The cleveland clinic lou ruvo center for brain health, designed by architect frank gehry officially opened last friday. the building which consists of the architects signature steel forms is a leading research centre for degenerative brain diseases.
After years of refusing to design a building in las vegas, gehry agreed to design the cleveland clinic lou ruvo center after forming a bond with founder larry ruvo, a las vegas liquor distributor who was compelled to start a neurological research facility after watching his father, lou, struggle with alzheimer’s.
Gehry has his own personal interest in research on brain disorders. his longtime friend and analyst, the late milton wexler, saw a wife and three sisters-in-law succumb to huntington’s disease. at wexler’s request, the architect joined the board of the hereditary disease foundation more than 30 years ago.
Gehry told ruvo he’d design the building only if ruvo added huntington’s to the list of diseases the new center would treat and study. the complex further expanded its offerings when the cleveland clinic, the multidisciplinary healthcare research and treatment center in ohio, reached an agreement with the ruvo center to operate the las vegas facility.
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