Enlarge image Photo by J. Scott Smith, courtesy of Frank O. Gehry & Associates.      FISH SCULPTURE AT VILA OLIMPICA Barcelona 1989–92 The fish is a frequently recurring motif in Gehry's work, serving as inspiration and mascot. In the Olympic Village for the 1992 Games, a monumental fish sculpture functions as a landmark and anchors a retail complex designed by Gehry within a larger Skidmore, Owings & Merrill hotel development. This fish sculpture was also a landmark in the history of Frank O. Gehry & Associates, inaugurating the firm's use of computer-aided design and manufacturing. The project's financial and scheduling constraints prompted James M. Glymph, a partner in the firm, to search for a computer program that would facilitate the design and construction process, leading to the adoption of CATIA (computer aided three-dimensional interactive application). A three-dimensional modeling program developed for the French aerospace industry, CATIA has design, manufacturing, and engineering applications. A modeler of complex surface geometries, the program analyzes data generated from the digitization of physical models. The results are used to engineer and fabricate complex building systems.