Category: Architect

Holabird & Roche Founded: 1880 (Holabird & Simonds) | Chicago, Illinois Founders: William Holabird, Martin Roche Projects: Tacoma Building, Marquette Building, Palmer House Chicago, Battel Creek Tower, Soldier Field, 333 North Michigan Building, Daily News Building, Chicago Board of Trade Ft. Sheridan Post Commanders’ Quarters, Fort Sheridan, Illinois (1889-1894) University of Chicago Rosenwald Hall, Chicago,…

Howard van Doren Shaw Born: 1869 | Chicago, Illinois Died: 1926 | Baltimore, Maryland Awards: AIA Gold Medal (1926) Projects: Market Square, Marktown, Lakeside Press Building, Ragdale, Second Presbyterian Church Remodel Chicago, Wells House Lakeside Press Building, Chicago, Illinois (1897, 1901) Oberlin College Severance Hall (originally Severance Chemical Laboratory), Oberlin, Ohio (1899-1901) Second Presbyterian Interior…

Isamu Noguchi Born: 1904 | Los Angeles, California Died: 1988 | New York City, New York Awards: American Academy of Arts & Letters (1977), National Medal of Arts (1987) Projects: Red Cube, Black Sun, Sky Gate, Sapporo Noerenuma Park

William Pereira Born: 1909 | Chicago, Illinois Died: 1985 | Los Angeles, California Practice: Pereira & Luckman, Wiliam L. Pereira & Associates (1959) Projects: Chet Holyfield Federal Building, Disneyland Hotel, Esquire Theater Chicago, Geisel Library, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Transamerica Pyramid, Municipal Water District Complex University of California Irvine Langson Library, Irvine, California…

William van Allen Born: 1883 | New York City, New York Died: 1954 | New York City, New York Practice: Severance & Van Allen (1911-1924), Clinton & Russell Projects: Chrysler Building Chrysler Building, New York, New York (1930)

Wilson Eyre Born: 1858 | Florence, Italy Died: 1944 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Practice: Sims & Eyre (1887-1910), Eyer & McIlvaine (1911-1939) Awards: AIA Philadelphia Gold Medal (1917) Projects: Charles Lang Freer House, Swann Memorial Fountain, University of Pennsylvania Museum, Anglecot, Farwood Anglecot, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1883) Clarence B. Moore House and Dr. Joseph Leidy House, Philadelphia,…

Kengo Kuma Born: 1954 | Yokohama, Japan Practice: Spatial Design Studio (1987), Kengo Kuma & Associates (1990) Projects: Japan National Stadium, Suntory Museum of Art, LVMH Group Japan Headquarters, Stone Roof Nagano, V&A Dundee, M2 Building Doric 01 (Doric Minamiaoyama), Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan (1991) M2 Building, Tokyo, Japan (1991) Nasu Ashino Stone Museum Stone Plaza…

Kohn Pedersen Fox Founded: 1976 | New York City, New York Founders: A. Eugene Kohn, William Pedersen, Sheldon Fox Projects: 333 West Wacker Drive, Hudson Yards, One Vanderbilt, Roppongi Hills, Shanghai World Financial Center 333 Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois (1983) 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York (1985-1988) Canary Wharf 30 South Colonnade, London, UK…

Lina Bo Bardi Born: 1914 | Rome, Italy Died: 1992 | Sãn Paulo, Brazil Projects: Centro de Lazer Fábrica da Pompéia, Glass House (Casa de Vidro), Casa do Benin, Sãn Paulo Museum of Art, Sesc Pompeia, Teatro Oficina Casa de Vidro, São Paulo, Brazil (1951) São Paulo Museum of Art, São Paulo, Brazil (1968) SESC…

Maya Ying Lin Born: 1959 | Athens, Ohio Practice: Maya Lin Studio Awards: National Medal of Arts (2009), Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016) Projects: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Civil Rights Memorial Vietnam Memorial, Washington, D.C. (1982) Southern Poverty Law Center Civil Rights Memorial, Montgomery, Alabama (1989) University of Michigan Wave Field, Ann Arbor, Michigan (1995) Langston…