LOUIS KHAN

RENZO PIANO
A great building must
begin with the
unmeasurable, must go
through measurable means
when it is being designed
and in the end must be
unmeasurable.

I don't like the idea that one

hotel could be better than
another. In any city, I try to find a
hotel that has the identity of that
place - Claridge's in London, the
Danieli or Cipriani in Venice. In
New York, I stay at the Mercer
Hotel; it is so much in the
character of SoHo.

-American architect who lived in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

-Italian architect

JATIYO SANGSHAD BHABAN, PAKISTAN

- Construction began in 1961 by the
Government of Pakistan as a permanent
building for the federal legislature and
was completed on 28 January, 1982.
arie Tjibaou Cultural Center New Caledonia
34 stories tall and 142 meters (466 feet) in height.
- A distant echo of old Catalan obsessions, carried on
the winds that blow in from Montserrat, inspired by the
architectural legacy of Antoni Gaud.

TOM WRIGHT

If you can draw a building

with a few sweeps of the
pen and everyone
recognizes not only the
structure but also
associates it with a place on
earth, you have gone a long
way towards creating
something iconic

-British architect born in 1957.

JEAN NOUVEL

I don't like the idea that one

hotel could be better than
another. In any city, I try to find a
hotel that has the identity of that
place - Claridge's in London, the
Danieli or Cipriani in Venice. In
New York, I stay at the Mercer
Hotel; it is so much in the
character of SoHo.

-French architect
-Winning several prestigious awards, such as the Aga Khan Award for
Architecture and the Pritzker Prize in 2008.
-His designs are concentrated to plated-art and the such, having a very
detailed structure.

BURJ AL ARAB, UAE

- 321m (1,053ft) tall
- Designed to mimic the sail of a ship.
TORRE AGBAR, BARCELONA
- 34 stories tall and 142 meters (466 feet) in height.
- A distant echo of old Catalan obsessions, carried on
the winds that blow in from Montserrat, inspired by the
architectural legacy of Antoni Gaud.