Frank Gehry, master architect, dead at 96

Canada-born US architect Frank Gehry, whose daring and whimsical designs from the Guggenheim Bilbao to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles captivated fans and critics, died on Friday.

- Agence France-Presse

Frank Gehry

He was 96.

Gehry was perhaps the biggest of the so-called “starchitects” — an elite group that includes Renzo Piano, Rem Koolhaas, Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid and others —and enjoyed his fame, but absolutely hated the label.