Frank Gehry, legendary architect of some of world’s most iconic buildings, dies at 96

Frank Gehry, legendary architect of some of world’s most iconic buildings, dies at 96

Gehry defined his own idiosyncratic path in Toronto, Los Angeles and around the world Alex Bozikovic Architecture Critic The Globe and Mail Published 10 minutes ago Updated 18 seconds ago

Frank Gehry looks out from behind a model of the King Street project in his native Toronto, at his Los Angeles architecture studio, in April, 2021. ERIK CARTER/The New York Times News Service

When Frank Gehry visited the University of Waterloo in 1992, he did all the things expected of a prominent architect: he lectured, exchanged ideas with colleagues and commented on student work. But what he really wanted was to play hockey. “He was wildly enthused about the games,” recalls Larry Wayne Richards, an arc