The Most Famous Frank Gehry Designs

By Savannah Cox | Edited By John Kuroski

Published December 13, 2012

Updated November 9, 2023

The Art Gallery of Ontario

Frank Gehry Designs Art Gallery of Ontario

Over a century after the gallery’s establishment, the CEO of the Art Gallery of Ontario decided in 2003 that the building would undergo a massive remodeling project with the help of Frank Gehry. Characteristic to art galleries, Gehry couldn’t simply deconstruct the building as he saw fit–he was required to build around existing structures and expansions and unite them all architecturally.

Once it was completed, Gehry was praised for the restraint he showed in his designs and for how well he was able to blend his own additions into the previous structures.

Source: Wikimedia

Source: Wikimedia

Source: Wikimedia

Frank Gehry Designs: The EMP Museum

Source: Wikimedia

Given his reputation for having an architectural flair for all that’s creative, Frank Gehry seems to have been the perfect choice to design the EMP Museum, known for its exemplary display of the best in popular music, science fiction and popular culture. According to Gehry, the design of the building is meant to emulate various guitars.

Most Famous Frank Gehry Designs EMP Museum

author

Savannah Cox holds a Master's in International Affairs from The New School as well as a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and now serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Sheffield. Her work as a writer has also appeared on DNAinfo.

editor

John Kuroski is the editorial director of All That's Interesting. He graduated from New York University with a degree in history, earning a place in the Phi Alpha Theta honor society for history students. An editor at All That's Interesting since 2015, his areas of interest include modern history and true crime.

Cox, Savannah. "The Most Famous Frank Gehry Designs." AllThatsInteresting.com, December 13, 2012, https://allthatsinteresting.com/frank-gehry-designs. Accessed April 25, 2024.