Category: Architect

Paul Philippe Cret Born: 1876 | Lyon, France Died: 1945 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Awards: AIA Gold Medal (1938) Projects: Pan American Union Building DC, Folger Shakespeare Library, Fellheimer & Wagner’s, U of Texas Main Building University of Wisconsin Agricultural Chemistry Building, Madison, Wisconsin (1912) Indianapolis Central Library, Indianapolis, Indiana (1917) Quaker City National Bank Renovation,…

Moshe Safdie Born: 1938 | Haifa, Mandatory Palestine Practice: Safdie Architects Awards: AIA Gold Medal (2015), Wolf Prize (2019) Projects: Habitat 67 Habitat 67, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (1967)

Milton Bennett Medary Born: 1864 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died: 1929 Practice: Zantzinger, Borie & Medary (1910-1929) Projects: Bok Singing Tower, Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co., St. Mark’s Episcopal Church Fiske Portal, Washington Memorial Chapel Valley Forge Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1926-1927)

Michael Graves Born: 1934 | Indianapolis, Indiana Died: 2015 | Princeton, New Jersey Practice: Michael Graves & Associates Awards: National Medal of Arts (1999), AIA Gold Medal (2001), Driehaus Architecture Prize (2012), Projects: Denver Public Library, Humana Building, Portland Building, Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Resorts Portland Building, Portland, Oregon (1982) Team Disney Building,…

Marlon Blackwell Born: 1956 | Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany Practice: Marlon Blackwell Architects Awards: American Academy of Arts & Letters Architecture Prize (2012), AIA Gold Medal (2020) Projects: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Museum Store, Indianapolis Museum of Art Lilly Visitors Pavilion, Keenan Tower HouseSt. Nicholas Orthodox Church Arkansas, Vol Walker Hall Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville,…

Marcel Breuer Born: 1902 | Pécs, Austria-Hungary Died: 1981 | New York City, New York Awards: AIA Gold Medal (1968) Projects: 945 Madison Avenue, IBM La Gaude, World Heritage Center St. Francis De Sales, North Shores, Michigan (1950, 1964-1966) Starkey House, Duluth, Minnesota (1955) De Bijenkorf, Rotterdam, Netherlands (1957) American Embassy, The Hague, Netherlands (1958)…

Maginnis & Walsh Founded: 1905 | Boston, Massachusetts Partners: Charles Donagh Maginnis, Timothy Francis Walsh Practice: Maginnis, Walsh & Sullivan (1898-1905); Maginnis & Walsh (1906-1940); Maginnis & Walsh & Kennedy (1941-1956) St Joseph Catholic Church, Dayton, Ohio (1911)

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Born: 1886 | Aachen, Kingdom Prussia, German Empire Died: 1969 | Chicago, Illinois Awards: Pour le Mérite (1959), RIBA Royal Gold Medal (1959), AIA Gold Medal (1960) Projects: Barcelona Pavilion, Crown Hall, Farnsworth House, IIT Main Campus, 860-880 Lake Shore Drive, Seagram Building, Tugendhat House, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial…

Louis Skidmore Born: 1897 Died: 1962 Practice: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Awards: AIA Gold Medal (1971), RIBA Royal Gold Medal (1972) Projects: One World Trade Center, John Hancock Center, Willis Tower One World Trade Center, New York, New York (2006-2014)