Taipei Performing Arts Center

An ancient art form for civic participation, theater has evolved into the modern world as a vocation of the culturally refined, with its significance in daily life diminished. Theater space is valued for its potency for formal cultural productions, rather

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Lacaton&Vassal

founded by Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal lacatonvassal.com Anne Lacaton (1955, Saint-Pardoux, France) and Jean-Philippe Vassal (1954, Casablanca, Morocco) met in the late 1970s during their formal architecture training at École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture et de Paysage de Bordeaux. Lacaton

Anne Lacaton

founder of Lacaton&Vassal lacatonvassal.com born in France in 1955. Graduated from the School of Architecture of Bordeaux in 1980.Diploma in Urban Planning at the university of Bordeaux in 1984.Professor at ETH Zurich since 2017.Visiting professor at the University of Madrid,

Jean-Philippe Vassal

founder of Lacaton&Vassal lacatonvassal.com born in Casablanca, Morocco in 1954. Graduated from the School of Architecture ofBordeaux in 1980.Worked as urban planner in Niger (West Africa) from 1980 to 1985.Professor at the UDK Berlin since 2012.Visiting professor at the TU

Archive of Affinities

Fascinating web archive curated by Andrew Kovacs archiveofaffinities.tumblr.com

Masterplanet by BIG

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2050.plus

founded by Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli in 2020 2050.plus website instagram.com/2050.plus actively used instagram account based in Milano, Italy Projects Rus Pavillion, Venice Bienale 2020

Asif Khan’s Expo Gates

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Sainte-Geneviève Library by Henri Labrouste

Sainte-Geneviève Library (French: Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève) is a public and university library located at 10, place du Panthéon, across the square from the Panthéon, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. It is based on the collection of the Abbey of St Genevieve, which was founded in the 6th

Interview: Joshua Prince-Ramus

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Curbed: Rem Koolhaas is the real diva

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Dresden 2025: Rem Koolhaas

Rem Koolhaas, one of the most important architects of our time, will kick off the international Neue Heimat Talks series of speeches. In an interview with the curator of Dresden’s application for European Capital of Culture 2025, Michael Schindhelm, he

Airport Skyparks 2 by 7478

source: 7478.eu

Beirut Museum of Art

A new hybrid – at once public and private, iconic and generic, large and small – WORKac’s design for the Beirut Museum of Art borrows from the modernist vernacular of the city to propose a more open model for the

Western Flag

Western Flag by John Gerrard (Spindletop, Texas / USA ) 2017

Constructivism

Constructivist architecture was a form of modern architecture that flourished in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and early 1930s. It combined advanced technology and engineering with an avowedly Communist social purpose. Although it was divided into several competing factions,

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Jimenez Lai

founder of Bureau Spectacular bureau-spectacular.net Jimenez Lai is an Assistant Professor at University of Illinois at Chicago and Leader of Bureau Spectacular. He graduated with a Master of Architecture from University of Toronto. Previously, Jimenez Lai has lived and worked

GSAPP

The Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University in New York City, also known simply as GSAPP, is regarded as one of the most important and prestigious architecture schools in the world.[1][2][3][4][5] It is also home to the well-regarded Masters of Science program in

Frida Escobedo

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Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten on the countryside

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Concrete at Alserkal Avenue

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Reinier de Graaf in conversation with Patrik Schumacher (2017)

date: 2017, October 20th In this video, Reinier de Graaf of OMA is interviewed by Zaha Hadid Architects director Patrik Schumacher about his new book, Four Walls and a Roof, The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession. Written as a

The New Normal Showcase (2017)

date: 2017, July 3rd title: The New Normal Showcase: Benjamin Bratton, Rem Koolhaas and Janna Bystrykh location: Strelka Institute discussion: Benjamin Bratton, Rem Koolhaas, Janna Bystrykh

Jeffrey Kipnis “Sherman and Koolhaas, or how to see through a mirror clearly, face to face”

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NoRA

Amsterdam, Netherlands nora.global Work Bandirma Park Partners Kaveh Dabiri Selma Maaroufi Keigo Kobayashi NoRA was founded in 2017 by Kaveh Dabiri, Keigo Kobayashi and Selma Maaroufi who share a common philosophy and experience of working together at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), where they collaborated on and led multiple high-profile projects through

Shohei Shigematsu, University of Buffalo (2017)

date: 2017, April 19th

EM2N

http://www.em2n.ch/ The architecture practice EM2N, with offices in both Zurich and Berlin, was founded by Mathias Müller (*1966) and Daniel Niggli (*1970) in 1997 and is currently working together with 80 collaborators on projects in Switzerland, Germany and Belgium. In addition

Bandirma Park by NoRA

Architect: NoRA Location: Balikesir, Turkey Program: Design Institute, Retail, 5 star hotel & convention centre, 4 star hotel Area: 60 000 m2 GFA Client: Balikesir Municipality Status: Competition, 2017 Collaborators: Landscape Architect: Inlandsis Visualizations: Ananas The historical ruins lay on

Deborah Berke

Education B.F.A., B.Arch., Rhode Island School of Design M.U.P. in Urban Design, City University of New York Ms. Berke is the founder of the New York-based architecture and design firm Deborah Berke Partners. Work designed by the firm includes several

Rem Koolhaas video interview by Hubert-Jan Henket (2016)

date: 2016, September 6th title: Rem Koolhaas video interview by Hubert-Jan Henket

Heatherwick Studio

founded by Thomas Heatherwick heatherwick.com Heatherwick Studio is a team of 250 problem solvers dedicated to making the physical world around us better for everyone. Based out of our combined workshop and design studio in Central London, we create buildings,

Strelka Institute

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Perkins and Will

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Clement Blanchet Architecture

founded by Clement Blanchet clementblanchet.com

Ceren Bingol

founder of Ceren Bingol Studio cerenbingol.com previously Senior Architect at OMA Ceren Bingol is an architect and educator, based in New York City where she is the founder of architecture and design practice Ceren Bingol Studio.  Ceren was most recently the

Jeanne Gang

founder of Studio Gang studiogang.com previously architect at OMA American architect Jeanne Gang (born March 19, 1964) is the founder and leader of Studio Gang (established in 1997), an architecture and urban design practice with offices in Chicago, New York,

Studio Gang

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Billy Mavropoulos

co-founded bureau de change with Katerina Dionysopoulou b-de-c.com Billy Mavropoulos studied at the Royal College of Art and trained at Foster+Partners. Prior to founding Bureau de Change, Billy worked as an independent design consultant on projects for the Tate Modern, Tate Britain

Fondaco dei Tedeschi by OMA

Architect: OMA Partners: Rem Koolhaas, Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli Project architects: Francesco Moncada, Silvia Sandor Preservation architect: TA Architettura S.r.l. Structural engineer: Tecnobrevetti S.r.l. MEP engineer: Politecnica Ingegneria e Architettura Safety and coordination plan: Antonio Girello Fire safety advisor: Sicurtecno Cost

Mohsen Mostafavi – SCI-Arc (2016)

link to SCI-Arc website for the lecture

Jacques Herzog, Harvard (2016)

date: 2016 location: Cambridge, MA description: “Herzog & de Meuron is a partnership led by five Senior Partners – Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron, Christine Binswanger, Ascan Mergenthaler and Stefan Marbach. Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron established their office

Pritzker Prize

pritzkerprize.com Laureate: 2024: Riken Yamamoto (Japan) 2023: David Chipperfield (United Kingdom) 2022: Diébédo Francis Kéré (Burkino Faso) 2021: Anne Lacaton & Jean-Philippe Vassal (France) 2020: Yvonne Farrell & Shelley McNamara (Ireland) 2019: Arata Isozaki (Japan) 2018: Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi  (India) 2017: Rafael

Donis

founded by Fernando Donis donis.org Built Projects: Dubai Frame

BIG

big.dk founded by Bjarke Ingels design: World Trade Center 2 Galeries Lafayette The Spiral Tower W57 The Serpentine Gallery

NLÉ

founded by Kunle Adeyemi

Kunle Adeyemi

founder of NLÉ (2010) Associate Professor at Columbia University (2016 – ) born 1976, April 7th Past: Associate at OMA (2002 – 2010) Education: Princeton University, M.Arch II, Architecture (2004 – 2005) University of Lagos, B.E.S; B.Arch, Architecture and Environmental Design (1992 –

RIBA Gold Medal

Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) The Royal Gold Medal for architecture[1] is awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects on behalf of the British monarch, in recognition of an individual’s or group’s substantial contribution to international architecture.

Amale Andraos

co-founded Work AC, previously Dean of GSAPP at Columbia University previously Architect at OMA

Work AC

work.ac founded by Dan Wood and Amale Andraos Work Architecture Company is based in New York, USA. Team Amale Andraos Dan Wood Work Beirut Museum of Art Location 156 Ludlow Street 3rd floor New York 10002

Dan Wood

co-founded Work.AC previously partner at OMA

Buro OS

buro-os.com founded by Ole Scheeren Partners Ole Scheeren Eric Chang Dan Cheong Sampsa Karhunen Claudia Hertrich Dave Jaturon Kingminghae

Ole Scheeren

founder of Buro-OS previously partner at OMA, AA Graduate Awards: RIBA Silver Medal with student project at Architectural Association unit master Carlos Villanueva Brandt, Diploma 10

Farshid Moussavi

founder of FMA previously co-founder of FOA, architect at OMA

FOA

1995 – 2009 founded by Alejandro Zaera-Polo and Farshid Moussavi Foreign Office Architects (FOA) was dissolved in 2009.  

Alejandro Zaera-Polo

co-founded AZPML previously co-founded FOA and got recognised worldwide with his partner Farshid Moussavi by the Yokohama Port Terminal project. After the FOA was dissolved, Alejandro founded AZPA on his own – later AZPML when ex-FOA architect Maider Llaguno joined him. Alejandro Zaera-Polo

HQ

founded by Erez Ella

Erez Ella

founded HQ previously architect at OMA, co-founder of REX Erez Ella (Hebrew: ארז אלה‎), is an Israeli architect. Biography Erez Ella studied architecture at Tel Aviv University.[1] He is the founder of HQ Architects in Tel Aviv, an office that

REX

directed and owned by Joshua Prince-Ramus founded by Joshua Prince-Ramus in partnership with Erez Ella in 2006 REX is an internationally acclaimed architecture and design firm based in New York City. Believing architecture should do things, not simply represent them,

Joshua Prince-Ramus

co-founded REX previously partner at OMA oshua Ramus (born August 11, 1969) is founding principal of REX, an internationally acclaimed architecture and design firm based in New York City, whose name signifies a re-appraisal (RE) of architecture (X).[1] Current projects include The

Alejandro Aravena

founded Elemental Awards: Pritzker Prize (2016)

Elemental

founded by Alejandro Aravena elementalchile.cl

Dora Sweijd

co-founder of Lassa

Theo Sarantoglou Lalis

co-founder of Lassa

1988 MoMA Exhibition

Mark Wigley and Philip Johnson curated the 1988 Museum of Modern Art exhibition Deconstructivist architecture, which crystallized the movement, and brought fame and notoriety to its key practitioners. The architects presented at the exhibition were Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, Zaha

Leone d’Oro

Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement Awards: 2021: Rafael Moneo 2018: Kenneth Frampton 2016: Paulo Mendes da Rocha 2014: Phyllis Lambert 2012: Alvaro Siza 2010: Rem Koolhaas 2008: Frank Gehry 2006: Richard Rogers 2004: Peter Eisenman 2002: Toyo Ito 2000: Renzo Piano 2000: Paolo

Metabolism

Metabolism was a post-war Japanese architectural movement that fused ideas about architectural megastructures with those of organic biological growth. It had its first international exposure during CIAM’s 1959 meeting and its ideas were tentatively tested by students from Kenzo Tange’s

Bjarke Ingels

founded BIG born 1974, October 2nd (Copenhagen) Danish Past: co-founder of PLOT architect at OMA (1998 – 2001) Education: Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen / Denmark (1993 – 1999) Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura, Barcelona / Spain Related News: Architect’s

Amanda Levete

Amanda Jane Levete born 17 November 1955 ala.uk.com Amanda Jane Levete CBE (born 17 November 1955) is a Stirling Prize-winning British architect,[2] and principal of AL_A. Training Originally from Bridgend, south Wales, Levete was a student at St Paul’s Girls’

Expo ’70 Osaka

Expo ’70 was a world’s fair held in Suita, Osaka, Japan, between March 15 and September 13, 1970. The theme of the Expo was “Progress and Harmony for Mankind.” In Japanese Expo ’70 is often referred to as Ōsaka Banpaku

Marianna Rentzou

Marianna Rentzou

Konstantinos Pantazis

Point Supreme

http://www.pointsupreme.com

Domain Office

founded by Mitesh Dixit domainoffice.eu DOMAIN is an architecture and urbanism studio based in Belgrade, Serbia and Syracuse, New York, led by Mitesh Dixit and Ryan Gillum. DOMAIN deliberately works without a manifesto or agenda, but insists on a method

Mitesh Dixit

InterNationalDesign

founded by Arman Akdogan and Felix Madrazo internationaldesign.nl IND [Inter.National.Design] is an architecture and urbanism office founded in 2007 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands by Arman Akdogan and Felix Madrazo. The practice has been characterised by its interest to achieve design clarity

Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei (Chinese: 艾未未; pinyin: Ài Wèiwèi, About this sound English pronunciation (help·info); born 28 August 1957 in Beijing) is a Chinese contemporary artist and activist. His father’s (Ai Qing) original surname was written Jiang (蔣).[1][2][3] Ai collaborated with Swiss

Nam June Paik

The native form of this personal name is Paik Nam June. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.The native form of this personal name is Paik Nam June. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.Paik Nam

Ronald Ventura

Ronald Ventura (Filipino, born 1973) Ronald Ventura (Filipino, b.1973) was born in Manila, Philippines. In 1993, the artist earned a BFA in Painting from the University of Santo Tomas. After graduating, he worked at the university as an instructor. Ventura

Robert Irwin

Beginnings Robert Irwin was born in 1928 in Long Beach, California, to Robert Irwin and Goldie Anderberg Irwin. After serving in the United States Army from 1946 to 1947, he attended several art institutes: Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles

Olafur Eliasson

Olafur Eliasson (Icelandic: Ólafur Elíasson; born 1967) is a Danish-Icelandic artist known for sculptures and large-scale installation art employing elemental materials such as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewer’s experience. In 1995 he established Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin, a laboratory for spatial

bureau de change

Bureau de Change is an award winning architecture practice founded by architects Katerina Dionysopoulou and Billy Mavropoulos. Its work is a direct product of the founders’ upbringing, passions and experiences – combining the pragmatism and formality of their architectural training with a

SOM

Skidmore Owings Merril som.com Key People: Mustafa Kemal Abadan Architects with SOM background; Jo Palma Firas Hnoosh Rasna Grewal Teoman Necdet Ayas Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) is an American architectural, urban planning, and engineering firm. It was formed

Jacques Herzog, Jencks Award (2015)

date: 2015 location: London, UK description: “Lecture delivered by Jacques Herzog at the RIBA as a recipient of the 2015 RIBA Jencks Award.”

Mark Hemel Lecture (2013)

date: 21st of November 2013 location: London, United Kingdwom description: Mark Hemel of Information Based Architecture presents his work. link: iba-bv.com  

Petra Blaisse

Petra Blaisse (born 1955 in London, UK) is a Dutch designer.[1][2] She studied at art school in London and in Groningen. Her work is an intersection of the professions of architecture, interior architecture, textile design and urban architecture. Contents 1

World Trade Center by BIG

Bjarke Ingels presents his new skyscraper project for World Trade Center, New York. vimeo.com/..

Astor Place Presentation (1999)

date: 1999   location: Rotterdam, Netherlands   description: “This 60 minute homevideo came as an extra on the DVD of the brilliant film ‘A Kind Of Architect’.”    

Zaha Hadid, Sci-Arc (1985)

February 21, 1985 “Zaha Hadid reviews her work at the AA with Rem Koolhaas, and, before that, with Leon Krier. She stresses her interest in the Russian avant-garde. She expresses her need to seriously engage with twentieth century culture. She

Rem Koolhaas, Sci-Arc (1983)

November 16, 1983 “Rem Koolhaas describes the Office for Metropolitan Architecture’s recent Parc de la Villette competition entry. He goes into great detail describing every aspect of the entry, from inception to concept and analysis to project. Dozens of slides of the

Jon Lopez & Hikaru Nissanke

OMMX: Jon Lopez & Hikaru Nissanke lecture in AA School of Architecture youtube.com/..

Interview with Farshid Moussavi (2015)

Interview by The Architectural Review youtube.com/..

Jacque Fresco

Futurism

Futurist architecture is an early-20th century form of architecture born in Italy, characterized by strong chromaticism, long dynamic lines, suggesting speed, motion, urgency and lyricism: it was a part of Futurism, an artistic movement founded by the poet Filippo Tommaso

Lassa

http://lassa-architects.com/ Theo Sarantoglou Lalis and Dora Sweijd Location: London Brussels

Rem Koolhaas: Russia for Beginners

In 2015, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art’s new building will open to the public. Rem Koolhaas, the lead architect of this project, will discuss his experiences working in Russia and the challenges of preserving architectural heritage in the modern world.

Kuzgun Acar

Abdülahet Kuzgun Çetin Acar (28 February 1928 – 4 February 1976) was a Turkish sculptor[1] from Kuzguncuk in Üsküdar, Istanbul well known for his works in metal. He is best known for his abstract sculpture and is considered one of

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Ruiz Picasso[a][b] (UK: /ˈpæbloʊ pɪˈkæsoʊ/, US: /ˈpɑːbloʊ pɪˈkɑːsoʊ, -ˈkæs-/,[2][3][4] Spanish: [ˈpaβlo piˈkaso]; 25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. Regarded

Lucio Fontana

Lucio Fontana (Italian: [ˈluːtʃo fonˈtaːna]; 19 February 1899 – 7 September 1968) was an Argentine-Italian painter, sculptor and theorist.[1] He is mostly known as the founder of Spatialism. Early life Born in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina to Italian

Donald Judd

Untitled, 1980

Piet Mondrian

Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan 7 March 1872 Amersfoort, Netherlands Died 1 February 1944 (aged 71) Manhattan, New York, U.S. Nationality Dutch Education Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten Known for Painting Notable work Evening; Red Tree, Gray Tree, Composition with Red Blue and Yellow, Broadway Boogie Woogie, Victory Boogie Woogie Movement

Anish Kapoor

Jeff Koons

Yayoi Kusama

Takashi Murakami

Hermann Obrist

Hermann Obrist (23 May 1862 at Kilchberg (near Zürich), Switzerland – 26 February 1927, Munich, Germany)[1] was a German sculptor of the Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) movement. He studied Botany and History in his youth; the influence of those subjects is

Susan Sontag

Susan Sontag (/ˈsɒntæɡ/; January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American writer, filmmaker, philosopher, teacher, and political activist.[2] She mostly wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay “Notes on ‘Camp’”, in

Chris Burden

Refik Anadol

Media Artist refikanadol.com graduated from UCLA Media Arts Refik Anadol is a media artist and director born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1985. Currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California. He is a lecturer and visiting researcher in UCLA’s Department

Sol LeWitt

Solomon “Sol” LeWitt (September 9, 1928 – April 8, 2007) was an American artist linked to various movements, including Conceptual art and Minimalism.[1] LeWitt came to fame in the late 1960s with his wall drawings and “structures” (a term he

Ellsworth Kelly

Ellsworth Kelly (May 31, 1923 – December 27, 2015) was an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker associated with hard-edge painting, Color Field painting and minimalism. His works demonstrate unassuming techniques emphasizing line, color and form, similar to the work of John McLaughlin and Kenneth Noland. Kelly often employed bright

Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread, CBE (born 20 April 1963) is an English artist who primarily produces sculptures, which typically take the form of casts. She was the first woman to win the annual Turner Prize in 1993. Whiteread was one of the

Fuksas

fuksas.com

Andrew Kovacs

https://o-k-o-k.net/ Editor of Archive of Affinities Andrew Kovacs, born in Chicago, Illinois, is an academic and architect in Los Angeles, California. He is a current faculty member at UCLA’s AUD of the School of Arts and Architecture. Kovacs is the fabricator of the daily “Archive

Rem Koolhaas: A kind of Architect

Erginoglu Calislar

ecarch.com

Felix Madrazo

Partner IND, Founder Supersudaca, Lecturer-Researcher The Why Factory, TU Delft.  Architect by La Salle University, Mexico City. Master of Architecture from The Berlage Institute, Rotterdam. After graduating as architect he works for Alberto Kalach where he is in charge of

Work of Dogma (2014)

Lecture by Pier Vittorio Aureli CCA 3rd of March 2014 youtube.com/..

Dogma

founded by Pier Vittorio Aureli and Martino Tattara

Martino Tattara

founder of Dogma

Pier Vittorio Aureli

founder of Dogma born in 1973

Jacques Herzog, Berlage (1998)

Jacques Herzog presents the work of Herzog & de Meuron – 1998 in Rotterdam. https://vimeo.com/..

Herzog and Eisenman, Cornell (2013)

lecture date: 2013 location: Cornell University speakers: Jacques Herzog, Peter Eisenman

Zaha Hadid and Suprematism, Tate Modern (2014)

An evening of discussion between multiple award-winning architect Zaha Hadid and Achim Borchardt-Hume, Head of Exhibitions at Tate Modern and curator of Malevich. possted on 8 October 2014 to Tate Modern Website:http://tate.org.uk..

Snøhetta

Oslo, New York http://snohetta.com.. founded by Kjetil Trædal Thorsen in 1987 WTC Pavilion Oslo Opera House

Kjetil Trædal Thorsen

founding partner at Snøhetta http://www.snohetta.com born 1958

Rafael Vinoly

http://www.rvapc.com/ Rafael Viñoly Beceiro (1 June 1944 – 2 March 2023) was an Uruguayan-born architect based in New York.[1] He was the principal of Rafael Viñoly Architects, which he founded in 1983. The firm has offices in New York City,

Max Kahlen

founded Dyvik Kahlen in 2010 with Christopher Dyvik http://dyvikkahlen.com

ZHA

founded by Zaha Hadid (1980) http://www.zaha-hadid.com Location London, UK Beijing, China Partners Zaha Hadid (1980 – 2016) Patrik Schumacher (1988 – ) Work Aliyev Center, Baku, Azerbaijan VW Wolfsburg, Germany BMW Leipzig, Germany Vitra Fire Station, Switzerland

Kazuyo Sejima

founder of SANAA Kazuyo Sejima (妹島 和世, Sejima Kazuyo, born 29 October 1956) is a Japanese architect. She is known for designs with clean modernist elements such as slick, clean, and shiny surfaces made of glass, marble, and metals. She also uses squares and cubes, which can

SANAA

founded by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa

Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Design: The Broad Museum, Los Angeles (under construction) High Line, New York Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston  

Elizabeth Diller

founder of Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Morphosis

morphosis.com Industry Architectural firmFounded 1972; 48 years agoFounders Michael Brickler, Thom Mayne, Livio Santini, James StaffordHeadquarters Los Angeles, CaliforniaNew York CityNumber of employees Morphosis Architects is an interdisciplinary architectural and design practice based in Los Angeles and New York City. History[edit]

Thom Mayne

founder of Morphosis Thom Mayne (born January 19, 1944) is an American architect. He is based in Los Angeles. In 1972, Mayne helped found the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), where he is a trustee. Since then he has

Eric Owen Moss

Greg Lynn

founder of Greg Lynn Form Greg Lynn (born 1964) is owner of the Greg Lynn FORM office, an o. Univ. Professor of architecture at University of Applied Arts Vienna and a studio professor at the UCLA School of the Arts

Gordon Bunshaft

Gordon Bunshaft born May 9, 1909 died August 6, 1990 Bunshaft was an American architect, a leading proponent of modern design in the mid-twentieth century. A partner in the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Bunshaft joined in 1937 and remained

Philip Johnson

born July 8th, 1906 – died January 25th, 2005 Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an American architect best known for his works of Modern architecture, including the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut, and

Walter Gropius

Le Corbusier

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 1887 – 27 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier (French: [lə kɔʁbyzje]), was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now called modern architecture. He

Nicholas Grimshaw

founder of Grimshaw Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, CBE, PPRA (born 9 October 1939) is a prominent English architect, particularly noted for several modernist buildings, including London’s Waterloo International railway station and the Eden Project in Cornwall.[1] He was President of the

Grimshaw

founded by Nicholas Grimshaw http://grimshaw-architects.com/

Eisenman Architects

founded by Peter Eisenman DESIGN: City of Culture, Galicia, Spain Falk House (House II Eisenman), Hardwick, Vermont, 1969 House VI (Frank residence), Cornwall, Connecticut, Design: 1972. Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1989 Nunotani building, Edogawa Tokyo Japan, 1991 [2] Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus,

Anyone Corporation

http://www.anycorp.com Established: December 1990 as a not-for-profit, 501 (c3) corporation in the State of New York, USA. Purpose: To advance the knowledge and understanding of architecture and its relationships to the general culture through international conferences, public seminars, and publications

Jacques Herzog, GSAPP (2013)

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Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

founded by Richard Rogers rsh-p.com

Pierre de Meuron

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Fernando Romero

http://www.fr-ee.org DESIGN Mexico City International Airport in collaboration with Foster+Partners

Fernando Donis

founder of Donis PhD. Berlage Institute AA Masters Graduate DESIGN CCTV, Beijing (OMA) Porsche Towers, Dubai (OMA) Kuwait Masterplan (OMA) Dubai Gate, 2009, Dubai (bustler/..) London Gate, 2010, London (dezeen/..) donis.org  

Mohsen Mostafavi

born 1954 in Isfahan, Iran Mohsen Mostafavi is an Iranian-American architect and educator. Mostafavi is currently the Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. From 2008 through 2019, Mostafavi served as the

Bernard Tschumi

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Alvin Boyarsky

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Peter Cook

Sir Peter Cook RA (born 22 October 1936) is an English architect, lecturer and writer on architectural subjects. He was a founder of Archigram,[1] and was knighted in 2007 by the Queen for his services to architecture and teaching. He

Foster+Partners

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Brett Steele

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Achim Menges

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Alvin Huang

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Renzo Piano

founder of Renzo Piano Building Workshop Born 14 September 1937 (age 83)Genoa, ItalyNationality ItalianAlma mater Politecnico di MilanoOccupation ArchitectAwards Pritzker Architecture PrizeRIBA Gold MedalSonning PrizeAIA Gold MedalKyoto PrizeBuildings Kansai International AirportCentre Georges PompidouParco della MusicaShard London BridgeThe New York Times

Richard Rogers

founder of Rogers Stirk+Harbour graduated from AA Diploma School in 1959 Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside, CH, FRIBA, FCSD, FREng, RA (23 July 1933 – 18 December 2021) was an Italian-born British architect noted for his modernist and

Norman Foster

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Jacques Herzog

co-founder of Herzog & de Meuron Born: April 19, 1950 (age 70 years), Basel, SwitzerlandEducation: Musik an der ETH und UZHMovies: Dream Weavers: Beijing 2008Awards: Pritzker Architecture Prize, Royal Gold Medal

Patrik Schumacher

Design: Book: Autopoiesis of Architecture I, II Article: Lecture:  

Coop Himmelb(L)au

founded by Wolf D. Prix Partners: Wolf D. Prix Helmut Swiczinsky Michael Holzer coop-himmelblau.at

Wolf Dieter Prix

born December 13th, 1942 founder of Coop Himmelb(L)au

OMA

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Rem Koolhaas

Remment Lucas Koolhaas (Rem Koolhaas) founded OMA born November 17th, 1944 teaches at Harvard GSD previously unit master at AA Education: Architectural Association School of Architecture Cornell University Published: “Architecture has a serious problem today” fastcodesign.com May 21st, 2016 “Chasing

Shohei Shigematsu, CCA (2011)

lecture date: 2011, November 28th location: California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA lecture title: Recent Work: OMA, New York lecture by: Shohei Shigematsu

Hadid and Foster, Ivorypress (2012)

date: 2012, September 4th title: Zaha Hadid Beyond Boundaries, Art and Design discussion: Zaha Hadid, Norman Foster, Patrik Schumacher “Within the context of the exhibition ‘Zaha Hadid Beyond Boundaries, Art and Design’, Ivorypress held on 4 September 2012 a panel

Mies van der Rohe

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Superpool

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EAA

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Tabanlıoğlu Architects

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NSMH

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Michael Hensel

Michael Hensel ocean-designresearch.net

Robert Mull

previously the Dean of The Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design Professor Robert Mull is Head of the School of Architecture and Design at the University of Brighton. An architect and an educator, Robert was Director of Architecture and Dean

Saran Chaiyasuta

founder of Sunday Architects, Folders Architecture Journal education: The Berlage Institute / TU Delft

Hubert Klumpner

co-director of Urban Think Tank Hubert Klumpner is a Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the Department of Architecture since August 2010. He was co-responsible for the Chair of Architecture and Urban Design together with Alfredo Brillembourg from HS2010

Alfredo Brillembourg

Urban Think Tank

Urban Think Tank

u-tt.com.. founded by Alfredo Brillembourg, 1991 Hubert Klumpner joined 1998 as co-director

Bonsar

bonsar.com Founded: 1996 Mohammad Majidi Shahid Beheshti University in 2002

Rafael Vinoly: 432 Park Avenue and other towers

Rafael Viñoly is the founding principal of Rafael Viñoly Architects PC, a New York-based firm with an international practice. Viñoly’s award-winning designs include museums, performing arts centers, convention centers, and numerous research and academic buildings and complexes. His commercial high-rise

Dan Brunn

founder of Dan Brunn Architecture in Los Angeles, 2005 danbrunn.com Biography Dan Brunn, AIA, founded his Los Angeles-based firm, Dan Brunn Architecture, in 2005. Widely published, Dan’s work includes all retail, hospitality, cultural, and residential projects. The architect utilizes provocative

Harvard GSD

The Harvard Graduate School of Design (also known as The GSD) is a professional graduate school at Harvard University, located at Gund Hall, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The GSD offers masters and doctoral programs in architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, urban design, real estate,[1] design engineering, and design studies. The GSD has over 13,000 alumni

Brisac Gonzalez

founded by Cécile Brisac and Edgar Gonzalez brisacgonzalez.com

Cécile Brisac

Edgar Gonzalez

South Beach Ace by OMA

Typically, as convention centers evolve their footprints expand. In Miami Beach-an island where every acre is precious and the only “periphery” is ocean-the convention center has claimed an entire precinct for asphalt. Since its initial construction in the 1950’s, the

Miami Beach Square by BIG

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AZPML

founded by Alejandro Zaera-Polo azpml.com Madrid London New York

Natasha Sandmeier

currenly teaching at UCLA previously taught at SCI-arc previously diploma master at AA Diploma 9 previously architect at ÒMA Seattle Public Library Whitney Museum Extension

Katerina Dionysopoulou

co-founded bureau de change with Billy Mavropoulos b-de-c.com Bartlett graduate Katerina Dionysopoulou trained at Foster+Partners before joining Heatherwick Studio. During this time she led the team designing the UK Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo, winning the coveted Lubetkin Prize. She later worked alongside Danny Boyle as

Firas Hnoosh

founder of NOA-design noa-design.com Previously Perkins&Will, Dubai, Design Director Previous Experience: SOM, London BDP, Abu Dhabi Gensler, Abu Dhabi Education University of Pennsylvania, Masters of Architecture Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden Work The National Bank of Abu Dhabi Global HQ on

Kerem Piker

founder of KPM previously partner at EAA masters degree from TU Delft graduated from ITU Kerem Piker. Lives and works in Istanbul. Kerem Piker was born in Ankara in 1978. He received his BArch degree in Architecture in 2001 at

Tosin Oshinowo

David Adjaye

Sir David Frank Adjaye OBE RA (born September 22, 1966) is a Ghanaian-British[1] architect. He is known for designing many notable buildings around the world, including the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC, and the Skolkovo Moscow School of Management.Adjaye was born in Dar

Arman Akdogan

born Istanbul, Turkey 1973 founded IND Partner IND. He studied architecture at University of Mimar Sinan (Istanbul). During his studies and after his graduation, he collaborated with the office Erginoglu Calislar Architecture in Istanbul. In 2002 he received his master

Yale University

Deborah Berke (Dean of School of Architecture)

Richard Serra

Richard Serra (born November 2, 1938) is an American minimalist sculptor and video artist known for working with large-scale assemblies of sheet metal.[1] Serra was involved in the Process Art Movement. He lives and works in Tribeca, New York, and

OCX

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Maurits Cornelis Escher

Maurits Cornelis Escher (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmʌurɪt͡s kɔrˈneːlɪs ˈɛʃər]; 17 June 1898 – 27 March 1972) was a Dutch graphic artist who made mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints. Despite wide popular interest, Escher was for long somewhat neglected in the

Barbara Kruger

Barbara Kruger (born January 26, 1945) is an American conceptual artist and collagist.[1] Most of her work consists of black-and-white photographs, overlaid with declarative captions, stated in white-on-red Futura Bold Oblique or Helvetica Ultra Condensed text. The phrases in her works often include pronouns such as “you”, “your”, “I”,

Najla El Zein

Kaveh Dabiri

co-founder of NoRA (2017) Associate at OMA Built Projects Islamic Arts Biennale (2023) Concrete at Alserkal Avenue (OMA) (2017) G-Star Raw HQ (OMA)

Farshad Mehdizadeh

born Isfahan, Iran 1981 fmzd.co

Larry Bell

Larry Bell (born 1939) is an American contemporary artist and sculptor. He is best known for his glass boxes and large-scaled illusionistic sculptures. He is a grant recipient from, among others, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and his artworks are found in

Brutalism

Brutalist architecture flourished from 1951 to 1975, having descended from the modernist architectural movement of the early 20th century.[1] The term ‘Nybrutalism’ (New Brutalism) was originally coined by the Swedish architect Hans Asplund in 1950 to describe Villa Göth in

Daniel Libeskind

born May 12, 1946. Łódź, Poland libeskind.com Micromegas Daniel Libeskind (born May 12, 1946) is a Polish-American architect, artist, professor and set designer. Libeskind founded Studio Daniel Libeskind in 1989 with his wife, Nina, and is its principal design architect.[1]

Cronocaos Preservation

Festival of Ideas for the New City (New York, USA) 04 May 2011

Barcode

founded by Dirk Peters and Caro van de Venne barcodearchitects.com

Caro van de Venne

co-founder of Barcode

Dirk Peters

co-founder of Barcode previously architect at Herzog & de Meuron previously architect at OMA

Harry Gugger

previously partner at Herzog & de Meuron hgugger.ch

Henry Cobb

Henry Nichols Cobb (April 8, 1926 – March 2, 2020) was an American architect and founding partner with I.M. Pei and Eason H. Leonard of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, an international architectural firm based in New York City. Early

Oana Stanescu

http://oanas.net/ Oana Stănescu runs her eponymous design studio from New York.Her projects include the collaborative +POOL, a floating, water filtering swimming pool, as well as a wide range of collaborations with Nike, Virgil Abloh, The Office of PlayLab, 2×4, Arup,

Marieke van den Heuvel

co-founder of Mann Office Marieke van den Heuvel graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven in 1999 during the early days of Lidewij Edelkoort’s directorship, when the school adapted its more practical, product driven design approach towards a more conceptual informed

Stephan Petermann

co-founder of Mann Office previously Associate at OMA Stephan Petermann holds a Master’s degree in the History of Architecture and the Theory of Building Preservation from the University of Utrecht (2001-2007) and studied Architecture at the Technical University of Eindhoven

Mann Office

https://mannoffice.eu/ co-founded by Stephan Petermann and Marieke van den Heuvel With a background in architecture, design, and research MANN is an experienced hands-on concept and content developer able to transforms ideas into engaging designs and innovative strategies.MANN’s cross-discplinary background provides

Tudor Vlăsceanu

founder of unulaunu and Tegmark Tudor was born in 1981 Brasov, Romania. Tudor studied architecture at the University of Architecture and Urbanism “Ion Mincu” in Bucharest and at TU Delft. Since 2007, he worked for several architecture offices: OMA/Rem Koolhaas

unulaunu

https://unulaunu.ro/ founded by Tudor Vlăsceanu

Marc Paulin

Founder at Marc Paulin http://www.marc-paulin.com Former Associate at OMA, Rotterdam Former Project Architect at ZHA, London Former Project Director at Coop Himmelblau, Vienna

Kerem Turker

born 1979 – died 2014 founder of RADA Design Newcastle University Architectural Association School of Architecture External Links: worldarchitecture.org/..

Karolina Czeczek

co-founder Only If previously worked at OMA Karolina Czeczek is an architect who has been practicing at Only If since 2015. Karolina is also a Visiting Professor at College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) at University of Cincinnati.

Adam Frampton

co-founder of Only If previously Senior Architect at OMA Adam Snow Frampton is an architect and the Principal of Only If, a New York City- based design practice for architecture and urbanism. Only If was founded in 2013 and is

Only If

only-if.com founded by Karolina Czeczek and Adam Frampton

Buro Koray Duman

b-kd.com founded by Koray Duman B-KD (Büro Koray Duman) is a research-driven architecture and design studio based in New York City and Istanbul. We believe that architecture should be functional and unexpected; engaging and poetic; and experimental and affordable. Combining innovative

Koray Duman

founder of Buro Koray Duman Koray Duman, AlA, LEED is originally from Turkey where he earned a BArch from Middle Eastern Technical University. Duman furthered his studies at UCLA Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design with a masters degree

Adjaye Associates

adjaye.com founded by David Adjaye

Future Systems

Future Systems From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Future Systems Selfridge Exterior2.jpg Exterior detail of the Selfridges Building, Birmingham Practice information Key architects Jan Kaplický David Nixon Amanda Levete Founded 1979 Location London, England United Kingdom

Jan Kaplický

Jan Kaplický (/ˈjæn ˈkæplɪtski/; Czech: [ˈjan ˈkaplɪtskiː]; 18 April 1937 – 14 January 2009) was a Neofuturistic[1][2] Czech architect who spent a significant part of his life in the United Kingdom. He was the leading architect behind the innovative design

Winy Maas

born 1959 co-founded MVRDV

MVRDV

founded by Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, Nathalie de Vries

HWKN

founded by Marc Kushner and Matthias Hollwich Hollwich Kushner, New York

Barend Koolhaas

founder of his own practice Barend Koolhaas previously worked at OMA, owned Rocksteady Design barendkoolhaas.com

Caroline Bos

born 1959 co-founded UN Studio

UN Studio

founded by Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos

Jesse Reiser

born April 12th, 1958 reiser-umemoto.com Jesse Reiser (born 1958) is an American architect and Professor of Architectural Design at Princeton University.[1] Reiser received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from The Cooper Union and a Master of Architecture degree from the

Stan Allen

born January 17th, 1956 stanallenarchitect.com Wikipedia

Asymptote

founded by Hani Rashid and Lise Anne Couture 1989

Lise Anne Couture

born 1959 co-founded Asymptote

Hani Rashid

born 1958 co-founded Asymptote instagram: hani_e_rashid

Ben van Berkel

born 1957, Utrecht, Netherlands founder UN Studio Graduated with an honour degree from AA Diploma School in 1987 previously unit master at AA Awards A&W Architect of the Year 2017 KUBUS Award 2016 Honorary Fellowship AIA 2013 RIBA International Fellowship

Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli

founder of 2050.plus previously partner at OMA 2050.plus website Biography Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli is the founder of 2050.plus and used to be a partner at the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) between 2014 – 2020. Together with Anna Puigjaner and

James Stirling

born April 22nd, 1926 – died June 25th, 1992 Sir James Frazer Stirling RA (22 April 1926 – 25 June 1992) was a British architect. Stirling worked in partnership with James Gowan from 1956 to 1963, then with Michael Wilford

Ieoh Ming Pei

born April 26th, 1917 – died May 16th, 2919 Ieoh Ming Pei (Chinese: 貝聿銘), FAIA, RIBA[2] (English: /joʊ.mɪŋ.ˈpeɪ/ yoh-ming-PAY[3][4] was a Chinese-American architect. Born in Guangzhou but raised in Hong Kong and Shanghai, Pei drew inspiration at an early age

Richard Meier

born October 12th, 1934 Richard Meier is an American abstract artist and architect, whose geometric designs make prominent use of the color white.[1] A winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1984, Meier has designed several iconic buildings including the

Hans Hollein

born March 30th, 1934 – died April 24th, 2012

Kenzo Tange

born September 4th, 1913 – died March 22nd, 2005

Christian de Portzamparc

born May 9th, 1944 Christian de Portzamparc (French pronunciation: ​[kʁistjɑ̃ də pɔʁtzɑ̃paʁk]; born 5 May 1944) is a French architect and urbanist. He graduated from the École Nationale des Beaux Arts[1] in Paris in 1970 and has since been noted

Tadao Ando

born September 13rd, 1941

Sverre Fehn

born August 14th, 1924 – died February 23rd, 2009 Sverre Fehn was a Norwegian architect.[1] Contents 1 Life 2 Projects 3 Awards 4 Personal life 5 References 6 Other sources 7 Related reading 8 External links Life Fehn was born

Glenn Murcutt

born July 25th, 1936, London, England Awards Praemium Imperiale (2021) RIBA Gold Medal (1992) Pritzker Prize (2002) AIA Gold Medal (2009) Buildings Marie Short House (1975) Fredericks House (1982) Ball-Eastaway House (1983) Magney House (1984) Marika-Alderton House (1994) Arthur and

Peter Zumthor

born April 26th, 1943 Peter Zumthor (German pronunciation: [ˈpeːtɐ ˈtsuːmtoːɐ̯]; born 26 April 1943) is a Swiss architect whose work is frequently described as uncompromising and minimalist.[1] Though managing a relatively small firm, he is the winner of the 2009

Ryue Nishizawa

born February 7th, 1966 (西沢 立衛 Nishizawa Ryūe, born 1966 in Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese architect based in Tokyo. He is a graduate of Yokohama National University, and is director of his own firm, Office of Ryue Nishizawa, established

Eduardo Souto de Moura

born July 25th, 1952 Eduardo Elísio Machado Souto de Moura (Portuguese pronunciation: [eˈðwaɾðu ˈsowtu dɨ ˈmowɾɐ]; born 25 July 1952, better known as Eduardo Souto de Moura, is a Portuguese architect who was the recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize

Wang Shu

born November 4th, 1963 Wang Shu (Chinese: 王澍, born 4 November 1963)[1] is a Chinese architect based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. He is the dean of the School of Architecture of the China Academy of Art. With his practice partner

Jørn Utzon

born 1918, died 2008 Jørn Oberg Utzon, AC, Hon. FAIA (Danish: [jɶɐ̯n ˈutsɒn]; 9 April 1918 – 29 November 2008)[1] was a Danish architect, most notable for designing the Sydney Opera House in Australia.[2] When it was declared a World

Paolo Soleri

born June 21, 1919 – died April 9th, 2013 Paolo Soleri was an Italian architect. He established the educational Cosanti Foundation and Arcosanti. Soleri was a lecturer in the College of Architecture at Arizona State University and a National Design

Toyo Ito

born 1941 Toyo Ito (伊東 豊雄, Itō Toyoo, born 1 June 1941) is a Japanese architect known for creating conceptual architecture, in which he seeks to simultaneously express the physical and virtual worlds. He is a leading exponent of architecture

Herzog & de Meuron

founded by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron in 1978 http://www.herzogdemeuron.com/.. Herzog & de Meuron Basel Ltd.,[1] or Herzog & de Meuron Architekten, BSA/SIA/ETH (HdM),[citation needed] is a Swiss architecture firm with its head office in Basel, Switzerland.[1] The careers

Peter Ferretto

Peter W. Ferretto worked at Herzog & de Meuron, taught at Architectural Association in 2008 pwferretto.com/..  

Lucía Cano

Born in Madrid 1965 Graduated Architect from ETSA Madrid 1992 Worked with Julio Cano Lasso until 1996 Member of Cano Lasso Studio since 1997 until 2003

José Selgas

José Selgas y Carrasco (born in Lorca, Murcia on November 27, 1822; dead in Madrid on February 5, 1882) was a Spanish poet and novelist. Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 References 4 External links Life He received his early

Smiljan Radic

Sou Fujimoto

Sou Fujimoto (藤本 壮介 Fujimoto Sōsuke, born 1971) is a Japanese architect. Born in Hokkaido in 1971,[1] he graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1994, and established his own office, Sou Fujimoto Architects, in 2000.[2] Noted for delicate light

Piet Oudolf

Piet Oudolf (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌpit ˈʌu̯dɔlf]; born 27 October 1944) is an influential Dutch garden designer, plant nursery man and author. He is a leading figure of the “New Perennial” movement — his designs and plant compositions using bold drifts

Yona Friedman

Yona Friedman (born 5 June 1923 – died 21 February 2020) was a Hungarian-born French architect, urban planner and designer. He was influential in the late 1950s and early 1960s, best known for his theory of mobile architecture.[1] Contents 1

Cecil Balmond

Cecil Balmond OBE is a Sri Lankan–British designer, artist, and writer. In 1968 Balmond joined Ove Arup & Partners, leading him to become deputy chairman. In 2000 he founded design and research group, the AGU (Advanced Geometry Unit). He currently

Felice Grodin

Johann Otto von Spreckelsen

Johan Otto von Spreckelsen (4 May 1929 — 16 March 1987) was a Danish architect, best known for designing the Grande Arche of La Défense in Puteaux, near Paris. He directed the creation of several modern churches in Denmark. [1]

Maurizio Cattelan

Maurizio Cattelan (born 21 September 1960) is an Italian artist. He is known for his satirical sculptures, particularly La Nona Ora (1999) (The Ninth Hour, depicting Pope John Paul II struck down by a meteorite), Him (2001), and Love Lasts

Barend Koolhaas

barendkoolhaas.com founded by Barend Koolhaas The goal of Barend Koolhaas’ office is to engage people, companies and schools in experimental design. Barend Koolhaas (1975, the Netherlands) holds a MSc. in Architecture from Delft University of Technology. Prior to starting his

MDP

micheldesvignepaysagiste.com Michel Desvigne Paysagiste founded by Michel Desvigne

Inside Outside

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Michel Desvigne

is a French landscape born in Montbéliard on January 24 , 1958. He has realized many landscaping and public spaces, and transposed American “park systems” on large European territories, thus contributing to the requalification of the peripheries of cities in

Carme Pinós

cpinos.com Carme Pinós (born 1954) is a Spanish architect. Contents 1 Biography 2 Work 2.1 In partnership with Enric Miralles 2.2 With Estudio Carme Pinos 3 Awards 4 References 5 External links Biography Pinós graduated Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura

Enric Miralles

Enric Miralles Moya (12 February 1955 – 3 July 2000) was a Spanish architect from Barcelona. He graduated from the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in 1978. After establishing his reputation with a

Sahel Al Hiyari

sahelalhiyari.com Sahel Al Hiyari a Jordanian architect, the principal at Sahel Al Hiyari Architects.He holds Bachelor Degrees in Architecture and Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design, and a Master of Architecture in Urban Design from the Graduate School

Amedeo Schiattarella

Amedeo Schiattarella ( Rome , 4 June 1943 ) is an Italian architect schiattarella.com Biography Amedeo Schiattarella graduated in architecture in Rome in 1969, and since 1970 has been practicing intense professional and research activity. From 1973 to 1980 he

Building Office

founded by Aras Burak (2006) in London, UK buildingoffice.com Partners: Aras Burak Collaborators: Aris Kozmidis Gozde Kizilkan Harun Ekerbicer Jale Sarı Oya Tabanoglu Locations: Istanbul, Turkey Social Media: Instragram Twitter LinkedIn Facebook

Sevince Bayrak

founder of SO?

SO?

soistanbul.com

Günay Çilingiroğlu

Architect Günay Çilingiroğlu, born in 1936, was born in Mudanya. After graduating from Galatasaray High School, which he entered in 1947, in 1956, he graduated from Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Architecture in 1961. In the same year, he received

Neubau

co-founded by Brigitta Lenz and Alexander Giarlis

Brigitta Lenz

co-founder of Neubau