In Memoriam:
Frank Gehry, 1929–2025
We are heartbroken to say goodbye to the visionary architect and our dear collaborator Frank Gehry. Frank’s maverick imagination gave shape to the iconic Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Beckmen YOLA Center in Inglewood, as well as inventive onstage collaborations with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Among Frank’s many gifts were his understanding of the human spirit and his ability to create spaces that inspire and build community. We are forever grateful for his friendship and the opportunity to share in his creativity.
Focus on Frank
Frank Gehry envisioned a place in which people would come together and feel comfortable doing so, an iconic destination with which people would identify and think of as their own. He wanted to create “a living room for the city” where music would be accessible to great numbers of people.
"The musicians tell me all the time that they feel the audience, and the audience tells me they feel so connected to the musicians. It makes a big difference."
– Frank Gehry
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Frank Gehry and Esa-Pekka Salonen reminisce about the first notes at Walt Disney Concert Hall
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Gehry's Living Room for the City
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