Legendary architect and designer Frank Gehry has died aged 96
Among his many masterpieces are the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Berlin’s DZ Bank Building.
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00:00World-renowned Canadian-American architect and designer Frank Gehry has died at the age of 96 after a short respiratory illness.
00:12He passed away on Friday at his home in California, said his firm.
00:18Gehry designed some of the most imaginative buildings ever constructed and achieved a level of acclaim seldom obtained in the architectural world.
00:27His fascination with modern pop art led to many masterpieces, such as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the DT Bank building in Berlin.
00:42Gehry's career got off to a slow start, struggling for years to make ends meet.
00:48But by the end of his life, he was awarded every major prize architecture has to offer, including the field's top honor, the Pritzker Prize.
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