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==Career== [[File:052607-006-Chiat-Day.jpg|thumb|[[Chiat/Day Building]] in [[Venice, California]] (1991)]] [[File:DSC09338 Frank Gehry Siedlung Schwanheim Goldstein.jpg|thumb|Public housing in [[Schwanheim (Frankfurt am Main)|Frankfurt-Schwanheim]] (1994)]] [[File:Fondation Louis Vuitton roof @ Mare Saint-James @ Bois de Boulogne @ Paris (28303477171).jpg|thumb|Part of the roof of the [[Fondation Louis Vuitton]] building as seen from the [[Bois de Boulogne]] in [[Paris]], France (2016)]] [[File:New World Center - Image01.jpg|thumb|upright|[[New World Center]] in [[Miami Beach]], Florida (2011)]] [[File:Beekman Tower fr BB jeh.jpg|thumb|upright|The tower at [[8 Spruce Street]] in Lower Manhattan, completed in 2010, has a stainless steel and glass exterior and is 76 stories high (2010).]] [[File:Gehry Las Vegas.jpg|thumb|The [[Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health]] of the [[Cleveland Clinic]] in [[Las Vegas]], Nevada (2010)]] Gehry ultimately dropped out of his graduate program at Harvard University (where he studied urban planning) to start a furniture manufacturing company Easy Edges, which specialised in creating pieces with cardboard.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gehry Talks Inspiration for Acclaimed Buildings {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/11/16/gehry-talks-design-event/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=www.thecrimson.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ray |first=Debika |date=2020-02-27 |title=As architect Frank Gehry turns 90 years old we look back at his prolific career |url=https://www.iconeye.com/architecture/architect-frank-gehry-turns-90 |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=ICON Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Templer |first=Karen |date=1999-10-05 |title=Frank Gehry |url=https://www.salon.com/1999/10/05/gehry/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=Salon |language=en}}</ref> He returned to Los Angeles to work for [[Victor Gruen Associates]], with whom he had apprenticed while at USC. In 1957, at age 28, he was given the chance to design his first private residence with friend and old classmate Greg Walsh. Construction was done by another neighbor across the street from his wife's family, Charlie Sockler. Built in [[Idyllwild-Pine Cove, California|Idyllwild, California]] for his wife Anita's family neighbor Melvin David, the over {{convert|2,000|sqft|abbr=on}} "David Cabin"<ref>{{cite web| last= Sisson| first= Patrick| date= August 21, 2015| url= http://www.curbed.com/2015/8/21/9928242/21-first-drafts-frank-gehrys-david-cabin| title= 21 First Drafts: Frank Gehry's David Cabin| work= [[Curbed]]| access-date= January 6, 2017| archive-date= January 7, 2017| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170107095619/http://www.curbed.com/2015/8/21/9928242/21-first-drafts-frank-gehrys-david-cabin| url-status= dead}}</ref> shows features that were to become synonymous with Gehry's later work, including beams protruding from the exterior sides, vertical-grain douglas fir detail, and exposed unfinished ceiling beams. It also shows strong Asian influences, stemming from his earliest inspirations, such as the [[Shōsōin]] in [[Nara Prefecture|Nara, Japan]]. In 1961, Gehry moved to [[Paris]], where he worked for architect Andre Remondet.<ref>Goldberger (2015), pp.110–111<br />Lazo, Caroline Evensen (2006) ''Frank Gehry''. Twenty-First Century Books<br /> Hawthorne, Christopher (October 8, 2014) [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-paris-passion-for-all-things-gehry-20141008-column.html "In Paris, a Passion for All Things Frank Gehry"] ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''</ref> In 1962, he established a practice in Los Angeles that became Frank Gehry and Associates in 1967,<ref name="SalonTempler" /> then Gehry Partners in 2001.<ref>[http://www.foga.com/ Gehry Partners, LLP website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219203901/http://www.foga.com/ |date=December 19, 2013 }}</ref> His earliest commissions were in Southern California, where he designed a number of innovative commercial structures such as [[Santa Monica Place]] (1980) and residential buildings such as the eccentric Norton House (1984) in [[Venice, Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite web|last= Molloy| first= Jonathan C.|url=http://www.archdaily.com/337607/ad-classic-norton-house-frank-gehry/ |title=AD Classic: Norton House / Frank Gehry |website= ArchDaily.com |date=February 28, 2013 |access-date=2013-05-25}}</ref> Among these works, Gehry's most notable design may be the renovation of his own Santa Monica residence.<ref>{{cite news| last= Head| first= Jeffrey |date= October 21, 2009| url= http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/home_blog/2009/10/frank-gehry-the-houses-book-review-new-frank-gehry-book.html | title= Frank Gehry: The Houses| work= [[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> Originally built in 1920 and purchased by Gehry in 1977, it features a metallic exterior wrapped around the original building that leaves many of the original details visible.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Gehry_House.html |title=Gehry House – Frank Gehry|publisher=Great Buildings Collection |access-date= 2010-06-03}}</ref> Gehry still resides there. Other of Gehry's buildings completed during the 1980s include the [[Cabrillo Marine Aquarium]] (1981) in [[San Pedro, Los Angeles|San Pedro]], and the [[California Aerospace Museum]] (1984) at the [[California Science Center|California Museum of Science and Industry]] in Los Angeles. In 1989, Gehry received the [[Pritzker Architecture Prize]], where the jury described him: "Always open to experimentation, he has as well a sureness and maturity that resists, in the same way that Picasso did, being bound either by critical acceptance or his successes. His buildings are juxtaposed collages of spaces and materials that make users appreciative of both the theatre and the back-stage, simultaneously revealed."<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.pritzkerprize.com/1989/jury |title= Jury Citation: Frank Gehry: 1989 Laureate| website= pritzkerprize.com| publisher= Pritzker Architecture Prize| year= 1989| access-date= March 8, 2017}}</ref> Gehry continued to design other notable buildings in California, such as the [[Chiat/Day Building]] (1991) in Venice, in collaboration with [[Claes Oldenburg]], which is well known for its massive sculpture of binoculars. He also began receiving larger national and international commissions, including his first European commission, the Vitra International Furniture Manufacturing Facility and Design Museum in Germany, completed in 1989. It was soon followed by other major commissions including the [[Frederick Weisman Museum of Art]]<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.weisman.umn.edu/architecture/arch.html| title= Modeling the museum for 17 years| first= Hailey| last= Colwell| website= Weisman.UMN.edu| publisher= The Frederick Weisman Museum of Art, [[University of Minnesota]]| date= August 5, 2015| access-date= March 8, 2017| url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060510153155/http://www.weisman.umn.edu/architecture/arch.html| archive-date= May 10, 2006}}</ref> (1993) in [[Minneapolis]], Minnesota; the [[Cinémathèque Française]]<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/americancenter/ |title= American Center, Paris| website= galinsky.com| date= 2010| access-date= March 8, 2017}}</ref>(1994) in Paris, originally The American Center in Paris;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Architect March 2010 Page 80 |url=https://lscpagepro.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?m=11050&i=35348&p=82&ver=html5 |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=lscpagepro.mydigitalpublication.com |language=en-US}}</ref> and the [[Dancing House]]<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/dancinghouse/index.htm |title= Dancing House| website= galinsky.com| date= 2006| access-date= March 8, 2017}}</ref> (1996) in [[Prague]]. From 1994 to 1996 a couple buildings by Gehry for a [[public housing]] project were realized in Goldstein, part of [[Schwanheim (Frankfurt am Main)|Frankfurt-Schwanheim]] (1994) In 1997, Gehry vaulted to a new level of international acclaim<ref name="VF Tyrnauer 2010"/> when the [[Guggenheim Museum Bilbao]] opened in [[Bilbao]], Spain. Hailed by ''[[The New Yorker]]'' as a "masterpiece of the 20th century", and by legendary architect [[Philip Johnson]] as "the greatest building of our time",<ref>{{cite news| last= Tyrnauer| first= Matt |author-link=Matt Tyrnauer|date= August 2010| url= https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/08/architecture-survey-201008 |title= Architecture in the Age of Gehry| work= [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]| access-date= March 27, 2012}}</ref> the museum became famous for its striking yet aesthetically pleasing design and its positive economic effect on the city. Since then, Gehry has regularly won major commissions and established himself as one of the world's most notable architects. His best-received works include several concert halls for classical music. The boisterous, curvaceous [[Walt Disney Concert Hall]] (2003) in [[downtown Los Angeles]] is the centerpiece of the neighborhood's revitalization; the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' called it "the most effective answer to doubters, naysayers, and grumbling critics an American architect has ever produced".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,995369,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909135523/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,995369,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 9, 2009| title=Windy City Redux| access-date=2008-07-30| date= October 11, 2004| last= Roston| first= Eric| magazine= [[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref> Gehry also designed the open-air [[Jay Pritzker Pavilion]] (2004) in [[Chicago]]'s [[Millennium Park]];<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/disneyhall/la-et-cm-disney-hall-hawthorne-dto,0,4655702.htmlstory#axzz2mxQkKZKD|title=Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall is inextricably of L.A.|access-date=2013-12-09|date=September 21, 2013| last= Hawthorne| first= Christopher| newspaper= Los Angeles Times}}</ref> and the understated [[New World Center]] (2011) in [[Miami Beach, Florida|Miami Beach]], which the ''LA Times'' called "a piece of architecture that dares you to underestimate it or write it off at first glance."<ref name="lat-arch">{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2011-jan-24-la-et-gehry-miami-review-20110124-story.html | title=Architecture review: Frank Gehry's New World Center in Miami Beach | last= Hawthorne| first= Christopher | newspaper= Los Angeles Times | date=January 24, 2011}}</ref> His other notable works include academic buildings such as the [[Stata Center]] (2004)<ref>{{cite web| url= http://web.mit.edu/facilities/construction/completed/stata.html |title= The Stata Center| publisher= Massachusetts Institute of Technology| website= MIT.edu| access-date= March 8, 2017}}</ref> at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]], and the Peter B. Lewis Library (2008) at [[Princeton University]];<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S22/11/40O68/index.xml?section=featured| title= Architect Gehry seeks to inspire with Princeton's Lewis Library design| date= September 11, 2008| first= Cass| last= Cliatt| access-date= March 8, 2017| url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170308002814/http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S22/11/40O68/index.xml?section=featured| archive-date= March 8, 2017| df= mdy-all}}</ref> museums such as the [[Museum of Pop Culture]] (2000) in [[Seattle]], Washington;<ref>{{cite web |author=Staff| title=Experience Music Project| url=http://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/usa/washington/seattle/review-105822.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818190523/http://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/usa/washington/seattle/review-105822.html |archive-date= August 18, 2010 |publisher=[[Fodors]] |access-date=2015-03-22}}</ref> commercial buildings such as the [[IAC Building]] (2007) in New York City;<ref>{{cite news | last= Ouroussoff| first= Nicolai | author-link=Nicolai Ouroussoff | title=Gehry's New York Debut: Subdued Tower of Light | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/22/arts/design/22dill.html?hp | newspaper= [[The New York Times]] | date=March 22, 2007| access-date=2007-08-25}}</ref> and residential buildings, such as Gehry's first skyscraper, the Beekman Tower at 8 Spruce Street (2011)<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/10/arts/design/10beekman.html| newspaper= The New York Times | first=Nicolai| last=Ouroussoff | author-link=Nicolai Ouroussoff| title=8 Spruce Street by the Architect Frank Gehry – Review| date=February 9, 2011}}</ref> in New York City. Gehry's recent major international works include the [[Dr Chau Chak Wing Building]] at the [[University of Technology Sydney]], completed in 2014,<ref name=UTS>{{cite web|title=UTS City Campus Master Plan|url=http://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/city-campus-master-plan/projects-progress|website=uts.edu.au|publisher=University of Technology Sydney|access-date=2014-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903024634/http://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/initiatives/city-campus-master-plan/projects-progress|archive-date=September 3, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Chau Chak Wing, with its 320,000 bricks in "sweeping lines", described as "10 out of 10" on a scale of difficulty.<ref name=Gilmore>{{cite news|last1=Gilmore|first1=Heath|title=Frank Gehry's Sydney building sculpture revealed|url=https://www.smh.com.au/nsw/frank-gehrys-sydney-building-sculpture-revealed-20140829-109vfe.html| access-date= 2014-08-30| newspaper= [[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=August 30, 2014}}</ref> An ongoing project is the [[Guggenheim Abu Dhabi]] on [[Saadiyat Island]] in the United Arab Emirates.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archrecord.construction.com/news/2011/01/110126_saadiyat_island_nouvel_gehry.asp |title=Projects by Nouvel and Gehry Finally Moving Forward on Saadiyat Island|newspaper=[[Architectural Record]] |date=January 26, 2011 |access-date=2011-08-30}}</ref> Other significant projects such as the Mirvish Towers in Toronto,<ref>{{cite news| author=Bozikovic, Alex|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/frank-gehry-and-david-mirvishs-tall-order-in-toronto/article15809360/?page=all |title=Frank Gehry and David Mirvish's Tall Order in Toronto |work=The Globe and Mail |date=December 7, 2013 |access-date=2013-12-08}}</ref> and a multi-decade renovation of the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]], are currently in the design stage. In October 2013, Gehry was appointed joint architect with [[Foster + Partners]] to design the High Street phase of the development of [[Battersea Power Station]] in London, Gehry's first project there.<ref>{{cite web| title= Superstar Architects Gehry and Foster to design Battersea Power Station's High Street| url=http://www.primeresi.com/superstar-architects-gehry-and-foster-to-design-battersea-power-stations-high-street/24772/ | date=October 23, 2013|website= PrimeResi.com| access-date=2013-10-23}}</ref> In recent years, some of Gehry's more prominent designs have failed to go forward. In addition to unrealized designs for the [[Corcoran Art Gallery]] expansion in Washington, DC, and a new Guggenheim museum near the [[South Street Seaport]] in New York City, Gehry was notoriously dropped by developer [[Bruce Ratner]] from the [[Pacific Park, Brooklyn|Pacific Park (Brooklyn)]] redevelopment project, and in 2014 as the designer of the [[Performing Arts Center (Manhattan)|World Trade Center Performing Arts Center]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/arts/music/questions-on-ground-zero-arts-center-left-unanswered.html |title=Arts Hub for All May Work for None |newspaper= The New York Times |date=December 7, 2013 |access-date=2013-12-08 |first=Anthony |last=Tommasini| author-link=Anthony Tommasini}}</ref> Some stalled projects have recently shown progress: After many years and a dismissal, Gehry was recently reinstated as architect for the [[Grand Avenue Project]] in Los Angeles, and though his controversial<ref>{{cite news| last=Pogrebin| first=Robin| author-link=Robin Pogrebin| title=Eisenhower as Barefoot Boy? Family Objects to a Memorial|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/arts/design/eisenhower-memorial-by-frank-gehry-draws-objections-from-family.html?pagewanted=all| newspaper= The New York Times |date=February 6, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last=Campbell| first=Robert| author-link=Robert Campbell (journalist)|title=Pressing Pause, for Cause, On the Eisenhower Memorial| url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2012/10/13/pressing-pause-for-cause-eisenhower-memorial/JaSFXQK3O8GX5GyOPzGKoL/story.html|newspaper=[[Boston Globe]]|date=October 13, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kennicott|first=Philip| author-link=Philip Kennicott|title=Review: Frank Gehry's Eisenhower Memorial reinvigorates the genre|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/review-frank-gehrys-eisenhower-memorial-reinvigorates-the-genre/2011/12/13/gIQAAT4RwO_story.html| newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]| access-date=2012-04-24| date=December 17, 2011}}</ref> design of the National [[Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial]] in Washington, DC has had numerous delays during the approval process with the [[United States Congress]], it was finally approved in 2014 with a modified design. In 2014, two significant, long-awaited museums designed by Gehry opened: the [[Biomuseo]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.visitpanama.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=312:biomuseo&Itemid=439&lang=en |title= The Biomuseo, the great works of Frank Gehry |website= VisitPanama.com |access-date= 2011-08-30 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120605154401/http://www.visitpanama.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=312:biomuseo&Itemid=439&lang=en |archive-date= June 5, 2012 |url-status= dead }}</ref> a biodiversity museum in [[Panama City]], Panama; and the [[Louis Vuitton Foundation|Fondation Louis Vuitton]],<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.collectortribune.com/2012/03/26/eliasson-show-due-to-open-pariss-louis-vuitton-museum/ |title=Eliasson show due to open Paris' Louis Vuitton museum |newspaper=Collector Tribune |date=March 26, 2012 |access-date=2012-10-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arcspace.com/architects/gehry/vuitton/vuitton.html |title=Foundation Louis Vuitton: Frank Gehry |website=arcspace.com |date=January 8, 2007 |access-date=2011-08-30 |archive-date=June 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618212815/http://www.arcspace.com/architects/gehry/vuitton/vuitton.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Riding |first=Alan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/03/arts/design/03arna.html?_r=1 |title= Vuitton Plans a Gehry-Designed Arts Center in Paris |newspaper= The New York Times |date=October 3, 2006 |access-date= 2011-08-30}}</ref> a modern art museum in the [[Bois de Boulogne]] park in Paris, France. Both opened to generally positive reviews.<ref>{{cite news| last= Kennicott| first=Philip| author-link=Philip Kennicott|title=Gehry's Paris Coup| url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2014/09/frank-gehry-foundation-louis-vuitton-paris| newspaper=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]| access-date=2014-10-24|date=September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=designboom |first=philip stevens I. |date=2014-02-13 |title=panama biomuseo by frank gehry ready for grand opening |url=https://www.designboom.com/architecture/panama-biomuseo-by-frank-gehry-ready-for-grand-opening-02-13-2014/ |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=designboom {{!}} architecture & design magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wainwright |first=Oliver |date=2014-10-21 |title=Frank Gehry's Fondation Louis Vuitton shows he doesn't know when to stop |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/21/frank-gehry-fondation-louis-vuitton-shows-he-doesnt-know-when-to-stop |access-date=2025-02-25 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Also in 2014, Gehry was commissioned by [[River LA]] (formerly the [[Los Angeles River|Los Angeles River Revitalization Corporation]]), a nonprofit group founded by the city of Los Angeles in 2009 to coordinate river policy, to devise a wide-ranging new plan for the river.<ref>{{cite news| date= August 9, 2015| url= https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-et-la-river-notebook-20150809-story.html |title= Frank Gehry agreed to make over the L.A. River – with one big condition / How Frank Gehry's L.A. River make-over will change the city and why he took the job | last= Hawthorne| first= Christopher| newspaper= Los Angeles Times | access-date= March 8, 2017| url-status= live| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150813232723/http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-et-la-river-notebook-20150809-story.html| archive-date= August 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-la-river-gehry-20160613-snap-story.html|title=Frank Gehry's controversial L.A. River plan gets cautious, low-key rollout|date=2016-06-18|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-07-27|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref> In February 2015, the new AU$180 million building for the [[University of Technology Sydney]] was officially opened, whose façade has more than 320,000 hand-placed bricks and glass slabs. Gehry said he would not design a building like the "crumpled paper bag" again.<ref name= crumpled>{{cite news|agency=[[Australian Associated Press]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/feb/02/frank-gehry-says-his-uts-crumpled-paper-bag-building-wont-be-repeated|title=Frank Gehry says his 'crumpled paper bag' building will remain a one-off|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=February 2, 2015|access-date=2015-09-14}}</ref> Gehry told the French newspaper ''[[La Croix (newspaper)|La Croix]]'' in November 2016 that [[President of France]] [[François Hollande]] had assured him he could relocate to France if [[Donald Trump]] was elected [[President of the United States]].<ref>{{cite news| last= Dreyfus| first= Stéphane| date= November 4, 2016| url= http://www.la-croix.com/Culture/Frank-Gehry-lart-chitecte-2016-11-04-1200800773 | title= Frank Gehry, 'l'art-chitecte'| newspaper=La Croix}}</ref><ref name=Perlson>{{cite web| last= Perlson| first= Hili | date= November 15, 2016| url= https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-elected-frank-gehry-emigrate-france-748415 | title= With Trump Elected, Frank Gehry Wants to Move to France| work= Artnet News}}</ref> The following month, Gehry said that he had no plans to move.<ref>{{cite news| last= La Rose| first= Lauren | date= December 3, 2016| url= http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/architect-frank-gehry-very-worried-about-donald-trump-1.3188585 |title= Architect Frank Gehry 'very worried' about Donald Trump| agency= The Canadian Press| website= ctvnews.ca| place= Toronto| access-date= March 8, 2017}}</ref> Trump and he exchanged words in 2010 when Gehry's [[8 Spruce Street]], originally known as [[Beekman Tower (Gehry)|Beekman Tower]], was built {{convert|1|ft}} taller than the nearby [[40 Wall Street|Trump Building]], which until then was New York City's tallest residential building.<ref name=Perlson/><ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-donald-trump-frank-gehry-photo.html | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150814125100/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-donald-trump-frank-gehry-photo.html | url-status= dead | archive-date= 2015-08-14 |title= Donald Trump versus Frank Gehry| work= Los Angeles Times| date= 2016| access-date= March 8, 2017}}</ref> Notable Gehry-designed buildings completed in the 2020s include the [[Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial]] in [[Washington, D.C.|Washington, DC]]<ref>{{cite news| date= August 5, 2020| url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/the-new-eisenhower-memorial-is-stunning-especially-at-night-but-is-this-the-last-of-the-great-man-memorials/2020/08/05/100eb90a-d665-11ea-aff6-220dd3a14741_story.html |title= The new Eisenhower Memorial is stunning, especially at night. But is this the last of the 'great man' memorials? | last= Kennicott| first= Philip| newspaper= Washington Post | access-date= September 19, 2021}}</ref> and the [[LUMA Arles]] museum in France.<ref>{{cite news| date= June 28, 2021| url= https://www.archpaper.com/2021/06/luma-arles-opens-in-frank-gehry-polarizing-centerpiece-tower/ |title= Luma Arles opens in Provence with all eyes on Frank Gehry's polarizing centerpiece | last= Hickman| first= Matt| newspaper= The Architect's Newspaper | access-date= September 19, 2021}}</ref> In 2021, noting Gehry's progress on an increasing number of significant projects in his hometown, including the Grand Avenue Project, a concert hall for the [[Youth Orchestra Los Angeles]], and an office building for [[Warner Bros.]], ''[[The Architect's Newspaper]]'' stated that "Seventy-four years after he moved there from his native Toronto, L.A. is looking more and more like Gehry Country."<ref>{{cite news| date= September 17, 2021| url= https://www.archpaper.com/2021/09/frank-gehry-los-angeles-only-now-coming-around-to-his-brand-of-wily-artistry/ |title= Frank Gehry moved to Los Angeles 75 years ago; it's only now coming around to his brand of wily artistry | last= Volner| first= Ian| newspaper= The Architect's Newspaper | access-date= September 19, 2021}}</ref>
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