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Canadian-American architect (born 1929)

Frank Owen GehryCCFAIA (GAIR-ee; né Goldberg; born February 28, 1929) is a Canadian-American architect and designer.

A number of his buildings, including his private residence in Santa Monica, California, have become attractions.

He rose to prominence in the 1970s with his distinctive style that blended everyday materials with complex, dynamic structures.

Gehry, alias Goldberg, was born in Toronto in , in a milieu of Jewish emigrants, hardware store owners, the source of Gehry's poetic universe.

Gehry's use of nontraditional materials and his sensitivity to the environments of his buildings is legendary; his method of envisioning a building through.

Frank Gehry is praised for his generous architecture that makes people feel like they've received an unexpected gift.

Frank Gehry is a Canadian-American architect known for his deconstructivist style.

PROTOTYPING PLATEAU GEHRY_CONNECTIVES: Reading Frank Gehry's experiments through Deleuze and Guattari.

Gehry's approach to architecture has been described as deconstructivist, though he himself resists categorization. His works are considered among the most important of contemporary architecture in the 2010 World Architecture Survey, leading Vanity Fair to call him "the most important architect of our age".^[2] Gehry is known for his postmodern designs and use of bold, unconventional forms and materials.

His most famous works include the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Pa