The legendary architect who died last week at 96 embraced cutting-edge design tools to realize his most outlandish visions. The art of architecture has never been the same. For an architect whose name and work have become known all over the world by laypeople and architecture fans alike, Frank Gehry’s buildings are about as far from the mainstream as one can get. Bent, curved, and clad in shiny metal, the most famous buildings by Gehry, who died last week at 96, are also the most improbable.