7/17/2019 Architects Short Description
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Daniel Libskind : Polish-American-Son to Holocaust
Survivors-Famous Jewish Museum-Worked for Richard Meier-Mesh of
Modern Abstract Forms with Traditional Architecture
Richard Meier : American-Jewish-Cousin of Peter Eisenmann-White
Structures, inspiration is Lecorbusier
Norman Foster : British-Futuristic-Loves Aircrafts-Foster +
Partners-High-Tech Architecture
Renzo Piano : Italian-Experimental Lightweight structures and
Basic Shelters-Worked for Louis Kahn-Piano & Rogers (Richard
Rogers)-Post Modern/High-Tech ~Brutalist
Santiago Calatrava : Spanish-Futuristic Forms-structural
engineering (second degree)-respects modern spanish architecture
which gets inspiration for organic
forms and the human body.
Rem Koolhaas : DutchJean Nouvel : French-Originally wanted to
pursue arts but parents didn't agree-Failed an entrance exam, won a
competition-Had good connection with mentors-Torre Aiges de
Barcelona-(MUST RESEARCH ON HIM MORE)
Frank Gehry : Canadian-American-Changed his name-Fish
inspiration from Grandmother-Carpenter Dad-Horrible Student-Bilbao
Effect
Zaha Hadid : Iraqi-British-First woman awarded with Pritzker
Architecture Prize-neofuturistic, multi perspective, fragmented
geometry-professor and worked for rem koolhaas-Issues on stability
of design
Cesar Pelli : Argentine American-Petronas Twin Towers,
Malaysia
Walter Gropius : German-Founder of Bauhaus School-sergeant ->
Lieutenant survived WW1-Couldn't Draw ; Hired people-Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, and Dietrich Marcks^Fellow empoyees ;
firm of petere behrens
-Went out of germany due to hitlerFrank Lloyd Wright :
American
-organic architecture-Prairie School Movement, Usonian
homa-Falling Water-"Greatest American Architect of all time"-Mother
inspired kid by cathedrals on the walls of his
nursery-Kindergarten, he played with blocks, creating forms
Eero SaarinenLudwig Mies van der Rohe
