Frank Gehry, the renowned architect who was known for designing the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao in Spain and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, has died, his office confirmed to The Associated Press and AFP. He was 96.
Gehry died Friday at his home in Santa Monica, California, after a short respiratory illness, said Meaghan Lloyd, chief of staff at Gehry Partners LLP.
He has won every major award architecture has to offer, including the field's highest honor, the Pritzker Architecture Prize, for what has been described as “refreshingly original and thoroughly American” work.
Gehry's fascination with modern pop art resulted in some of the most extraordinary buildings ever built and earned him worldwide acclaim that is rarely afforded to any architect.
Other honors include a Gold Medal from the Royal Institute of British Architects, an Americans Lifetime Achievement Award and his home country's highest honor, the Companion of the Order of Canada.
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