10.331 PHILIP JOHNSON

RICHARD ROGERS

RICHARD ROGERS. BRITISH ARCHITECT NOTED FOR HIS MODERNIST AND FUNCTIONALIST DESIGNS.ROGERS IS PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK ON THE POMPIDOU CENTRE IN PARIS AND THE LLOYD'S BUILDING AND MILLENNIUM DOME BOTH IN LONDON. HE IS A WINNER OF THE RIBA GOLD MEDAL AND PRITZKER PRIZE. WORKED WITH NORMAN FOSTER, AS TEAM 4 TERMED BY THE MEDIA HIGH-TECH ARCHITECTURE. WITH A TRADEMARK OF EXPOSING MOST OF THE BUILDING'S SERVICES (WATER, HEATING AND VENTILATION DUCTS, AND STAIRS) ON THE EXTERIOR, LEAVING THE INTERNAL SPACES UNCLUTTERED AND OPEN FOR VISITORS. WIKI. VIEW HISTORY.

REM KOOLHAAS

12.412 WANG SHU

WANG SHU CHINESE ARCHITECT BASED IN HANGZHOU, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE. IN 2012 WANG SHU BECAME THE FIRST CHINESE ARCHITECT TO WIN THE PRITZKER PRIZE. WANG SHU CHOSE TO LIVE IN HANGZHOU FOR THE CITY'S NATURAL LANDSCAPES AND ANCIENT TRADITION OF ART. HIS ARCHITECTURE HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS "OPENING NEW HORIZONS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME RESONATES WITH PLACE AND MEMORY". WIKI. VIEW HISTORY.

11.406 ZAHA HADID

ZAHA HADID. IRAQI-BRITISH ARCHITECT. SHE WORKED WITH REM KOOLHAAS AND ELIA ZENGHELIS AT THE OFFICE FOR METROPOLITAN ARCHITECTURE, BECOMING A PARTNER IN 1977. IT WAS WITH KOOLHAAS THAT SHE MET THE ENGINEER PETER RICE WHO GAVE HER SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT EARLY ON, AT A TIME WHEN HER WORK SEEMED DIFFICULT TO BUILD. IN 2004 HADID BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE RECIPIENT OF THE PRITZKER IN 2006, HADID WAS HONORED WITH A RETROSPECTIVE SPANNING HER ENTIRE WORK AT THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM IN NEW YORK. IN 2008, SHE RANKED 69TH ON THE FORBES LIST OF "THE WORLD'S 100 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN". WIKI. VIEW HISTORY.

11.403 RICHARD MEIER

11.400 PETER ZUMTHOR

ÁLVARO SIZA VIEIRA

ÁLVARO SIZA VIEIRA. CONTEMPORARY PORTUGUESE ARCHITECT, WITH FERNANDO TÁVORA, HE IS ONE OF THE REFERENCES OF THE PORTO SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE. KNOWN FOR HIS "POETIC" MODERNISM DRAWS ON CONTEXT. IN 1992, HE WAS AWARDED WITH THE PRITZKER PRIZE FOR RENOVATION PROJECT THAT HE COORDINATED IN THE CHIADO AREA OF LISBON. MORE RECENTLY HE WAS ANNOUNCED AS RIBA'S 2009 ROYAL GOLD MEDALLIST. WIKI. VIEW HISTORY.

10.379 THOM MAYNE

10.377 CHRISTIAN DE PORTZAMPARC

10.375 RAFAEL MONEO

10.372 PETER EISENMAN

10.369 KEVIN ROCHE

10.366 NORMAN FOSTER

NORMAN FOSTER. BRITISH ARCHITECT WHOSE COMPANY MAINTAINS AN INTERNATIONAL DESIGN PRACTICE. AT YALE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, HE MET FORMER BUSINESS PARTNER RICHARD ROGERS. 1968 SAW THE BEGINNING OF A LONG PERIOD OF COLLABORATION WITH AMERICAN ARCHITECT RICHARD BUCKMINSTER FULLER, WHICH CONTINUED UNTIL FULLER'S DEATH IN 1983, CATALYSTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE APPROACH TO DESIGN - FOSTER CREATED OPEN-PLAN OFFICE FLOORS LONG BEFORE OPEN-PLAN BECAME THE NORM. IN A TOWN NOT OVER-ENDOWED WITH PUBLIC FACILITIES, THE ROOF GARDENS, 25M SWIMMING POOL AND GYMNASIUM GREATLY ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE COMPANY'S 1200 EMPLOYEES. WIKI. VIEW HISTORY.

10.363 FRANK GEHRY

FRANK GHERY CANADIAN-AMERICAN PRITZKER PRIZE-WINNING ARCHITECT. HIS BUILDINGS, INCLUDING HIS PRIVATE RESIDENCE, HAVE BECOME TOURIST ATTRACTIONS. MUSEUMS, COMPANIES, AND CITIES SEEK GEHRY'S SERVICES AS A BADGE OF DISTINCTION, BEYOND THE PRODUCT HE DELIVERS. DECONSTRUCTIVISM IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS POST STRUCTURALIST. IN NATURE FOR ITS ABILITY TO GO BEYOND CURRENT MODALITIES OF STRUCTURAL DEFINITION. GEHRY CAME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC IN 1972 WITH HIS "EASY EDGES" CARDBOARD FURNITURE. WIKI. VIEW HISTORY.

I.M. PEI

I.M. PEI CHINESE-BORN AMERICAN ARCHITECT. IN 1935, PEI MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES. SPENT HIS FREE TIME RESEARCHING THE EMERGING MASTERS OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE, ESPECIALLY LE CORBUSIER. HE JOINED THE HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN (GSD) AND BECAME FRIENDS WITH THE BAUHAUS ARCHITECTS WALTER GROPIUS AND MARCEL BREUER. IN THE LATE 1980S, PEI WAS THE FOCUS OF A HUGE CONTROVERSY WHEN HE DESIGNED A GLASS-AND-STEEL PYRAMID FOR THE LOUVRE MUSEUM IN PARIS. PEI WAS INSPIRED BY THE INNOVATIVE DESIGNS OF THE NEW INTERNATIONAL STYLE, CHARACTERIZED BY SIMPLIFIED FORM AND THE USE OF CONCRETE, STEEL AND GLASS MATERIALS. PRITZKER PRIZE, 1983. WIKI HISTORY. 

10.354 ROBERT VENTURI

10.344 JACQUES HERZOG

10.340 RYUE NISHIZAWA

10.338 KAZUJO SEJIMA

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KAZUJO SEJIMA. JAPANESE ARCHITECT. AFTER STUDYING AT JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY AND WORKING IN 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 NISHIZAWA. SEJIMA HAS BEEN APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE ARCHITECTURE SECTOR FOR THE VENICE BIENNALE, FOR WHICH SHE WILL CURATE THE 12TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION, TO BE HELD IN 2010. SHE IS THE FIRST WOMAN EVER SELECTED FOR THIS POSITION. PRITZKER PRIZE 2010, SECOND WOMEN TO WIN THE PRITZKER SINCE 1979. WIKI. VIEW HISTORY.