ARCHITECTURE: Shigeru Ban
Shigeru Ban is a Japanese architect born in Tokyo (5/8/1957- ), known for his innovative work with paper, particularly recycled cardboard tubes …
Shigeru Ban is a Japanese architect born in Tokyo (5/8/1957- ), known for his innovative work with paper, particularly recycled cardboard tubes …
Sou Fujimoto (4/8/1971- ) is a Japanese architect whose innovative residential structures and institutional projects represented a fresh approach to the relationship …
Today is the occasion to bear in mind Tatiana Bilbao, (2/8/1972- ), the Mexican architect whose innovative works often merged geometry with …
Anne Lacaton (2/8/1955- ) is a French architect and educator. Lacaton graduated in architecture from the École nationale supérieure d’architecture et de …
Dorte Mandrup-Poulsen (28/7/1961- ) is a Danish architect. Founder and Creative Director of the architectural practice Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter A/S. The practice …
The work of Eduardo Souto de Moura (25/7/1952- ), combines the abstract minimalism of Mies van der Rohe with a tactile sensitivity …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The Chilean Architect Alejandro Aravena (22/6/1967- ) is the winner of the 2016 Pritzker Prize. Highlighting his dedication to improve urban environments …
Elizabeth Diller (17/6/1954- ) is a founding partner of Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R), a design studio whose practice spans the fields …
Since establishing his architectural practice in New York City in 1977, Richard J. Gluckman (16/6/1947- ) has occupied a special place in …
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. …
My relationship with Christos Papoulias begins in 1993, initially with a refusal, on the occasion of the supplement “Seven Days” of Kathimerini …
Frank Lloyd Wright is widely considered the greatest architect of the 20th century, and the greatest American architect of all time. He …
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 …
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 …