Frank Gehry

1929 - 2025
Born in 1929, in Canada

Raised in Toronto, Canada, Frank Gehry moved with his family to Los Angeles in 1947. He received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Southern California in 1954 and studied City Planning at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design before opening his own agency in Los Angeles in 1962.

Biography

In subsequent years, Gehry has built an architectural career that has spanned over six decades and produced public and private buildings in America, Europe and Asia. His work has earned Gehry several of the most significant awards in the architectural field, including the Pritzker Prize. Notable projects include Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California, USA; Eight Spruce Street Residential Tower in New York City, USA; Opus Residential Tower in Hong Kong; Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, France; the Dr. Chau Chak Wing Building for the University of Technology, in Sydney, Australia; the Louis Vuitton Maison Seoul, South Korea; the LUMA / Parc des Ateliers in Arles, France. Projects under construction include Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Facebook Campus in Menlo Park, California, USA; the Grand Avenue Project in Los Angeles, California, USA; a new centre for the Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA) in Inglewood, California, USA; the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial in Washington D.C., USA; and the Battersea Power Station Development in London, England.

He died on December 5, 2025 in Santa Monica, California.

Bibliographic resources

Migayrou, Frédéric ; Bredekamp, Horst ; Cherruet Sébastien... [et al.]. Frank Gehry : La Fondation Louis Vuitton : [exposition, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 24 octobre 2014 - 16 mars 2015]. Paris : Fondation Louis Vuitton, 2014.

Lemonier, Aurélien ; Migayrou, Frédéric. Frank Gehry : [Exposition Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, Galerie Sud, Paris, 8 octobre 2014 - 26 janvier 2015]. Paris : Centre Georges Pompidou, 2014.

Museum of contemporary art (Los Angeles, Calif.) ; Hodge, Brooke. F.O.G. : flowing in all directions : [exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 7 September 2003 - 26 January 2004]. Los Angeles : Circa : Museum of Contemporary Art, 2003.

Ragheb, Fiona J. ; Cohen, Jean-Louis ; Colomina, Béatrice... [et al.]. Frank Gehry, architect : [exposition], Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New-York, May 18 - August 26, 2001 ; Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, October 29, 2001 - February 1, 2002. New York : Guggenheim Museum Publications, 2001.
Gehry Frank O. : projets en Europe : [exposition], Centre de Création Industrielle, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 13 mars - 10 juin 1991. Paris : Centre Georges Pompidou, 1992.

Discover FLV play

In The Collection

Artists

Date and times

Hours

Tickets are neither exchangeable nor refundable in accordance with our general conditions of sale

All the information regarding our rates can be found here and details about your visit are available here.

Liquids (water bottles, etc.) are not permitted within the building.

Visitors are invited to leave the galleries 15 minutes before the effective closing time of the Fondation.

If you have any questions, you can contact us by calling +33 1 40 69 96 00 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., from Monday to Friday.

My subscription My renewal

Membership valid for 1 year from the date of purchase.

Do you need any help?
Contact the Membership Relations Service: relationsmembres@fondationlouisvuitton.fr
+33 1 01 40 69 96 01 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., every day except Sundays

Tickets

Tickets are neither exchangeable nor refundable in accordance with our general conditions of sale

All the information regarding our rates can be found here and details about your visit are available here.

Liquids (water bottles, etc.) are not permitted within the building.

Visitors are invited to leave the galleries 15 minutes before the effective closing time of the Fondation.

If you have any questions, you can contact us by calling +33 1 40 69 96 00 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., from Monday to Friday.

Payment

Pay by card

Fields marked with an asterisk are required.

Credit card required

First name

Last name

e.g. name@example.com

I have read and agreed to the general terms of sale.

The Fondation Louis Vuitton and its service providers process your personal data as part of the ticket purchase process, to manage your reservation and organize your visit, and to send you our newsletter if you check the box provided above. Find out more in the personal data policy.

I would like to receive news and information about upcoming events (exhibitions, concerts, shows, screenings) organized by the Fondation Louis Vuitton. I can unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the link provided for this purpose at the end of each newsletter sent.

In The Collection

Discoverthe YOUNG PASS

Discover
the YOUNG PASS