FAMOUS ARCHITECTS
AND
THEIR BUILDINGS
PART II
Ar. Sowmyaa.C
Excel College of Architecture & Planning
I M PEI (1917 – 2019)
Ieoh Ming Pei
Chinese – American
Architect
Born in Guangzhou, China
Graduated from
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Harvard
University
His architectural style are
Modern Architecture and
High-Tech Architecture
Known for glass-concrete
wonders
Winner of Royal Gold Medal,
Pritzker Prize
HANCOCK TOWER
Location in Massachusetts, US
Duration : 1968 – 1976
Building Type : Commercial
Tallest building in Boston &
New England since 1976
Architectural Style – High Rise
building
LOUVRE PYRAMID
Located in Louvre Palace,
Paris
Built in the year 1980
It was built as the main
entrance to the Louvre Museum
Architectural Style – Modern
Architecture, Futuristic
Architecture
LUCE MEMORIAL CHAPEL
Located in Xitun, Taichung,
Taiwan
Duration : 1962-1963
Building Type : Christian
Chapel
Architectural Style : Modern
Architecture
MUSEUM OF ISLAMIC ARTS
Located in Doha, Qatar
Established on 22nd November
2008
Building type : Art Museum
Architectural style : Islamic
architecture
HASMUKH PATEL (1933 – 2018)
Born in Bhadran, Gujarat
Graduated from Maharaja
Sayajirao University, Baroda
in the year of 1956
He did Masters in
Architecture from Cornell
University
Founder chairman of
Ahmadabad based
Architectural firm ‘HCP Design
Planning and Management
Pvt’
Architectural Style –
Contemporary Architecture
AHMEDABAD MANAGEMENT
ASSOCIATION
Located in Ahmedabad,
Gujarat
Duration – 1997 – 2010
Building Type – Public
Institution
Architectural style - Modern
AHMEDABAD RIVERFRONT
DEVELOPMENT
Location in Sabarmati river,
Ahmedabad
Construction started in 2005
Building type – Waterfront
Architectural style -
Sustainable
NEW CAMPUS IIM
Located in Ahmedabad
Duration: 2001 – 2009
Building Type : Institutional
& Residential
Architectural Style :
Contemporary
PATANG HOTEL
Located in Ahmedabad
Duration : 1980 – 1984
Building Type : Commercial
Patang Hotel can also be
called as Revolving Restaurant.
JORN UTZON (1918 – 2008)
Danish Architect
Born in Copenhagen,
Denmark
In the year of 1937 – 1942
he studied at the architectural
school at the Academy of Arts
in Copenhagen
He used Additive
architecture to describe his
development of architectural
projects on the basis of
growth patterns in nature
Architectural style :
Expressionist
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF
KUWAIT
Located in Kuwait, Persian
Completed in the year of
1982
Building Type : Unicameral
Legislature
Architectural Style : Islamic
Architecture
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
Located in Bennelong Point,
Sydney
Duration 1959 – 1973
Building Type : Performing Art
Centre
Architectural Style :
Expressionist
LAURIE BAKER (1917-2007)
Laurence Wilfred Baker
British-born Indian architect
Born in Birmingham, UK
Graduated in 1937 from The
Birmingham School of
Architecture
renowned for his initiatives
in cost-effective energy-
efficient architecture
The architectural style he
followed is Sustainable
Architecture and Organic
architecture
Used indigenous
architecture
CENTRE FOR
DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
Located in
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Established in October 9,1970
Building Type : Research
Institute
Architectural Style : Cost
Effective
INDIAN COFFEE HOUSE
Located in
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Building Type : Public
Building, prominent landmark
Architectural style : Neo
Vernacular architectural
Established in 1940
NORMAN FOSTER
Born on 1935 at
England
British Architect
Sir Norman Robert
Foster
Architectural style he
followed is Contemporary
Architecture
He won Pritzker Prize
and Noble Prize for
Architecture
CITY HALL LONDON
Located in Southwark, London
Duration : 1998 – 2002
Architectural Style : Neo –
Futurism
Building Type : Headquarters
of “Greater London Authority”
SAINSBURY CENTER
Located in Norwich, England
Duration : 1974 – 1978
Architectural Style –
Structural Expressionism
Building Type – Art Gallery &
Museum
GHERKIN
30 St Mary Axe, informally
known as The Gherkin
Located in London, UK
Building Type : Commercial
Skyscraper
Architectural Style :
Sustainable architecture,
Postmodern Architecture,
High-tech architecture, Neo-
futurism
Duration : 2001 – 2003
This building has become a
recognisable landmark of
London
PHILIP JOHNSON (1906 – 2005)
American Architect
Born in Clevenland, Ohio,
USA
Philip Cortelyou Johnson
Best known for his works of
Modern architecture
Completed graduation from
Harvard School of Design in
the year of 1943
Architectural Style – Post
modern Architecture and
Modern Architecture
In 1979 he won the first
Pritzker Prize.
GLASS HOUSE
Located in New Canaan,
Connecticut, US
Duration : 1947 – 1949
Building Type : Historic House
museum
Architectural Style - Modern
LIPSTICK BUILDING
Located in New York , Us
Completed in the Year 1986
Architectural Style – Modern
Architecture
Building Type – Skyscraper,
Office
The building receives its name
from its shape and color, which
resembles a tube of lipstick
CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL
Located in city of Garden
Grove, south of California,
United States.
The church was touted as
"the largest glass building in
the world" when it was
completed in 1981
Duration : 1977 – 1980
Building Type : American
Church building
Architectural Style :
Modern Architecture
Also known as Christ
Cathedral
RAJ REWAL
Born in 1934 at Hoshiyapur,
Punjab
Indian Architect
Graduated from Delhi
School of Architecture in the
year 1954
He became the Associate of
the Royal Institute of British
Architects
Style – Incorporating
historical precedents into
urban design
He created a revolution in
geometric design systems
ASIAD VILLAGE
Located in, New Delhi
Building Type : Residential
Colony developed as the
athlete’s village for 1982 asain
games held in New Delhi
Built in the year 1982
Architectural style -
Contemporary
HALL OF NATIONS
Also known as Pragati Maidan
Located in New Delhi
Building Type – Exhibition &
Convention Centre
Inaugurated on 3rd November
1972
Architectural style -
Modernism
REM KOOLHAAS
Remment Lucas Koolhaas
Dutch architect
Born in 1944,
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Architectural theorist,
urbanist and Professor in
Practice of Architecture and
Urban Design
Architectural Style –
Deconstructivism, Modernism,
Structuralism
In 2000, Rem Koolhaas won
the Pritzker Prize
CASA DA MUSICA
Located in Porto, Portugal
Inaugurated in the year 2005
Building Type – Concert Hall
Architectural Style -
Deconstructivism
CCTV HEADQUARTERS
China Central Television
Headquarters
Located in Chaoyang, China
Duration : 2004 – 2012
Architectural Style :
Deconstructivism
won the 2013 Best Tall Building
Worldwide from the Council on Tall
Buildings and Urban Habitat
M.C.CORMIC TRIBUNE
Located in Chicago, Illinois,
United States
Duration : 1997 – 2003
Building Type – Student Union
Campus Centre
Architectural Style :
Deconstructivism
SEATTLE CENTRAL
LIBRARY
Located in Seattle,
Washington
Duration : 2002 – 2004
Building Type – Library
Architectural Style – Post
modern Architecture
ANDREA PALLADIO (1508 - 1580)
Italian architect
Born in Padua, Italy
influenced by Roman and
Greek architecture
He was best known for
country houses and villas
Architectural Style –
Palladian Architecture is a
European style of
Architecture derived from
and inspired by the designs
of the Venetian Architect
Andrea Palladio
BASILICA PALLADIANA
Located in Veneto, Italy
Duration : 1561 – 1597
Architectural Style –
Renaissance Style
Building Type – Serves as a
seat of government and
number of shops on the ground
floor
VILLA BARBARO
Located in the Veneto region
of northern Italy
Duration : 1549 – 1558
Building Type : private living
quarters & provide functional
accommodation for agricultural
use
Architectural Style - Palladian
VILLA FOSCARI
Located in Mira, near Venice,
northern Italy
Duration : 1558 – 1560
Building Type - host official
receptions
Architectural Style – Palladian
Architecture
VILLA ROTONDA
Located in Vicenza in
northern Italy
Completed during the year
around 1592
Building Type : Neo-Classical
Villa
Architectural Style –
Renaissance & Palladian
LE CORBUSIER (1887-1965)
French-Swiss architect
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret
He was born in Switzerland
and became a French citizen
in 1930
The architectural style he
followed is Iconic Modern
Architecture
He is known foe innovation
in urban planning and his
solutions for low income
housing
He is architect, designer,
painter, urban planner, writer,
and one of the pioneers of what
is now called modern
architecture
CHANDIGARH PALACE OF
JUSTICE
Location : Capitol Complex,
Chandigarh
Duration : 1951 – 1962
Building Type : Legislative
Assembly
Architectural Style : Modern
NOTRE DAME DU HAUT
Location : Ronchamp, France
Duration : 1953 – 1955
Building Type : Roman
Catholic Chapel
Architectural Style : Modern
UN HEADQUARTERS
Located in Manhattan, New
York, US
Duration : 1947 – 1952
Building Type : Office
Architectural Style : Modern
Centerpiece of
the headquarters of the United
Nations
VILLA SAVOYE
Located in Polssy, France
Building Type : Villa
Architectural Style : Modern
Duration : 1929 – 1931
Planned the entire
composition as a sequence of
spatial effects
LOUIS KAHN (1901 – 1974)
American Architect
Louis Isadore Kahn
Born in Saaremaa, Estonia,
Europe
Graduated architecture at
The University of
Pennsylvania in 1924
Professor of Architecture
and design critic at Yale
School of Architecture and at
the University of Pennsylvania
Architectural Style : modern
& brutalist style
he deserves a place among
the 20th century's most
important architects
IIM AHMEDABAD
Location : Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Building Type : Public Business
School
Architectural Style : Local
Traditions with Modern Style
Duration : 1962 - 1975
KIMBELL ART MUSEUM
Location : Fort Worth, Texas,
USA
Building Type : Art Museum
This Art museum was
established on 1972
Architectural Style : Modern
Architecture
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
DHAKA
Located : Dhaka, Bangladesh
Duration : 1961 - 1982
Architectural Style : Brutalist
& Modern Architecture
Building Type : National
Assembly Building
Also known as Jatiya Sangsad
Bhaban
SALK INSTITUTE
Located : La Jolla, CA, US
Duration : 1959 - 1965
Architectural Style : Brutalist
Building Type : Scientific
Research Institute
HAFEEZ CONTRACTOR
Born in Mumbai, 1950
Graduated from University
of Mumbai
MS from Columbia
He was the member of the
Bombay heritage committee
He was awarded the Padma
Bhushan in January 2016 by
the Government of India
He has designed
many skyscrapers in India,
primarily in the city
of Mumbai
HIRANANDANI GARDENS
Location in Mumbai,
Maharastra
Founded in 1989
Building Type – Municipal
Corporation
Architectural Style – Neo
Classical
LOKHANDWALA MINERVA
Location in Mumbai,
Maharastra
Construction started in 2010
Building Type – Residential
Architectural Style – High Rise
building
IMPERIAL TOWERS
Located in Tardeo, Mumbai
Duration 2005 - 2010
His most recognizable project
to date
Mumbai’s tallest tower
Built on former slum land
Also provides free land and
rehabilitation to slum dwellers
in exchange for rights for
property development
Building type : Residential
Architectural Style – High Rise
building
MIES VAN DER ROHE (1886 – 1969)
Ludwig Mies Van Der ROHE
German-born Architect
One of the 20th century’s
greatest architect
Born in Aachen, Nordhein
Westfalen, Germany
He is regarded as one of the
pioneers of modernist
architecture
He used to call his buildings
as “skin and bones”
architecture
He is known for the use of
the aphorisms “Less Is More”
& “God is in the details”
BARCELONA PAVILION
Located : Barcelona, Spain
Duration : 1928 - 1929
Architectural Style : Modern
Architecture & Minimalism
Building Type :official opening
of the German section of the
exhibition
FARNSWORTH HOUSE
Located : Plano, Illinois, US
Duration : 1941 - 1951
Architectural Style :
International style, Modernist
Building Type : one-room
weekend retreat
SEAGRAM BUILDING
Located : New York, United
States
The Seagram building was
completed in 1958
Architectural Style :
International Style, Modern
architecture
Building Type : skyscraper
The Seagram Building is on
the National Register of Historic
Places
It has been designated as an
official city landmark by
the New York City Landmarks
Preservation Commission
ALVARO SIZA
Portuguese architect
known as Alvaro Joaquim de
Melo Siza Vieira
Born on 25th June 1933,
Matosinhos, Portugal
He graduated architecture at
the former School of Fine Arts
of the University of Porto
He was awarded Pritzker
Prize in 1992
The Architectural style he
followed is Modernism
The Expo ’98 Portuguese
National Pavilion
Location : banks of the Tagus
River in Lisbon, Portugal
Duration : 1995 – 1997
Building Type : main entrance
for World Exposition
Architectural Style : Modern
Siza’s Floating Edifice
Location : island in the middle
of artificial lake at New Salt
Industrial Park
Inaugurated at the year 2014
Building Type : Office
Complex
Architectural Style : Modern
Won Pritzker Prize
RICHARD MEIER
American Architect
Born on 12th October 1934,
New Jersey, US
Studied Architecture from
Cornell University in 1957
He was deeply influenced by
the works of architects in
mid-20th century, especially
that of Le-Corbusier, Mies Van
Der Rohe and Frank Lloyd
Wright.
He called the architectural
style called Rationalism
He was awarded the Pritzker
Prize for Architecture in 1984
JUBILEE CHURCH
Location : Rome, Italy
Building Type : Catholic Church
Architectural Style : Modern
Inaugurated at the year 2003
This Jubilee Church is also
known as White Sculpture
THE ATHENAEUM
Location : New Harmony,
Indiana
Building type : Centre for
visitor orientation and cultural
community events
Duration : 1975 – 1979
Architectural Style : Modern
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