Category: Architect

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 The Glass House (Casa de Vidro), São Paulo, Brazil (1951) Solar do Unhão Redevelopment (Museu de Arte…

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…

Minoru Yamasaki Born: 1912 | Seattle, Washington Died: 1986 | Detroit, Michigan Practice: Yamasaki & Associates (-2009) Awards: AIA Fellow (1963), AIA Honor Award (3 times) Projects: Federal Reserve Bank Richmond, Pruitt-Igoe, Pacific Science Center, Rainier Tower, Torre Picasso, World Trade Center Pruitt-Igoe, St. Louis, Missouri (1955) Terminal 1 St Louis Airport, St. Louis, Missouri…

Paul Rudolf Born: 1918 | Elkton, Kentucky Died: 1997 | New York City, New York Projects: Boston Government Service Center, Healy Guest House, Sarasota High School Expansion, Yale Art and Architecture Building, Walker Guest House, John and Alice Fullam House Yale Art & Architecture Building, New Haven, Connecticut (1958-1964) Revere Quality House, with Ralph Twitchell,…

Peter Behrens Born: 1868 | Hamburg, Germany Died: 1940 | Berlin, Germany Practice: German Werbund Projects: AEG Tubine Factory; Embassy of Germany, St. Petersburg; Hoechst Administrative Building, Peter-Behrens-Bau, Weissenhof Estate, New Synagogue Zilina Behrens House, Darmstadt, Germany (1901) Eduard Müller Krematorium, Hagen-Delstern, Germany (1906-1907) AEG Turbine Factory, Berlin, Germany (1910) AEG High Voltage Factory, Berlin,…

Peter Eisenman Born: 1932 | Newark, New Jersey, USA Practice: New York Five Awards: National Design Award for Architecture (2001), Wolf Prize in Arts (2010) Projects: City of Culture of Galicia, House VI, Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Wexner Center, Greater Columbus Convention Center House VI, Cornwall, Connecticut (1975) Checkpoint Charlie House, Berlin,…

Poul Henningsen Born: 1894 | Ordrup, Denmark Died: 1967 | Hillerød, Denmark Projects: Gylenholm Allé 18, Henne Mølle Å Badehotel, NL Dehn’s Steam Laundry, PH’s House (PH’s Get Hus, Brogårdsvej 72), Glass Hall Tivoli PH’s House, Gentofte, Denmark (1937)

Rafael Viñoly Born: 1944 | Montevideo, Uruguay Died: 2023 | New York City, New York Practice: Rafael Viñoly Architects PC Awards: AIA New York City Medal of Honor (1995), RIBA International Fellow (2006), Projects: 20 Fenchurch Street, 432 Park Avenue, Curve Theatre, Rockefeller University Stavros Niarchos Foundation Wageningen University & Research Centre Atlas Building, Wageningen,…

Cass Gilbert Born: 1859 | Zanesville, Ohio Died: 1934 | Brockenhurst, United Kingdom Projects: Woolworth Building, U.S. Supreme Count Building, Minnesota State Capitol, Detroit Public Library, Endicott Building St. John the Divine Episcopal, Moorhead, Minnesota (1898-1899) Broadway Chambers Building, New York, New York (1899-1900) Northern Pacific Railway Depot, Little Falls, Minnesota (1899-1900) St. Louis Art…

César Pelli Born: 1926 | San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina Died: 2019 | New Haven, Connecticut Practice: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects Awards: AIA Gold Medal (1995), Aga Khan Award (2004) Projects: Pacific Design Center, Petronas Towers, National Museum of Art Osaka, Torre de Cristal, Gran Torre Santiago Comstat Laboratories Building, Clarksburg, Maryland (1969) Pacific Design…