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Kazuyo Sejima (29/10/56- ) was born in Japan and after studying at Japan Women’s University and working at the office of Toyo Ito, in 1987 she founded Kazuyo Sejima and Associates. In 1995, she founded the Tokyo-based firm SANAA (Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates) together with her former employee Ryue …
Paulo Mendes da Rocha (25/10/1928-23/5/2021) is one of Brazil’s greatest architects and urbanists. Born in Vitória, Espírito Santo , Mendes da Rocha …
At the age of 49, Richard Meier (12/10/1934- ), was the youngest architect to receive his profession’s highest accolade, the Pritzker Architecture …
Formulated in 1926, Le Corbusier’s (6/10/1887-27/8/1965), “Five Points of a New Architecture” spearheaded the modernist architectural movement of the 20th century. As …
Bjarke Bundgaard Ingels (2/10/1974- ) is a Danish architect known for buildings that defy traditional architectural conventions and dimensions, ranging from representations …
Jan Gehl (17/9/1936- ) is a Danish architect and urban design consultant based in Copenhagen, whose career has focused on improving the …
Can a self-taught architect win the Nobel of Architecture? Tadao Ando (13/9/1941- ) won the Pritzker Prize for architecture in 1994. He …
Described by Richard Meier as an architect whose “groundbreaking ideas” have “had a major impact on the thinking of designers and architects,” …
Kengo Kuma is one of the most significant contemporary Japanese architects and professors at the Graduate School of Architecture at the University …
Renzo Piano was born in Genoa (14/9/1937- ), into a family of builders. He was educated and subsequently taught at the Politecnico …
The architect of Sydney Opera House, Jørn Oberg Utzon (9/4/1918-29/11/2008), was a relatively unknown 38 year old Dane until 29/1/57 when his entry, …
Carme Pigem in full Carme Pigem Barceló (8/4/1962- ) is a Spanish architect and a founding member (1988) of the firm RCR …
Richard Neutra (8/4/1892-16/4/1970) was famous for the attention he gave to defining the real needs of his clients, regardless of the size …
I.M. Pei (2/4/1917-16/5/2019), is a Chinese-born American architect often called the master of modern architecture. In 1948, Pei was recruited by New …
Known for establishing a “kinship between public and private realms” and creating “architecture as background and foreground to everyday life” the Japanese …
Arata Isozaki, (23/7/1931-29/12/2022) is Japanese architect who, during a six-decade career, designed more than 100 buildings, each defying a particular category or …
David Alan Chipperfield is the winner of the Pritzker Prize 2023, he is a prolific architect who is radical in his restraint, …
Born in Yokohama in the Kanagawa prefecture, Kengo Kuma (8/8/1954- ) is one of the most significant contemporary Japanese architects and professors …
The Australian Architect Glenn Marcus Murcutt (25/7/1936- ) is noted for his design of environmentally sensitive modernist houses that respond to their …
Francis Diébédo Kéré (10/4/1965- ) is the new winner of the Pritzker Prize. He is the first African to receive the supreme …
The Pritzker Prize is considered the Nobel of Architecture and is the highest honor and recognition for every Architect. Anne Lacaton and …
Junya Ishigami (10/3/1974- ) is one of the most outstanding young Japanese architects of present time and he has obtained recognition due …
“The soul has more need for the ideal than the real,” says American architect Steven Holl, who here shares his organic approach …
