Category: Architect

Yvonne Farrell Born: 1951 | Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland Practice: Grafton Architects Partner: Shelly McNamara Awards: RIBA International Prize (2016), Pritzker Prize (2020), RIBA Royal Gold Medal (2020) Projects: Röntgen Building, Bocconi University Building, Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología Toulouse School of Economics, Toulouse, France (2019) Yvonne Farrell is a renowned figure in the world…

Wang Shu Born: 1963 | Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China Practice: Amateur Architecture Studio Awards: Schelling Architecture Prize (2010), French Academy of Architecture Gold Medal (2011), Pritzker Prize (2012) Projects: Ningbo Museum Ningbo Museum, Yinzhou, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China (2008)

Toyo Ito Born: 1941 | Keijō, Japanese Korea Practice: Toyo Ito & Associates Awards: Prizker Prize (2013) Projects: Nagaoka Lyric Hall, Serpentine Gallery (2002), Matsumoto Performing Arts Center, Omotesando Building, Mikimoto Ginza 2, Tama Art University Library, Toyo Ito Museum of Architecture Silver Hut, Imabari, Omishima, Japan (1982-1984) Yatsushiro City Museum, Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto, Japan…

Thom Mayne Born: 1944 | Waterbury, Connecticut Practice: Morphosis (1972) Awards: AIA Gold Medal (2013), Pritzker Prize (2005), Rome Prize (1987) Projects: Caltrans District 7, Diamond Ranch High School, San Francisco Federal Building, Morse United States Courthouse, Perot Museum of Nature and Science, University of Toronto Graduate House Diamond Ranch High School, Pomona, California (1997-1999)…

Sverre Fehn Born: 1924 | Kongsberg, Norway Died: 2009 | Olso, Norway Awards: Pritzker Prize (1997), Heinrich Tessenow Gold Medal (1997) Projects: Norwegian Glacier Museum, 1962 Venice Biennale Nordic Pavilion, Hedmark Museum, National Museum of Art, Architecture & Design Oslo Norwegian Glacier Museum, Fjærland, Norway (1991) Økern Care Home (Økernhjemmet, Økern Nursing Home), Oslo, Norway,…

Robert Venturi Born: 1925 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died: 2018 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Practice: Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates; Venturi & Rauch; Venturi, Rauch & Scott Brown Awards: AIA Firm Award (1985), AIA Twenty-five Year Award (1989), Pritzker Prize (1991), National Medal of Arts (1992), Vincent Scully Prize (2002), AIA Gold Medal (2016) Projects: Vanna Venturi…

Richard Rogers Born: 1933 | Florence, Tuscany, Italy Died: 2021 | London, England Practice: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (2007-2020) Awards: RIBA Gold Medal (1985), Thomas Jefferson Medal (1999), Praemium Imperiale (2000), Sterling Prize (2006, 2009), Pritzker Prize (2007) Projects: Centre Georges Pompidou, Lloyd’s Building, Millennium Dome, European Court of Human Rights, Madrid-Barajas Airport Terminal…

Richard Meier Born: 1934 | Newark, New Jersey Practice: Richard Meier & Partners Awards: Pritzker Prize (1984), AIA Gold Medal (1997) Projects: Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, Getty Center, High Museum of Art, The Hague City Hall & Central Library High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia (1983) Des Moines Art Center Expansion, Des Moines, Iowa…

Renzo Piano Born: 1937 | Genoa, Italy Practice: Piano & Rogers (1971-1977), Piano & Rice (1977-1988), Renzo Piano Building Workshop (1981) Awards: RIBA Gold Medal (1989), Kyoto Prize (1990), Praemium Imperiale (1995), Pritzker Prize (1998), UIA Gold Medal (2002), AIA Gold Medal (2008), Sonning Prize (2008) Projects: Centre Georges Pompidou, Expo 70 Osaka Pavilion of…

Rem Koolhaas Born: 1944, Rotterdam, Netherlands Practice: Office for Metropolitan Architecture Awards: Pritzker Prize (2000), Praemium Imperiale (2003), RIBA Gold Medal (2004), Rolf Schock Prize (2022) Projects: Casa da Música, De Rotterdam, Seattle Central Library, Netherlands Embassy Berlin, China Central Television, Qatar National Library Kunsthal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (1992) IIT McCormick Tribune Center, Chicago, Illinois…