Frank Owen Gehry,, FAIA (; born Frank Owen Goldberg; ) is a Canadian-born American architect and designer. A number of his buildings, including his private residence in Santa Monica, California, have become world-renowned attractions. His works are considered among the most important of contemporary architecture in the 2010 World Architecture Survey, leading Vanity Fair to call him "the most important architect of our age". He is also the designer of the National Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial. Early life Gehry was born Frank Owen Goldberg on February 28, 1929, in Toronto, Ontario, to parents Sadie Thelma (née Kaplanski/Caplan) and Irving Goldberg. His father was born in Brooklyn, New York to Russian Jewish parents, and his mother was a Polish Jewish immigrant born in Łódź. A creative child, he was encouraged by his grandmother, Leah Caplan, with whom he built little cities out of scraps of wood. With these scraps from her husband's hardware store, she entertained him for hours, building imaginary houses and futur
Frank Owen Gehry, FAIA (; nacido Frank Owen Goldberg; ) es un arquitecto y diseñador estadounidense de origen canadiense. Varios de sus edificios, incluida su residencia privada en Santa Monica, California, se han convertido en atracciones de renombre mundial. Sus obras se consideran entre las más importantes de la arquitectura contemporánea en la Encuesta de Arquitectura Mundial de 2010, llevando a Vanity Fair a llamarlo "el arquitecto más importante de nuestra época". Él es también el diseñador del National Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial. La vida temprana Gehry nació Frank Owen Goldberg el 28 de febrero de 1929, en Toronto, Ontario, a los padres Sadie Thelma (née Kaplanski/Caplan) e Irving Goldberg. Su padre nació en Brooklyn, Nueva York a padres judíos rusos, y su madre era una inmigrante judía polaca nacida en Łódź. Un niño creativo, fue alentado por su abuela, Leah Caplan, con quien construyó pocas ciudades de basura de madera. Con estas