Frank Gehry
FOUNDER, GEHRY PARTNERS
You know someone is the Most Famous Architect In The World when, every time you describe another designer to a non-architecture person, you have to say “They’re like the Frank Gehry of [insert period/nation/trend].” Rave reviews greeted Gehry’s recently completed Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, and even if his next marquee project, the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, doesn’t get quite the same treatment, it’ll only serve to enhance his already unparalleled name-recognition—and reputation.