Architect Frank Gehry, celebrated for his imaginative, genre-shifting designs, has died at 96. He is known for iconic works such as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Over his prolific career, Gehry received architecture’s highest honors, including the Pritzker Prize, the RIBA gold medal, the Americans for the Arts lifetime achievement award and Canada’s Companion of the Order.
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FILE - Fireworks light the Walt Disney Concert Hall designed by Frank Gehry in Los Angeles, Oct. 23, 2003. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
FILE - Visitors walk down the steps of the Walt Disney Concert Hall designed by architect Frank Gehry, in Los Angeles, Jan. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
FILE - A view of the Biomuseo, designed by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry, in Panama City, Sept. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)
FILE - Early morning sun rays illuminate the Walt Disney Concert Hall designed by Frank Gehry, in downtown Los Angeles, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
FILE - A view of the swoops of stainless-steel sheets that distinguish the new Walt Disney Concert Hall, designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry in downtown Los Angeles, Oct. 13, 2003. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)
FILE - World renowned architect Frank Gehry hoists the World Cup of Hockey Championship trophy, which he designed, at a news conference in Toronto, May 12, 2004. (AP Photo/Adrian Wyld, File)
FILE - The luxury residential building "Opus Hong Kong," designed by Frank Gehry, stands in Mid-Levels East of Hong Kong, Nov. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
FILE - A model of Frank Gehry's Dr. Chau Chak Wing building, right, built in Sydney, Australia, is presented at the Pompidou Center in Paris, Oct. 6, 2014, as part of a retrospective on American-Canadian architect Frank Gehry. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File)
FILE - A trellis of curved steel pipes are reflected in glass doors on the stage area at the new band shell in Chicago's Millennium Park, July 7, 2004. The $52 million band shell, with its stage surrounded by billowing ribbons of stainless steel, was designed by famed architect Frank Gehry. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
FILE - A view of the Louis Vuitton Foundation art museum and cultural center, designed by American architect Frank Gehry, in Paris, Oct. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
FILE - American architect Frank Gehry speaks to journalists during the press day of his latest creation, the Louis Vuitton Foundation art museum and cultural center, in Paris, Oct. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
FILE - Ohr pods are seen under construction at the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art designed by Frank Gehry, in Biloxi, Miss., Nov. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
FILE - Curves and angles mix in this section of the new Guggenheim Museum designed by American architect Frank Gehry, in Bilbao, Spain, Sept. 24, 1997. (AP Photo/Javier Bauluz, File)
FILE - Architect Frank Gehry attends a topping-off ceremony for the Beekman tower in New York, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
FILE - The Beckman Tower, left, designed by architect Frank Gehry towers over older architecture, in New York, March 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
FILE - A view of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health designed by architect Frank Gehry, in Las Vegas, March 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)
FILE - Fireworks light the Walt Disney Concert Hall designed by Frank Gehry in Los Angeles, Oct. 23, 2003. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
FILE - Visitors walk down the steps of the Walt Disney Concert Hall designed by architect Frank Gehry, in Los Angeles, Jan. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
FILE - A view of the Biomuseo, designed by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry, in Panama City, Sept. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)
FILE - Early morning sun rays illuminate the Walt Disney Concert Hall designed by Frank Gehry, in downtown Los Angeles, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
FILE - A view of the swoops of stainless-steel sheets that distinguish the new Walt Disney Concert Hall, designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry in downtown Los Angeles, Oct. 13, 2003. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)
FILE - World renowned architect Frank Gehry hoists the World Cup of Hockey Championship trophy, which he designed, at a news conference in Toronto, May 12, 2004. (AP Photo/Adrian Wyld, File)
FILE - The luxury residential building "Opus Hong Kong," designed by Frank Gehry, stands in Mid-Levels East of Hong Kong, Nov. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
FILE - A model of Frank Gehry's Dr. Chau Chak Wing building, right, built in Sydney, Australia, is presented at the Pompidou Center in Paris, Oct. 6, 2014, as part of a retrospective on American-Canadian architect Frank Gehry. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File)
FILE - A trellis of curved steel pipes are reflected in glass doors on the stage area at the new band shell in Chicago's Millennium Park, July 7, 2004. The $52 million band shell, with its stage surrounded by billowing ribbons of stainless steel, was designed by famed architect Frank Gehry. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
FILE - A view of the Louis Vuitton Foundation art museum and cultural center, designed by American architect Frank Gehry, in Paris, Oct. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
FILE - American architect Frank Gehry speaks to journalists during the press day of his latest creation, the Louis Vuitton Foundation art museum and cultural center, in Paris, Oct. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
FILE - Ohr pods are seen under construction at the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art designed by Frank Gehry, in Biloxi, Miss., Nov. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
FILE - Curves and angles mix in this section of the new Guggenheim Museum designed by American architect Frank Gehry, in Bilbao, Spain, Sept. 24, 1997. (AP Photo/Javier Bauluz, File)
FILE - Architect Frank Gehry attends a topping-off ceremony for the Beekman tower in New York, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
FILE - The Beckman Tower, left, designed by architect Frank Gehry towers over older architecture, in New York, March 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
FILE - A view of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health designed by architect Frank Gehry, in Las Vegas, March 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File)
