Tadao Ando is often regarded as the architect who best embodies the minimalist approach, which emphasises clean lines and fundamental features. He is the only architect to have won the…
The very first work as an established architect by Tadao Ando, the 1995 Pritzker Prize, is the former Tomishima House in Osaka, today called Atelier in Oyodo II, headquarter of his architectural studio. The project…
Nestled in the historic city of Ningbo, China, the Ningbo museum is a testament to the culture of the city. Designed by architect Wang Shu, leading the Amateur Architect Studio,…
Born in Vienna, Austria, circa 1935, Pritzker Prize laureate Hans Hollein was a significant figure of postmodern architecture, to be precise, was an architect, designer, and professor. He graduated from…
Alejandro Aravena was born in 1967 in Santiago, Chile. After graduating as an architect from Universidad Católica de Chile, he started his firm, Alejandro Aravena Architects, in 1994. He has…
Note: The listing of religions or associated elements in the respective sentences as nouns, sacred building types or adjectives was done in alphabetical order to avoid objectivity and hierarchisation. Adjaye…
Renzo Piano is a Pritzker Prize-winning Italian Architect known for buildings such as the ground-breaking Pompidou Centre in Paris, the London Bridge Tower (also known as “The Shard”), and the…
The Pritzker Architecture Prize is the highest honor in the field of Architecture, it offers notability and prestige to the Pritzker prize winner and his work which render the qualities…
In a world where industries seem to be highly exclusive in terms of their intellectual property, ELEMENTAL goes against the mainstream by essentially outsourcing their architecture for social change. Their…
A master of geometric patterns in black and white, Richard Meier is a quintessential abstract artist and architect. He is a Pritzker prize laureate who, in 1963 went on to…
Post-Modernist, Hans Hollein, rose to international fame with his very first commission of the 14.8 sq.m Retti Candle Shop on a busy street of his hometown in Vienna. Although he…
Architect, urban planner, and designer Denise Scott Brown is a partner in the Philadelphia firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates (VSBA). But, before that she’s a photographer, a keen observer…