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Also Known As Ephraim Owen Goldberg • Frank O. Gehry • Frank Owen Gehry
Born February 28, 1929 (age 96) • Toronto • Canada
Awards And Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016) • National Medal of Arts (1998) • Praemium Imperiale (1992) • Pritzker Prize (1989)

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Frank Gehry: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Frank Gehry: Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum
Frank Gehry: American Center
Frank Gehry: Walt Disney Concert Hall
Frank Gehry: Jay Pritzker Pavilion
Frank O. Gehry: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
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