Archinect - News2025-01-09T03:53:50-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/147427889/frank-gehry-is-the-first-architect-to-be-awarded-the-harvard-arts-medal
Frank Gehry is the first architect to be awarded the Harvard Arts Medal Alexander Walter2016-02-05T14:42:00-05:00>2022-02-23T20:32:08-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/q1/q1e18uht33fv8au7.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Architect Frank Gehry has been named the recipient of the 2016 Harvard Arts Medal, which will be awarded by Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust at a ceremony on Thursday, April 28. The ceremony, presented by the Office for the Arts at Harvard and the Board of Overseers of Harvard College, will include a discussion with Gehry moderated by actor John Lithgow, who is host of the event.
This marks the first time that the Harvard Arts Medal has been awarded to an architect.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Related FOG stories in the Archinect news:</p>
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