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Frank Gehry’s most iconic work

Frank Gehry, a provocative and creative force in architecture who has died aged 96, was responsible for some of the world’s most intriguing buildings.

Tim Graham/Getty Images A view of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. It shows the building's unique silver material, glistening in bright sunlight, around its iconic curvature.Tim Graham/Getty Images

The incomparable curves of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao

Insights/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The Dancing House of Prague is seen in a portrait taken from the street. A tram passes near traffic. The building's unique sloping facade is clad in a mix of concrete and glass. Gehry's iconic window style is also visible on the building's facade.Insights Group/Universal Images via Getty Images

A leaning glass tower at the Dancing House, Prague

Tim Graham/Getty Images Hotel Marques de Riscal Bodega in Spain with its iconic purple upholstery glistening in the sun. The facade is a chaotic combination that wraps around itself with a terrace on top.Tim Graham/Getty Images

Striking purple tones on the Hotel Marques de Riscal Bodega, Spain

Tim Graham/Getty Images A focused photograph of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. The building's iconic titanium cladding shines in the sunlight with a glass box protruding from the top of the building.Tim Graham/Getty Images

Titanium and glass at the Guggenheim in Bilbao

Michael Jacobs/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images The Louis Vuitton Foundation building is seen against a bright blue sky. Its steel and glass structure rises from the ground in a variety of wings surrounding a central brick building obscured by glass. He sits next to cars parked on a road with trees in the background.Michael Jacobs/The Art in Each of Us/Corbis via Getty Images

The oversized glass roof of the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris

Petr Svarc/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Peix d'Or, goldfish sculpture designed by Frank Gehry, in Barcelona, ​​seen against a bright blue skyPetr Svarc/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Gehry’s Peix d’Or – or golden fish sculpture – is a must-see for visitors to Barcelona

View Pictures/Universal Images Group via Getty Images A Golden Hour view of the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. The sun reflects off the titanium coating in the shape of wings around a curved element. There are the outlines of trees in the foreground, with a blue sky framing the shot.See Group Images/Universal Images via Getty Images

A golden glow floods the Walt Disney Concert Hall in California

JOKER/Walter G. Allgöwer/ullstein bild via Getty Images Der Neue Zollhof building in Düsseldorf, Germany - the photograph is a close-up of the building's stainless steel facade lined with windows of different sizesJOKER/Walter G. Allgöwer/ullstein image via Getty Images

An air of fantasy at Der Neue Zollhof in Düsseldorf

View Pictures/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles is seen from outside the street and juxtaposed with the towering skyscrapers of downtown Los Angeles.See Group Images/Universal Images via Getty Images

The Walt Disney Concert Hall takes its place next to the towering skyscrapers of downtown Los Angeles

View Pictures/Universal Images Group via Getty Images An internal view of the Guggenheim in Bilbao shows the building's unique curved shape. Light streams in from a glass wall on the left sideSee Group Images/Universal Images via Getty Images

Light floods the curved form of the Guggenheim in Bilbao

Natalie Naccache/Bloomberg via Getty Images The construction of the Guggenheim Museum in Abu Dhabi seen in 2023 from the Louvre Abu DhabiNatalie Naccache/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Gehry’s Guggenheim in Abu Dhabi under construction in 2023

Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Frank Gehry turns his back to the camera as he stands in front of a kitchen island in his personal apartment at The Grand by Gehry development in Los AngelesJay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Frank Gehry, seen in 2022, was known for his unpredictable architectural style

Legendary architect Frank Gehry dies aged 96

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