Farewell to Frank Gehry

A Tribute Through 5 Masterworks of Deconstructivist Architecture

Author

Yagmur Baydır
December 08, 2025

Dear PA reader,

Frank Gehry died this week at the age of 96, closing the final chapter of a career that irrevocably changed how we imagine architecture’s possibilities. Frank Gehry’s restless imagination takes center stage this week as we look at five of his most telling deconstructivist works.

Pantone’s 2026 Color of the Year, Cloud Dancer, lands softly across the design world, highlighting the quiet power of architectural whites in an era dominated by digital fabrication and AI-driven form-making. A global circuit of culture comes into focus with 10 museums opened in 2025, revealing how cities from Seoul to São Paulo are using architecture to anchor their evolving identities.

Marina Tabassum’s TOTO Gallery·Ma exhibition offers a counterpoint: a study in light, climate, and restraint that argues architecture’s future may lie in radical simplicity rather than spectacle. 10 upcoming megaprojects in the UAE outline a different trajectory, one driven by technological ambition, desert-scale infrastructure, and a renewed push toward climate-adaptive urbanism. Miami Art Week brings its own experiment with the Rotating Library, a kinetic installation that turns books into a spatial choreography of memory, motion, and public engagement.

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Farewell to Frank Gehry: A Tribute Through 5 Masterworks of Deconstructivist Architecture

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