ARCHITECTURE: Peter Zumthor
Peter Zumthor (26/4/1943- ) is an architect admired by his colleagues around the world for work that is focused, uncompromising and exceptionally …
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, …
Herzog & de Meuron represents something uniquely, distinctly Swiss. The works of the Basel-based practice express conceptual precision, formal clarity and immaculate …
Described by Richard Meier as an architect whose “groundbreaking ideas” have “had a major impact on the thinking of designers and architects,” …
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 …
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 …
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 …