ARCHITECTURE: Richard Rogers
Richard Rogers (23/7/1933-18/12/2021) is best known for such pioneering buildings as the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the headquarters for Lloyd’s of London, …
ARCHITECTURE: Alvar Aalto-Aalto
Alvar Aalto (1898–1976), the celebrated Finnish architect, designer, and urban planner, stands as a towering figure in the history of modern architecture. …
ARCHITECTURE: Sou Fujimoto-Primordial Future Forest (Part II)
With offices in Tokyo, Paris, and Shenzhen, Sou Fujimoto is engaged in projects all over the world, ranging from private homes to …
ARCHITECTURE: Philip Johnson
The first Pritzker Architecture Prize was given to Philip Johnson (8/7/1906-25/1/2005), whose work demonstrates a combination of the qualities of talent, vision …
ARCHITECTURE: Annabelle Selldorf
Annabelle Selldorf (5/7/1960- ) is a German-born architect and founding principal of Selldorf Architects, a New York City-based architecture practice. Selldorf has …
ARCHITECTURE: Sou Fujimoto-Primordial Future Forest
With offices in Tokyo, Paris, and Shenzhen, Sou Fujimoto is engaged in projects all over the world, ranging from private homes to …
ARCHITECTURE: Robert Venturi
Robert Venturi (25/6/25-18/9/2018) is best known for being an innovator of Postmodern Architecture, he and his wife Denise Scott Brown have worked …
ARCHITECTURE: Alejandro Aravena
The Chilean Architect Alejandro Aravena (22/6/1967- ) is the winner of the 2016 Pritzker Prize. Highlighting his dedication to improve urban environments …
ARCHITECTURE: Elizabeth Diller
Elizabeth Diller (17/6/1954- ) is a founding partner of Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R), a design studio whose practice spans the fields …
ARCHITECTURE: Richard J. Gluckman
Since establishing his architectural practice in New York City in 1977, Richard J. Gluckman (16/6/1947- ) has occupied a special place in …
ARCHITECTURE: Eamonn Kevin Roche
Since the ‘60s, Eamonn Kevin Roche (14/6/1922-1/3/2019) has been central to the creation of a post-industrial architecture in the late 20th Century. …
ARCHITECTURE: Christos Papoulias (19/9/1953-8/6/2024)
My relationship with Christos Papoulias begins in 1993, initially with a refusal, on the occasion of the supplement “Seven Days” of Kathimerini …
ARCHITECTURE: Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright is widely considered the greatest architect of the 20th century, and the greatest American architect of all time. He …
ARCHITECTURE: Yona Friedman
Yona Friedman (5/6/1923-20/2/2020) is a historical figure of prospective architecture with more than 92 years of experience that has led him to …
ARCHITECTURE: Norman Foster
Norman Foster was born 1/6/1935 in Manchester. He became the 21st Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate in 1999. He has been awarded the …
ARCHITECTURE: Toyo Ito
Toyo Ito (1/6/1941- ) is a Japanese architect known for creating conceptual architecture, in which he seeks to simultaneously express the physical …
ARCHITECTURE: Frei Paul Otto
The German architect Frei Paul Otto (31/5/1925-9/3/2015) was best known for the huge roof canopies designed for the 1972 Olympics in Munich. …
ARCHITECTURE: Chronograms of Architecture
Contemporary architecture emerges from a richly diverse and highly tuned architecture culture; a constructed discourse, with a constantly written and rewritten history. …
ARCHITECTURE: Diagrams-A Project By Amo/Oma
A diagram is a simplified drawing or visual representation used to explain, illustrate, or organize information clearly. It helps convey concepts, processes, …
ARCHITECTURE: Harry Seidler
One of the greatest architects of any era to work in the southern hemisphere, Harry Seidler has earned a special place in …
DESIGN: Swiss Design Collection, Part II
The Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, home to Switzerland’s largest international design collection, is celebrating its 150th anniversary with the opening of the …
ARCHITECTURE: Hans Hollein-Works from the 1960’s
Described by Richard Meier as an architect whose “groundbreaking ideas” have “had a major impact on the thinking of designers and architects,” …
ARCHITECTURE: Kengo Kuma-Onomatopoeia
Kengo Kuma is one of the most significant contemporary Japanese architects and professors at the Graduate School of Architecture at the University …
ARCHITECTURE: Crossed Histories
Born in the 1920s, critic Ada Louise Huxtable and architects Gae Aulenti and Phyllis Lambert were among the most influential figures in …
