Frank Gehry Architecture Pritzker Prize

Gehry was born Frank Owen Goldberg on February 28, 1929, in Toronto.

Frank Owen Gehry, CC (/ˈɡɛəri/; born Frank Owen Goldberg; February 28, 1929)[1] is a Canadian-born American architect, residing in Los Angeles.

A number of his buildings, including his private residence, have become world-renowned attractions. His works are cited as being among the most important works of contemporary architecture in the 2010 World Architecture Survey, which led Vanity Fair to label him as "the most important architect of our age".

Gehry's best-known works include the titanium-clad Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles; Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, France; MIT Ray and Maria Stata Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts; The Vontz Center for Molecular Studies on the University of Cincinnati campus; Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle; New World Center in Miami Beach; Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis; Dancing House in Prague; the Vitra Design Museum and the MARTa Herford museum in Germany; the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto; the Cinémathèque Française in Paris; and 8 Spruce Street in New York City.

It was his private residence in Santa Monica, California, that jump-started his career. Gehry is also the designer of the future National Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial.

Awards and honors

1987: Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Letters

1988: Elected into the National Academy of Design

1989: Pritzker Architecture Prize

1992: Praemium Imperiale

1994: The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize

1995: Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award

1998: National Medal of Arts[101]

1998: Gold Medal Award, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada

1999: AIA Gold Medal, American Institute of Architects

2000: Cooper–Hewitt National Design Award Lifetime Achievement[102]

2002: Companion of the Order of Canada[103]

2004: Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service

2006: Inductee, California Hall of Fame

2007: Henry C. Turner Prize for Innovation in Construction Technology from the National Building Museum (on behalf of Gehry Partners and Gehry Technologies)

2009: Order of Charlemagne

2012: Twenty-five Year Award, American Institute of Architects

2014: Prince of Asturias Award

2014: Commandeur of the Ordre National de la Légion d'honneur, France

2015: J. Paul Getty Medal

2016: Harvard Arts Medal

2016: Leonore and Walter Annenberg Award for Diplomacy through the Arts, Foundation for Arts and Preservation in Embassies

2016: Presidential Medal of Freedom

Honorary doctorates

1987: California Institute of the Arts

1987: Rhode Island School of Design

1989: Otis College of Art and Design

1989: Technical University of Nova Scotia

1993: Occidental College

1995: Whittier College

1996: Southern California Institute of Architecture

1998: University of Toronto

2000: Harvard University

2000: University of Edinburgh

2000: University of Southern California

2000: Yale University

2002: City College of New York

2004: School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2013: Case Western Reserve University

2013: Princeton University

2014: Juilliard School

2015: University of Technology Sydney

2017: University of Oxford