Frank Owen Gehry (born Frank Owen Goldberg; February 28, 1929[1]) is a Canadian-American architect who won the Pritzker Prize in 1989. He is known for his buildings such as 8 Spruce Street, Dancing House, Port Olímpic, Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and the Walt Disney Concert Hall. He built buildings across the United States and across South America.
Gehry was born on February 28, 1929 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to Polish-Jewish parents.[2] He was raised in Los Angeles, California. He studied at Los Angeles City College and at the University of Southern California.[3] Gehry now lives in Santa Monica, California.
In 1989, Gehry won the Pritzker Prize.[4] he built the Maggie cancer card center in Scotland