” designs, alongside the Royal Institute of British Architects’ gold medal and Canada’s Order of Canada.
