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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, …

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 …

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Meet the award winning French architect Jean Nouvel, in this interview about his relationship to the Arab world. The architect is supposed …