Architects
Art nouveau inspired works
Antonio Gaudi y Cornet
Casa Mila and Casa Batllo Apartments
Antonio Gaudi y Cornet
Early 20th Century Barcelona
Antonio Gaudi y Cornet
Eusebi Guell was his patron
Antonio Gaudi y Cornet
Hyperbolic Paraboloids
Antonio Gaudi y Cornet and Eero Saarenin
Pazzi Chapel in the cloisters of Santa Croce
Fillippo Brunelleschi
Sculptor and goldsmith
Fillippo Brunelleschi
Spedale Degli Innocente
Fillippo Brunelleschi
40 Years working on Expiatory Church of the Holy Family, still incomplete
Antonio Gaudi y Cornet
Combined Greco-Roman ideas with Renaissance styles
Andrea Palladio
Dates: 1508-1580
Andrea Palladio
Influenced Inigo Jones and Thomas Jefferson
Andrea Palladio
Villas in or near Venice, including the Villa Rotunda and the Villa Barbaro
Andrea Palladio
Wrote "4 Books on Architecture" in 1570
Andrea Palladio
Lost the competition with Lorenzo Ghiberti in 1401 for the commission of the Bronze Doors of the Florence Baptistry
Fillippo Brunelleschi
Born in Finland, 1910
Eero Saarinen
Designed Dulles Int'l Airport in D.C.
Eero Saarinen
Designed buildings on the campuses of MIT and Yale
Eero Saarinen
Gateway Arch in St. Louis
Eero Saarinen
Kresge Auditorium at MIT
Eero Saarinen
Son of architect, Eliel
Eero Saarinen
TWA Terminal at Kennedy Airport in NYC
Eero Saarinen
Works characterized by elegant, sweeping forms
Eero Saarinen
Most famous works were designed from 1421-1430
Fillippo Brunelleschi
Extraordinary octagonally based dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore aka Florence Cathedral
Fillippo Brunelleschi
Friend of Donatello
Fillippo Brunelleschi
Old Sacristi at San Lorenzo
Fillippo Brunelleschi
Best known for large-scale compositions
Frank Gehry
Chairs named for hockey terms, e.g. Crosscheck and Power Play
Frank Gehry
Controversial Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain described as "The Artichoke"
Frank Gehry
Easy edges line furniture made of laminated cardboard
Frank Gehry
Eponymous collection of Furniture
Frank Gehry
Experience Music Project in Seattle
Frank Gehry
Kobe's Fishdance Restaurant, shaped like a giant fish
Frank Gehry
Often uses uncommon materials like plywood and limestone
Frank Gehry
Pritzker Prize winner in 1989
Frank Gehry
Soft, sculpture-looking "so-called" Fred and Ginger Buildings in Prague
Frank Gehry
Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles
Frank Gehry
"Prairie" style: horizontal orientation and low roofs
Frank Lloyd Wright
Guggenheim Museum in NYC
Frank Lloyd Wright
Imperial Hotel in Tokyo (survived earthquake in 1923.)
Frank Lloyd Wright
Johnson Wax Museum in Racine, Wisconsin
Frank Lloyd Wright
Kaufmann House (Falling Water) in Pennsylvania
Frank Lloyd Wright
Larkin Building in Buffalo, NY
Frank Lloyd Wright
Robie House at University of Chicago
Frank Lloyd Wright
Taliesin West, Arizona home and studio (original Taliesin was located in Wisconsin and burned down in 1914.)
Frank Lloyd Wright
Unity Temple in Oak Park
Frank Lloyd Wright
Wisconsin born in 1867, apprenticed under Louis Sullivan before opening his own firm in Chicago.
Frank Lloyd Wright
tried to harmonize inhabitants to dwelling with "organic architecture."
Frank Lloyd Wright
Born in China in 1917, emigrated to U.S. in 1935.
I.M. Pei
East Wing of National Gallery of Art in Washington, D. C.
I.M. Pei
Fragrant Hill Hotel in Beijing
I.M. Pei
Glass Pyramid at the Louvre in 1989
I.M. Pei
John Hancock Building in Boston, MA
I.M. Pei
Mi Ho Museum of Art in Shigah, Japan
I.M. Pei
Mile High Center in Denver, CO
I.M. Pei
National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, CO
I.M. Pei
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH 1995
I.M. Pei
best known for large-scale projects
I.M. Pei
"A house is a machine for living in."
La Corbusier
Charles-Edouard Jeanneret
La Corbusier
Cubist principles of division and space apparent in his floor plans.
La Corbusier
Imagined a "radiant city" completely built of skyscrapers as early as 1910.
La Corbusier
Influenced all following 20th century architects
La Corbusier
Largely failed in his urban renewal projects, particularly in Brasilia and Chandigarh, India.
La Corbusier
Towards a New Architecture, 1923
La Corbusier
Villa Savoye in Poissy, France
La Corbusier
"Form should follow functions."
Louis Sullivan
Associated with Chicago, but best known for 1891 Wainwright Building in St. Louis
Louis Sullivan
Babson, Bennett, and Bradley Houses
Louis Sullivan
He and partner Dankmar Adler produced over 100 buildings
Louis Sullivan
His writings helped break the profession from classical restraints
Louis Sullivan
Personal mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright
Louis Sullivan
Vocal champion of skyscrapers, though he never designed one.
Louis Sullivan
"less is more"
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Barcelona Pavilion for 1929 International Exposition
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Bauhaus director from 1930-1933, he shut it down before the Nazis had the opportunity.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Glass-covered, steel structures that influenced the design of office buildings in nearly every major U.S. city.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Lake Shore Drive Apartments in Chicago, IL
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Leading architect of the International Style of skyscraper design.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
New National Gallery in Berlin
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Worked in Peter Behrens firm.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Walter Gropius
Seagram Building in NYC
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with Philip Johnson
Born in London in 1632
Sir Christopher Wren
Charles II named him King Surveyor of Works in 1669
Sir Christopher Wren
Inscription near tomb in St. Paul's = "Reader, if you seek a monument, look around you."
Sir Christopher Wren
Involved in rebuilding more than 50 London churches from 1670-1723
Sir Christopher Wren
Oxford Astronomy Professor in 1666
Sir Christopher Wren
St. Paul's Cathedral
Sir Christopher Wren
Designed Fagus Factory in Alfeld, Germany
Walter Gropius
He modernized Harvard's architecture department as its head from 1938-1952.
Walter Gropius
His colleagues/faculty included Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, and Josef Albers.
Walter Gropius
His designs emphasized functionalism. (Bauhaus) and the application of modern methods and materials; the synthesis of technology and art.
Walter Gropius
Pan American Building in NYC
Walter Gropius
founded the Bauhaus school in 1919 in Weimer, Germany and moved to Dessau in 1925.
Walter Gropius