Frank Gehry and Los Angeles—two great tastes that taste great together. The L.A. County Museum of Art kicks off the fall season with the U.S. debut of a major retrospective examining nearly six decades of work by the groundbreaking, iconoclastic architect. Titled simply “Frank Gehry,” the exhibition traces the arc of the maestro’s stellar career from the early 1960s—he opened his office in 1962—to the present, showcasing over 60 landmark projects through more than 200 drawings and 60 models.

A 2012 model for the Quanzhou Museum of Contemporary Art in China. Photo: Courtesy of Gehry Partners, LLP

Two overarching themes provide a framework for the wide-ranging presentation: Gehry’s revolutionary approach to urbanism and his equally revolutionary embrace of digital design and fabrication. Highlights of the show include Gehry’s famed Santa Monica home (1977–78 and 1991–94); the Walt Disney Concert Hall in L.A. (1989–2003); the watershed Guggenheim Bilbao in Spain (1991–97); and his Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris (2005–14).

The final design model for the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. Photo: Courtesy of Gehry Partners, LLP

The show was organized by Paris’s Centre Pompidou, but new models representing work currently in design or construction have been added to the LACMA presentation. Among the projects on display will be Gehry’s design for Facebook’s campus in Silicon Valley, his renovation of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the architect’s most recent residential commissions—both private homes and large-scale developments. Fittingly, the exhibition itself has been designed by Gehry Partners.

Through March 20, 2016 at the L.A. County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles; lacma.org*