ARCHITECTURE: James Stirling
James Stirling (22/4/1926-25/6/1992), is considered as a leader of the great transition from the Modern Movement to the architecture of the New, …
ARCHITECTURE:Herzog & de Meuron
Herzog & de Meuron represents something uniquely, distinctly Swiss. The works of the Basel-based practice express conceptual precision, formal clarity and immaculate …
ARCHITECTURE: Jørn Oberg Utzon
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, …
ARCHITECTURE: Carme Pigem Barceló
Carme Pigem in full Carme Pigem Barceló (8/4/1962- ) is a Spanish architect and a founding member (1988) of the firm RCR …
ARCHITECTURE: Richard Neutra
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 …
ARCHITECTURE: I.M.Pei
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 …
ARCHITECTURE: Hans Hollein
Described by Richard Meier as an architect whose “groundbreaking ideas” have “had a major impact on the thinking of designers and architects,” …
ARCHITECTURE: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (27/3/1886-17/8/1969) is one of the most influential architects of the 20th Century, known for his role in …
ARCHITECTURE:Luis Ramiro Barragán Morfín
The Mexican architect and engineer Luis Ramiro Barragán Morfín (9/3/1902-22/11/1988), is regarded as one of the most important architects of the 20th …
ARCHITECTURE: Pritzker Prize 2024-Riken Yamamoto
Known for establishing a “kinship between public and private realms” and creating “architecture as background and foreground to everyday life” the Japanese …
ARCHITECTURE: Frank Gehry
Frank Gehry (28/2/1929- ) is a Canadian architect, currently a United States resident based in Los Angeles. A number of his buildings, …
TRIENNALS: 2nd Sharjah Architecture Triennial (SAT), Part II
Sharjah Architecture Triennial (SAT) is a platform for architecture and urbanism in a region that extends from West Asia to South Asia …
ARCHITECTURE: Louis Kahn
Regarded as one of the great master builders of the 20th Century, Louis Kahn (20/2/1901-17/3/1974) was one of America’s most influential modernist …
TRIENNALS: 2nd Sharjah Architecture Triennial (SAT)
Sharjah Architecture Triennial (SAT) is a platform for architecture and urbanism in a region that extends from West Asia to South Asia …
ARCHITECTURE: Alvar Aalto
The Finnish Architect, City Planner and Furniture Designer Alvar Aalto, in full Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (3/2/1898-11/5/1976), was one of Finland’s greatest …
ARCHITECTURE: Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi
The Indian architect Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi, also called B.V. Doshi, (26/8/1937-24/1/2023), is the first from that country to be awarded the prestigious …
ARCHITECTURE: Arata Isozaki
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 …
ARCHITECTURE: Pritzker Prize 2023-David Alan Chipperfield
David Alan Chipperfield is the winner of the Pritzker Prize 2023, he is a prolific architect who is radical in his restraint, …
ARCHITECTURE: Bijoy Jain and Studio Mumbai-Breath of an Architect
Born in Mumbai, India, in 1965, Bijoy Jain studied architecture in the United States, at Washington University in St. Louis. Between 1989 …
ARCHITECTURE: Oscar Niemeyer
The Brazilian architect Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho, known as Oscar Niemeyer (15/12/1907-5/12/2012), was universally regarded as the very last …
ARCHITECTURE: Lina Bo Bardi
Lina Bo Bardi (5/12/1914-20/3/1992) was an Italian-born Brazilian architect, furniture designer, set designer, and journalist whose work combines a Modernist sensitivity with …