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The Plans for the King Alfred Leisure Centre FinalisedThe design for the King Alfred leisure centre site includes 745 flats, with affordable housing, in two towers and several lower blocks.
There is also a sports centre with a multicoloured domed roof.
Models and drawings of the scheme will be on display to the public in Brighton's new Jubilee Library.
Brighton and Hove councillors discussed the development on Monday night ahead of the formal planning application.
Gehry, an award-winning Canadian architect whose previous work includes the titanium-clad Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, teamed up with Brighton developer Karis Holdings on the project.
The King Alfred development, which originally included four towers, has been criticised as an "eyesore" and looking "like Noddyland".
But the leader of Brighton and Hove City Council, Ken Bodfish, said it was time for the city, famous for its Regency heritage, to move forward.
"We have an opportunity to turn Brighton and Hove into a city of this century rather than of the past," he said.
"Frank Gehry is one of the world's greatest living architects and his buildings are iconic.
"His buildings say something about the city and say something about tomorrow."
Pressure group The Regency Society has said it will not make up its mind about the proposals until it sees the final design.
However, many local
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