The Most Famous

ARCHITECTS from Canada

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This page contains a list of the greatest Canadian Architects. The pantheon dataset contains 518 Architects, 1 of which were born in Canada. This makes Canada the birth place of the 39th most number of Architects behind Croatia, and Syria.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Canadian Architects of all time. This list of famous Canadian Architects is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

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1. Frank Gehry (b. 1929)

With an HPI of 74.75, Frank Gehry is the most famous Canadian Architect.  His biography has been translated into 70 different languages on wikipedia.

Frank Owen Gehry ( GAIR-ee; né Goldberg; born February 28, 1929) is a Canadian-American architect and designer. A number of his buildings, including his private residence in Santa Monica, California, have become attractions. Gehry rose to prominence in the 1970s with his distinctive style that blended everyday materials with complex, dynamic structures. Gehry's approach to architecture has been described as deconstructivist, though he himself resists categorization. His works are considered among the most important of contemporary architecture in the 2010 World Architecture Survey, leading Vanity Fair to call him "the most important architect of our age". Gehry is known for his postmodern designs and use of bold, unconventional forms and materials. His most famous works include the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris. These buildings are characterized by their sculptural, often undulating exteriors and innovative use of materials such as titanium and stainless steel. Throughout his career, Gehry has received numerous awards and honors, including the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1989, considered the field's highest honor. He has also been awarded the National Medal of Arts and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the United States. Gehry's influence extends beyond architecture; he has designed furniture, jewelry, and liquor bottles.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Canadian architects born between 1929 and 1929. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Canadian architects include Frank Gehry.

Living Canadian Architects

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