Frank Gehry facts for kids

Gehry in October 2007

Frank Owen Gehry (born Frank Owen Goldberg; February 28, 1929) is a Canadian-American architect who won the Pritzker Prize in 1989. He is known for his buildings such as 8 Spruce Street, Dancing House, Port Olímpic, Jay Pritzker Pavilion, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall. He built buildings across the United States and across South America.

Early life

Gehry was born on February 28, 1929 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to Polish-Jewish parents. He was raised in Los Angeles, California. He stuided at Los Angeles City College and at the University of Southern California. Gehry now lives in Santa Monica, California.

Career

In 1989, Gehry won the Pritzker Prize.

Images for kids

Gehry Residence in Santa Monica, California (1978)
Chiat/Day Building in Venice, California (1991)
Part of the roof of the Fondation Louis Vuitton building as seen from the Bois de Boulogne in Paris, France (2016)
New World Center in Miami Beach, Florida (2011)
The tower at 8 Spruce Street in Lower Manhattan, completed in February 2011, has a stainless steel and glass exterior and is 76 stories high (2011)
The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain
Wiggle side chair
The Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health of the Cleveland Clinic in Las Vegas, Nevada (2010)
"El Peix", fish sculpture located in front of the Port Olímpic, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (1992)
Dancing House in Prague (1996)
The Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle (2000)
Gehry Tower in Hanover, Germany (2001)
Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (2002)
Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles (2003)
Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York (2003)
Stata Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2004)
BP Pedestrian Bridge, Millennium Park, Chicago (2004)
MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany (2005)
Hotel Marqués de Riscal in Elciego, Spain (2006)
The headquarters of IAC in Manhattan, New York City (2007)
Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (2008)
Gallery of African American Art, Ohr-O'Keefe Museum Of Art campus in Biloxi, Mississippi (2010)
Dr Chau Chak Wing Building in Sydney, Australia (2014)