This week, we’re celebrating the life of architect Frank Gehry, with a conversation recorded in 2015.
Widely regarded as one of the most influential designers of the last century, the Canadian-born architect was known for his use of bold shapes and unconventional building materials like titanium, stainless steel, and even chain-link. Among his most famous projects are the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Frank Gehry died on December 5, 2025, at the age of 96.
In this program, recorded on October 15, 2015, at the Sydney Goldstein Theater in San Francisco, Gehry talks with his biographer, Paul Goldberger. Goldberger spent ten years as an architecture critic for the New York Times, where he won the Pulitzer Prize, and 13 years on the staff of The New Yorker. Goldberger’s book on the life and work of Frank Gehry is “Building Art”.