A Maverick of Form: The Life and Vision of Frank Gehry Frank Owen Goldberg, known to the world as Frank Gehry, is more than an architect; he’s a sculptor of space, a poet of materials, and arguably the most recognizable architectural voice of our time. Born in Toronto, Canada, in 1929, his journey from a childhood spent building imaginary cities with scraps of wood to becoming a globally celebrated iconoclast is a testament to the pow…