December 16, 2025
When TPR, introduced by then LA County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, spoke with Frank Gehry in Bilbao, Spain (1998), the Guggenheim had been open less than a year—yet it had already reshaped a city and reframed the role of architecture in public life. Gehry spoke not of icons or legacy, but of movement, emotion, and discipline. Remembering Gehry’s legacy is to remember the disciplined design process he championed, one that restores belief. His work mattered not for its spectacle, but for its fundamental respect for art, for makers, and for the cities it inhabits.
