Category: Architect

William W. Wurster Born: 1895 | Stockton, California Died: 1973 | Berkeley, California Practice: Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons (WBE) Awards: AIA Firm Award (1965), AIA Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement (1969) Projects: 555 California Street, CASBS, Ghirardelli Square 555 California Street, San Francisco, California (1969)

William Wayne Caudill Born: 1914 | Hobart, Oklahoma Died: 1983 | Houston, Texas Practice: Caudill Rowlett Scott Awards: AIA Gold Medal (1985, posthumous) Projects: Cypress College, Jones Hall, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, San Angelo Central High School Harvard University Larsen Hall, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1965) ATT Switching Station (originally Indiana Bell Switching Center),…

William M. Dudok Born: 1884 | Amsterdam, Netherlands Died: 1974 | Hilversum, Netherlands Awards: RIBA Royal Gold Medal (1935), AIA Gold Medal (1955), Projects: De Bijenkorf Department Store, Hilversum Town Hall, Hilversum Schools, Monument on Afsluitdijk Laapersveld Pumping Station, Hilversum, Netherlands (1920) Dutch College House (Collège Néerlandais), Paris, France (1927-1928) Hilversum Town Hall, Hilversum, North…

Walter Gropius Born: 1883 | Berlin, Germany Died: 1969 | Boston, Massachusetts Practice: Peter Behrens, The Architects’ Collaborative Awards: AIA Gold Medal (1959), Albert Medal (1961), Goethe Prize (1961) Projects: Bauhaus, Fagus Factory, Gropius House, J.F. Kennedy Federal Building, Pan Am Building, University of Baghdad, Werkbund Exhibition Fagus Factory, Alfeld, Lower Saxony, Germany (1911-1913) Bauhaus…

Wallace K. Harrison Born: 1895 | Worcester, Massachusetts Died: 1981 | New York City, New York Practice: Harrison & Abramowitz Awards: AIA Gold Medal (1967) Projects: United Nations Headquarters, Exxon Building, Rockefeller Center, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Rockefeller Center GE Building, New York City, New York (1933) United Nations Headquarters, New York City,…

Victor Laloux Born: 1850 | Tours, France Died: 1937 | Paris, France Awards: AIA Gold Medal (1922), RIBA Royal Gold Medal (1929) Projects: Crédit Lyonnais Headquarters, Hôtel de Ville, Gare d’Orsay, Gare de Tours, Palais du Hanovre, US Embassy Paris Gare d’Orsay (Musée d’Orsay), London, England (1900)

Ralph Thomas Walker Born: 1889 | Waterbury, Connecticut Died: 1973 | Chappaqua, New York Practice: McKenzie, Voorhees, Gmelin Projects: 1 Wall Street (Irving Trust Bank), Barclay-Vesey Building (New York Telephone Co.), Salvation Army Headquarters, MIT Hayden Memorial Library Barclay Vesey Building, New York, New York (1923-1927) Walker Tower Chelsea, New York, New York (1929) Times…

Steven Holl Born: 1947 | Bremerton, Washington Practice: Steven Holl Architects Awards: Alvar Aalto Medal (1998), AIA Gold Medal (2012), Praemium Imperiale (2014) Projects: Hunters Point Library, Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum, Museum of Fine Arts Houston Kinder Building, Kunut Hamsun CenterLinked Hybrid Beijing, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Art & Architecture Storefront, New York, New York…

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Founded: 1936 | Chicago, Illinois Founders: Louis Skidmore, Nathaniel Owings, John O. Merrill Awards: AIA Firm Award (1996, 1962) Projects: Hancock Center, Willis Tower, One World Trade Center, Burgj Khalifia, Walt Disney Company Headquarters, Moynihan Train Hall Illinois Institute of Technology Perlstein Hall (formerly Metallurgical & Chemical Engineering Building), Chicago, Illinois…

Edwin Landseer Lutyens Born: 1869 | London, UK Died: 1944 | London, UK Awards: RIBA Royal Gold Medal (1921), AIA Gold Medal (1925) Projects: 100 King Street, Castle Drogo, Hyderabad House, India Gate, Lindisfarme Castle, Midland Bank Building Manchester, Rashtrapati Bhavan, Theipval Memorial, Whitehall Cenotaph South Holmwood, near Dorking, Surrey, England (1901) Daneshill Brick and…