Famous Architects: Extra Info

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Wright

Designed group of buildings called "Child of the Sun" for Florida Southern College

Mies van der Rohe

Final building is the Martin Luther King Jr. Library in D.C. Cullinan hall

Johnson

"Crystal Cathedral" in California

Wright

"Inverted Ziggurat"

Mies van der Rohe

"Less is more"

Johnson

"Mailbox Building" in Denver

Johnson

Agamemnon's tomb inspired this man's Painting Gallery

Wright

Baghdad Opera House

Johnson

Built a gatehouse called "Da Monsta"

Johnson

Called the distinctive stepbacks of one of his buildings "zogs"

Mies van der Rohe

Friedrichstrasse Skyscraper

Wright

Had an affair/romance with Mamah Borthwick

I.M. Pei

Inspired by the Ibn Tulun Mosque to design a Museum of Islamic Art in Doha

Mies van der Rohe

Most famous work contains the Four Seasons Restaurant

Wright

One building by this designer is inspired by Mayan architecture (A.K.A. Mayan Revival Style)

Wright

One building by this man features floors referred to as "tap root"

Mies van der Rohe

Partly translucent walls appear in this man's Villa Tugendhat

Wright

This architect's "Great Workroom" features a "lily pad" platform

Johnson

This man's "Chippendale" was mockingly nicknamed for the circular opening in its pediment

Mies van der Rohe

Worked on the Barcelona Chair with Lilly Reich


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