The Guardian

In the wake of the 11 September attacks, Frank Gehry, architect of Bilbao's Guggenheim and Los Angeles's Disney Hall, failed to submit a proposal for Ground Zero. Asked why, he said the $40,000 fee on offer wouldn't cover his costs, earning him enmity from America's East Coast. 'Dear Frank,' began a letter from his New York rivals, Richard Meier and Peter Eisenman, 'you are a prick ... '

Now Gehry has found his client, a friend who lived outside Dumfries and died in 1995. For Maggie Keswick Jencks, he has created a modest wonder on the outskirts of Dundee, the first British building by the man often referred to as the world's most important living architect. What's more, he waived his fee.