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From leaning glass tower to golden fish sculpture - Frank Gehry's most iconic work

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Frank Gehry, a provocative and creative force in architecture who has died aged 96, was behind some of the world's most intriguing buildings.

A view of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. It shows the building's unique silver material, glistening in bright sunshine, around its iconic curvature.Image source, Tim Graham/Getty Images
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The unmistakable curves of the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao

Prague's Dancing House is seen in a portrait photograph taken from the street. A tram passes by near traffic. The building's unique slanting frontage is seen covered in a concrete and glass concoction. Gehry's iconic window-style is also seen on the building's facade.Image source, Insights/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
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A leaning glass tower at the Dancing House, Prague

Hotel Marques de Riscal Bodega in Spain with its iconic purple cladding glistening in the sun. The facade is a chaotic combination that laces around itself with a sundeck on top.Image source, Tim Graham/Getty Images
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Striking purple tones on the Hotel Marques de Riscal Bodega, Spain

A focused photograph of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. The building's iconic titanium cladding shines in bright sunlight with a glass box sticking out at the top buildingImage source, Tim Graham/Getty Images
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Titanium and glass at the Guggenheim in Bilbao

The Louis Vuitton Foundation building is seen against a bright-blue sky. Its steel and glass structure bursts out of the ground in a variety of wings surrounding a central brick building that is obscured from view by the glass. It sits beside parked cars on a road with trees in the background.Image source, Michael Jacobs/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images
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The oversized canopy of the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris

Peix d'Or, Goldfish sculpture designed by Frank Gehry, in Barcelona is seen against a bright blue skyImage source, Petr Svarc/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
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Gehry's El Peix d'Or - or golden fish sculpture - is a must-see for visitors in Barcelona

A golden hour view of the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. The sun reflects off the titanium cladding that is shaped like wings around a curved element. There are the outlines of trees in the foreground, with a blue sky framing the shot.Image source, View Pictures/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
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A golden-hour glow drenches the Walt Disney Concert Hall in California

Der Neue Zollhof building in Düsseldorf, Germany - the photograph is a close-up of the buildings stainless-steel facade lined with windows of varying sizesImage source, JOKER/Walter G. Allgöwer/ullstein bild via Getty Images
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An air of whimsy at Der Neue Zollhof in Düsseldorf

The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles is seen from the street outside and juxtaposed with the imposing skyscrapers on central LAImage source, View Pictures/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
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The Walt Disney Concert Hall holds its own beside the imposing skyscrapers of central LA

An internal view of Bilbao's Guggenheim shows off the building's unique curved form. Light floods in from a glass wall to the left-hand sideImage source, View Pictures/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
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Light floods into the curved form within Bilbao's Guggenheim

The construction of Abu Dhabi's Guggenheim museum seen in 2023 from the Louvre Abu DhabiImage source, Natalie Naccache/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Gehry's Guggenheim in Abu Dhabi while under construction in 2023

Frank Gehry has his back to the camera as he stands at a kitchen island within his personal apartment at  The Grand by Gehry development in Los AngelesImage source, Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
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Frank Gehry, seen in 2022, was known for his unpredictable architectural style

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