Frank Gehry, whose designs defied gravity and convention, dies at 96 ^60.5%

NPR - By Susan Stamberg - 12/5/2025, 8:09 PM

Swooping, swirling, gleaming, sculpted — Frank Gehry made buildings we'd never seen before. The architect behind the Guggenheim Museum in Spain and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles transformed contemporary architecture. He died Friday at his home in Santa Monica, Calif., after a brief respiratory illness, according to his... more