Canada
* February 28, 1929 Toronto
Unlike Claes Oldenburg, Seward Johnson or Jaume Plensa, Frank O. Gehry, arguably the most famous architect and designer of our time, does not create figures or sculptures. His monumental postmodern buildings are characterized above all by dynamic lines and the use of unusual materials.
The architect demonstratively turns away from the straightforward sobriety of modern buildings and instead combines irregular, chaotic shapes, angled planes, tilting spaces, inverted forms, and broken geometry into a total piece of art. This results in unique creations in which art and buildings merge.
Over the course of more than sixty years, Gehry has designed and realized over 70 buildings, including the iconic Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Dancing House in Prague, and the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. He has also completed smaller projects for residential buildings, hospitals, and social institutions.
