A transformative architect has left us
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/arts/design/frank-gehry-dead.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
“You go into architecture to make the world a better place,”
Mr Gehry was a Canadian of extraordinary vision who never lost his humility. Still creating into his 90s, he leaves the world with buildings that show us walls and windows do not have to be flat and merely functional. Few like him. Rest now, Mr Gehry
Yes, a very sad day. A light has gone out in all our lives.
We visited Bilbao soon after the Guggenheim opened. The real thing was even more impressive & captivating than the numerous reports had prepared us for.
This year we went to the Hockney 25 at the Fondation Louis Vuitton. Again, the reality was so much better than pictures (the exhibition was great too!). Maybe not as impressive as the Guggenheim but the longer one was there the more fascinating it got. I like architecture that keeps growing on you that way.
I agree about Bilbao and the Vuitton Foundation Buildings. Have you visited the Tower in Arles?
No, but we have seen his fish in Barcelona 
He designed a brilliant little building in Dundee, A Maggie’s centre for cancer patients. Next to the Dundee main Hospital… well worth a look if you are in Scotland