ARCHITECTURE, Page 3

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 …

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

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 …

Aldo Rossi (3/5/1931-4/9/1997) was an Italian architect and designer who accomplished the unusual feat of achieving international recognition in four distinct areas: …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …