The Frank Gehry International Visiting Chair in Architectural Design

Named in honour of Frank O. Gehry, this endowed chair brings a highly recognized international architect to teach a graduate studio and deliver a public lecture at Daniels each year. Students in their third year of the Master of Architecture program study with the chair holder before they start their design thesis. Heather Reisman, founder of Indigo Books and Music, and 45 others raised $1 million, matched by U of T, to establish the chair in November 2000, named for the Toronto-born designer of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, the Experience Music Project in Seattle and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.

2010-11
Nader Tehrani

2009-10
Mitchell Joachim

2008-09
Wes Jones 

2007-08
Jürgen Mayer H.

2006-07
Will Bruder

2005-06
Diane Lewis

2004-05
Merrill Elam

2003-04
Preston Scott Cohen

2002-03
Daniel Libeskind