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Amazing architecture: Frank Gehry's most provocative designs

Culture • Dec 8, 2025, 1:01 PM
10 min de lecture
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Iconic, provocative and most certainly unconventional. Frank Gehry's avant-garde buildings challenged traditional architectural forms by featuring unusual materials and fluid shapes.

To mark the architect's death at the age of 96, Euronews Culture has compiled a small collection of some of his most famous works which manage to successfully blend in with their surroundings while demanding your attention.

Here's a look at some of his most memorable designs from around the world.

Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA

FILE - Early morning sun rays illuminate the Walt Disney Concert Hall designed by Frank Gehry, in downtown Los Angeles, Nov. 19, 2009
FILE - Early morning sun rays illuminate the Walt Disney Concert Hall designed by Frank Gehry, in downtown Los Angeles, Nov. 19, 2009 Nick Ut/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved.

Louis Vuitton Foundation art museum and cultural centre, Paris, France

FILE: A view of the Louis Vuitton Foundation art museum and cultural centre in Paris, designed by American architect Frank Gehry, Oct. 17, 2014
FILE: A view of the Louis Vuitton Foundation art museum and cultural centre in Paris, designed by American architect Frank Gehry, Oct. 17, 2014 AP Photo/Christopher Ena

The Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas, United States

FILE - A view of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas, designed by Frank Gehry,  March 17, 2010
FILE - A view of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas, designed by Frank Gehry, March 17, 2010 AP Photo/Isaac Brekken

Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, Mississippi, United States

FILE - Ohr pods are seen under construction at the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art designed by Frank Gehry, in Biloxi, Miss., Nov. 10, 2010
FILE - Ohr pods are seen under construction at the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art designed by Frank Gehry, in Biloxi, Miss., Nov. 10, 2010 AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis

Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain

FILE - Curves and angles mix in this section of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, Sept. 24, 1997
FILE - Curves and angles mix in this section of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, Sept. 24, 1997 Javier Bauluz/AP1997

Biomuseo, Panama City, Panama

FILE - A view of the Biomuseo, designed by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry, in Panama City, Sept. 27, 2014.
FILE - A view of the Biomuseo, designed by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry, in Panama City, Sept. 27, 2014. AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco

The Gehry-designed Guggenheim Museum in Abu Dhabi, first proposed in 2006, is expected to finally be completed in 2026 after a series of construction delays and sporadic work.

The 30,000-square-foot (2,787-square-metre) structure will be the world's largest Guggenheim, leaving a lasting legacy in the capital city of the United Arab Emirates.


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