The Most Famous Frank Gehry Designs

Published December 13, 2012
Updated November 9, 2023

8 Spruce Street a.k.a New York by Gehry

Famous Gehry Designs Spruce

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Opened in 2011, 8 Spruce Street is a 76-story residential skyscraper designed by Frank Gehry. While the building is certainly wee in age, it isn’t in size. In fact, the soaring tower has the distinction of being the twelfth tallest building in the world and the second highest building in the Western Hemisphere.

Adding to the building’s distinction is the fact that it’s filled entirely with rental apartments and has its own on-site elementary school.

If you enjoyed seeing Frank Gehry designs, be sure to see Renzo Piano’s most famous designs and the designs of Frank Lloyd Wright!

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Savannah Cox
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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.
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John Kuroski
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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.