Frank Gehry

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents the United States premiere of Frank Gehry, a major retrospective examining the prolific body of work of one of the world’s most celebrated and innovative architects. Canadian-born, Los Angeles–based architect Frank O. Gehry has revolutionized architecture’s aesthetics, social and cultural roles, and its relationship to the city. His understanding of a city’s heterogeneous and fluid nature has distinguished him as a revolutionary urbanist. Gehry’s works—from his residence in Santa Monica (1977–78) to Walt Disney Concert Hall (1989–2003) in downtown Los Angeles and Fondation Louis Vuitton (2005–14) in Paris—question a building’s means of expression, a process that has originated new methods of design and technology as well as an innovative approach to architectural materials.

Image credits:
Frank Gehry, Gehry Residence, model, 1977–78 and 1991–94, Santa Monica, California, MAK—Austrian Museum of Applied/Contemporary Art, Vienna, © 2015 Gehry Partners, LLP, © 2015 Gerald Zubmann/MAK

Frank Gehry, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, design sketch of the riverfront elevation, Bilbao, Spain, c. 1991, Collection Frank Gehry, Los Angeles, © 2015 Gehry Partners, LLP, image courtesy Gehry Partners, LLP

Frank Gehry, Fondation Louis Vuitton, final design model, 2005–14, Paris, France, 43 x 123 x 50 in. (109.22 x 312.42 x 127 cm), Gehry Partners, LLP, Los Angeles, © 2015 Gehry Partners, LLP, image courtesy Gehry Partners, LLP

Frank Gehry, Walt Disney Concert Hall, project model, 1989-2003 (competition 1988), Los Angeles, California, Gehry Partners, LLP, Los Angeles, © 2015 Gehry Partners, LLP, image courtesy Gehry Partners, LLP