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 …

Norman Foster was born 1/6/1935 in Manchester. He became the 21st Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate in 1999. He has been awarded the …

Toyo Ito (1/6/1941- ) is a Japanese architect known for creating conceptual architecture, in which he seeks to simultaneously express the physical …

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. …

An international figure in architecture and urban design, Daniel Libeskind (12/5/1946- ) is known for introducing complex ideas and emotions into his …

Architect Gordon Bunshaft  (9/5/1909-6/8/1990) was responsible for some of the earliest and most famous “corporate modernist” buildings. He was hired as a …

Highly respected by architectural cognoscente throughout the world, the French architect and urban planner Christian de Portzamparc (9/5/1944- ), whose distinctly modern …

Herzog & de Meuron represents something uniquely, distinctly Swiss. The works of the Basel-based practice express conceptual precision, formal clarity and immaculate …

Aldo Rossi (3/5/1931-4/9/1997)has achieved distinction as a theorist, author, artist, teacher and architect, in his native Italy as well as internationally. He …

Peter Zumthor (26/4/1943- ) is an architect admired by his colleagues around the world for work that is focused, uncompromising and exceptionally …

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, …

Described by Richard Meier as an architect whose “groundbreaking ideas” have “had a major impact on the thinking of designers and architects,” …

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 …

Material experimentation plays a significant role in Smiljan Radić Clarke’s work; often locally sourced and in conversation with the surrounding landscape, the …

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 …

Frank Gehry (28/2/1929-5/12/2025) is a Canadian architect, currently a United States resident based in Los Angeles. A number of his buildings, including …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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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 …

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 …

The Danish Architect Lene Tranberg was born in Copenhagen on 29/11/1956. In 1977, she was admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of …

Terunobu Fujimori (21/11/1946- ) is a Japanese architect and leading historian of modern Japanese architecture acknowledged for his shift from traditional techniques. …