Famed architect Frank Gehry died this week — This building on UC's campus was one of his creations

CINCINNATI —

Famed architect Frank Gehry died on Friday.

According to associates, the dual American-Canadian national died at the age of 96 after battling a brief respiratory illness that he recently came down with. Advertisement

Gehry leaves behind a legacy of hundreds of well-known buildings that he designed across the world, including the Guggenheim Museum in Spain, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in California, and the Art Gallery of Ontario in Canada.

However, included in Gehry's work is one that was built locally in Cincinnati: The Vontz Center for Molecular Studies on the University of Cincinnati's Medical Campus in Corryville.

The building was designed by Gehry in 1999 and houses many of the university's biomedical labs.

The building's unique design once earned it a spot on a