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He went on to create dramatic buildings known for their “ARCHITECTURE IS THE VERY MIRROR OF LIFE. YOU ONLY
angular geometry, expansive glass and concrete walls,
spacious indoor atriums, and space-frame skylights. HAVE TO CAST YOUR EYES ON BUILDINGS TO FEEL THE
He has given this century some of it’s most beautiful interior
spaces and exterior forms. PRESENCE OF THE PAST, THE SPIRIT OF A PLACE; THEY
His signature can be compared to the music of ARE THE REFLECTION OF SOCIETY.”
Bach Constant variation of a simple theme.
THE GLASS HOUSE TC ENERGY CENTER CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL
1949 I NEW CANAAN, CONNECTICUT 1983 I HOUSTON, TEXAS 1980 I CALIFORNIA
PHILIP JOHNSON
Pritzker Prize 1979
The Pritzker Architecture Prize was established in 1979 for
MUNSON MUSEUM OF ART
1960 I ULTICA, NEW YORK
the purpose of encouraging greater awareness of the way CHAPEL OF ST. BASIL
people perceive and interact with their surroundings.
The first award is being given to Philip Johnson, whose “ARCHITECTURE IS THE ART OF HOW TO WASTE SPACE.” 1992 I HOUSTON, TEXAS
ANTONI GAUDI
Nicknamed “God’s Architect” “THE STRAIGHT LINE BELONGS TO MEN, THE CURVED
he is a Catalan architect in which his works are
associated with Modernism, and Gaudi can be ONE TO GOD.”
regarded as the most representative and
HAROLD C. BRADLEY
HOUSE
LOUIS SULLIVAN
1909 I MADISON, WISCONSIN
“ I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.” “EVERY GREAT ARCHITECT IS - NECESSARILY - A GREAT
Regarding in Organic Architecture POET. HE MUST BE A GREAT ORIGINAL INTERPRETER OF
Over a 70-year career, he designed over 1,000 structures
of virtually every possible type - including a doghouse -
HIS TIME, HIS DAY, HIS AGE.”
of which some 532 were built.
“A BUILDING IS ALIVE, LIKE MAN, AND IT’S SPIRIT IS
MOVEMENT AND STYLES:
ART DECO, ORGANIC & MODERN ARCHITECTURE THE SPIRIT OF IT’S MAKER.”
FINLANDIA HALL AALTO THEATER PAIMIO SANATORIUM
1971 I HELSINKI, FINLAND 1988 I ESSEN, GERMANY 1932 I PAIMIO, FINLAND
WALTER GROPIUS
WALTER ADOLPH GEORG GROPIUS
KENZO TANGE
Pritzker Prize 1987
One of Japan’s most honored architects. Teacher, “ARCHITECTURE MUST HAVE SOMETHING THAT
APPEALS TO THE HUMAN HEART, BUT EVEN THEN,
Writer, Architect and Urban Planner.
He heavily influenced four young architects who
founded Metabolism Movement - Kiyonori Kikutake,
Kisho Kurokawa, Fumihiko Maki and critic Noboru
Kawazoe. BASIC FORMS, SPACES AND APPEARANCES MUST BE
MOVEMENT AND STYLES:
COMBINING TRADITIONAL JAPANESE STYLES
LOGICAL...”
WITH MODERNISM, BRUTALISM
KAUFMANN DESERT PERKINS HOUSE HAMMERMAN HOUSE
1955 I PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 1954 I LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
HOUSE
1946 I PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
RICHARD NEUTRA
RICHARD JOSEPH NEUTRA
known for his role in introducing the International “I TRY TO MAKE A HOUSE LIKE A FLOWER POT, IN WHICH YOU
Style into American Architecture.
CAN ROOT SOMETHING AND OUT OF WHICH FAMILY LIFE WILL
MOVEMENT AND STYLES:
BLOOM.”
MODERNISM, INTERNATIONAL STYLE AND
BIOREALISM - “INSEPARABLE RELATIONSHIP
“ARCHITECTS MUST HAVE A RAZOR-SHARP SENSE OF
BETWEEN MAN AND NATURE.”
INDIVIDUALITY.”
CATHEDRAL OF NATIONAL CONGRESS PALACE
1960 I BRAZIL
BRASILIA
1970 I BRASILIA, BRAZIL
OSCAR NIEMEYER
OSCAR RIBEIRO DE ALMEIDA NIEMEYER SOARES FILHO
Pritzker Prize 1988 “WHEN A FORM CREATES BEAUTY, IT BECOMES OSCAR NIEMEYER
INTERNATIONAL
“The King of Curves”
FUNCTIONAL AND THEREFORE FUNDAMENTAL CULTURAL CENTRE
IN ARCHITECTURE.”
He was one of the greatest architect’s in Brazil’s 2011 I ASTURIAS, SPAIN
history, and one of the greats of the global modernist
movement.
He is known for using White concrete, graceful curves
and primary - color accents.
“IN ARCHITECTURE, THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING IS ASTONISHMENT.”
KIMBELL ART JATIYO SANGSAD FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH
1962 I RONCHESTER, NEW YORK
MUSEUM BHABAN
1972 I TEXAS 1982 I BANGLADESH
LOUIS KAHN
LOUIS ISADORE KAHN
Kahn created a style that was monumental and
monolithic; his heavy buildings for the most part do
“EVEN A BRICK WANTS TO BE SOMETHING.”
not hide their weight, their materials, or the way
they are assembled.
“AN ARCHITECT CAN BUILD A HOUSE AND BUILD A CITY IN THE
MOVEMENT AND STYLES:
INTERNATIONAL STYLE AND CLASSICAL- SAME BREATH, IF HE THINKS ABOUT IT AS BEING A MARVELOUS,
MODERNISM: IS KNOWN FOR COMBINING
MODERNISM WITH THE WEIGHT AND DIGNITY
OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
INSPIRED, EXPRESSIVE REALM.”
GATEWAY ARCH DULLES KLEINHANS MUSIC HALL
1940 I BUFFALO, NEW YORK
1965 I ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT
1962 I DULLES, VIRGINIA
EERO SAARINEN
“FUNCTION INFLUENCE BUT DOES NOT DICTATE FORM.”
He is often called a “Second-generation Modernist” for
the way he moved beyond the rigid glass-box
aesthetic.
He is known for his dynamic and fluid forms.
He enjoyed the concept of exposing the structure of
the building with steel.
“THE PURPOSE OF ARCHITECTURE IS TO SHELTER AND ENHANCE
MAN’S LIFE ON EARTH AND TO FULFILL IN THE NOBILITY OF HIS
MOVEMENT AND STYLES:
INTERNATIONAL STYLE AND NEO-FUTURISTIC
EXISTENCE.”
TUWAIQ PALACE GEODESIC HOUSE
1985 I RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA 1971 I ILLINOIS
FREI OTTO
FREI PAUL OTTO
BUCKMINSTER FULLER
RICHARD BUCKMINSTER FULLER
Pritzker Prize 2015
BORDERS OF KNOWLEDGE.”
Frei Otto pioneered the use of “WE CALLED TO BE ARCHITECTS OF
modern, lightweight, tent-like
structures for many uses. He was
THE FUTURE, NOT IT’S VICTIM.”
attracted to them partly for their
economical and ecological values.
THE HEARST TOWER APPLE PARK HEADQUARTER
2006 I MANHATANN, NEW YORK
2017 I CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA
JEAN-MARIE TJIBAOU
CULTURAL CENTRE
1998 I NOUMEA, NEW CALEDONIA
RENZO PIANO
Pritzker Prize 1998
RICHARD ROGERS
RICHARD GEORGE ROGERS
Pritzker Prize 2007
Lightness and transparency are the most
important qualities in his work, and these Placing the building’s services in full view
qualities often extend to the structural ASTRUP FEARNLEY MUSEUM OF in a trademark Rogers technique that CENTRE POMPIDOU
language, Today, he is considered as the MODERN ART went on to be known as “bowellism.” 1977 I PARIS, FRANCE
most creative museum designer. 2012 I OSLO, NORWAY
MARCEL BREUER
MARCEL LAJOS BREUER
TADAO ANDO
Pritzker Prize 1995
Ando was raised in Japan where the religion
Was a Hungarian-German modernist
and style of life strongly influenced his
architect and furniture designer. At the CHURCH AT ST. JOHN’S ABBEY architecture and design. Ando's architectural
Bauhaus he designed the Wassily Chair and 1961 I MINNESOTA, UNITED STATES style is said to create a "haiku" effect, PULITZER ARTS
the Cesca Chair, which The New York Times emphasizing nothingness and empty space to FOUNDATION
have called some of the most important represent the beauty of simplicity. 2001 I ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
chairs of the 20th century.
ROBERT VENTURI
ROBERT CHARLESVENTURI JR DENISE SCOTT BROWN
Pritzker Prize 1991
Self titled “The Grandmother of Architecture”
The author of much acclaimed book
“Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture.”
CHILD’S MUSEUM SAINSBURY WING Scott Brown published her famous essay, "Room at the
Top? Sexism and the Star System in Architecture". The
“We were calling for an architecture that 1980 I HOUSTON, TEXAS 1991 I LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM essay describes her struggle to be recognized as an
promotes richness and ambiguity over unity equal partner of the firm, in an architecture world that
and clarity, contradiction and redundancy was predominantly male. She has since been an
over harmony and simplicity. He was advocate for Women in Architecture and has spoken
challenging Modernism with the multiple out about discrimination within the profession on
solutions available from history.” several accounts.
He also led the development of Post-
“LESS IS A BORE.”
modernism movement in architecture during
1970's.
PETER EISENMAN
PETER DAVID EISENMAN DANIEL LIBESKIND
Eisenman has always been more interested
in buildings that focus on ideas rather than Is known for introducing complex ideas and
emotion or even function. He is known for his
emotions into his designs and considered as
high modernist and deconstructive designs,
as well as for his authorship of several RESIDENZE CARLO ERBA one of the famous deconstructivism architect.
architectural books. 2019 I MILANO, ITALY
JEWISH MUSEUM
He is one of the key proponents of the 2001 I BERLIN, GERMANYI
deconstructivism architecture movement
that emerged in the early 1980's. His works
centers around process of removing any
traditional sense of lofic or symbolism and “ARCHITECTURE IS NOT BASED ON
instead applying
interpretations.
new rules and
CONCRETE AND STEEL AND THE
“THE BEST ARCHITECTURE WAS
ELEMENTS OF THE SOIL. IT’S BASED
INCONGRUOUS AND DISHARMONIOUS.” ON WONDER.”
WALT DISNEY THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM BILBAO
CONCERT HALL 1997 I BILBAO, SPAIN
2003 I LOS ANGELES,
CALIFORNIA
FRANK GEHRY
FRANK OWEN GEHRY
Pritzker Prize 1989
Arguably the most important architect of the RICHARD B. FISHER CENTER
cintemporary era and certainly the famous living architect.
FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
REM KOOLHAAS
REMMENT LUCAS KOOLHAAS
Pritzker Prize 2000
-He has revolutionized the way architects look at program
and interaction of space.
-”one of architecture’s most influential thinkers.”
“KILL THE SKYSCRAPER.” DEE AND CHARLES WYLY
THEATER
2009 I DALLAS, TEXAS