He may not have lived to see his $1 billion-plus vision to upgrade the Los Angeles River come to fruition, but architect Frank Gehry was able to shepherd through a transformational plan that is slated to reimagine one of the West Coast’s most underused natural features.

Gehry died Friday in his Santa Monica home. The Pritzker Prize-winning architect was 96.

Funeral services were pending Saturday for Frank O. Gehry, the innovative master architect and prolific designer whose organically shaped, steel-covered Walt Disney Concert Hall transformed the landscape of downtown Los Angeles.