We mourn the loss of Frank Gehry (1929 – 2025), 1989 Laureate, visionary and friend. His built works conveyed an audacious vitality, a rare technical virtuosity, and endless imagination, revealing a profound optimism through sculptural form. 

“His sometimes controversial, but always arresting body of work, has been variously described as iconoclastic, rambunctious and impermanent, but the jury, in making this award, commends this restless spirit that has made his buildings a unique expression of contemporary…” 1989 Jury Citation.

Read more about his life and works here.