How Frank Gehry’s Mischievousness Charmed a Generation

How Frank Gehry’s Mischievousness Charmed a Generation

Frank Gehry, the globally famous architect, who died on Dec. 5 at the age of 96, lived much of his life in a bungalow in Santa Monica that is modest in size but expansive in its idea of the number of building materials one home can sustain. Just on one side, visible from the street, there’s plywood, pink stucco, corrugated iron, chain link fencing and glass. Even by L.A. standards, it’s a lot. Unlike many famous architects’ first homes, it has n…