Showing posts with label 10 Designers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 10 Designers. Show all posts

Friday, November 16, 2007

Santiago Calatrava


Santiago Calatrava is a well known Spanish architect and engineer. He i known for his gravity defying structural forms, especially bridges. Calatrava'ss work has been characterized by joining sculpture, architecture, and engineering together to create amazing structures. He draws a lot of his inspiration from wings, flowers, petals, waves, and animal skeletons.

Gottfried Boehm



Gottfried Boehm is a German architect born in 1920. The son of Dominikus Boehm,, a great Catholic church builder, Gottfried learned from his father as well as other prominent archtiects. Gottfried's approach to design has been characterized by having clear concepts and ideas. His work emphasizes the sculptural aspect of architecture.

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Fumihiko Maki

A major figure in Japanese architecture since the late 1950s, Fumihiko Maki is recognized for his architectural and urban design work as well as his contributions to architectural theory. Fumihiko Maki's work is characterized by his critical development of the modern model, his desire to create a contemporary urban architecture and spaces of public appearance, and his attempt to fuse design concepts of the Hast and West. Fumihiko Maki is known for Fumihiko Maki's rational approach, intelligent combination of technology with craftsmanship, and delicate details, all of which are illustrated in projects for cultural, residential, commercial, educational as well as office, convention, and sports facilities.

Taken from: http://architect.architecture.sk/fumihiko-maki-architect/fumihiko-maki-architect.php

Eliel Saarinen



Born in 1873, this Finnish American architect greatly influenced modern architecture. Saarinen designs greatly reflect his country Finnish upbringings. His used Finnish and classical architecture as inspirations for his designs.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Alvaro Siza


Alvaro Siza is a Portuagese architect with a skill for designing houses. Born in 1933, he studied at the university of Porto School of Architecture. Since his days as an architect student, Siza has been receiving awards for his exceptional work.

Richard Meier

Richard Meier is a world renowned architect. With over 70 awards, including the highest honor available in architecture, the AIA Gold Medal from the Ameican Institute of Architects, Meier will be permanently revered in the architect world. The theme throughout much of his work is clean cut lines and verticals.

Charles Ormond Eames

Charles Ormond Eames, along with his wife, Ray Eames, changed the architect world. Doing a range of designs from buildings, interiors, furniture, rugs, toys, stage, movie sets, urban plans, photography, film, and graphics. Without an architecture degree, Eames has created timeless pieces such as chairs that are still being marveled over today.



Carlo Scarpa





Carlos Scarpa was born in 1906 in Venezia, Italy. He received his diploma from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Venice with a diploma in Architectural Drawing. With a great sense of materials, many of Scarpa's work experiments with different materials in architecture and landscape design.

Monday, November 12, 2007

Adolf Loos




Adolf Loos, an Australian architect known for his European architecture, Loos strayed away from ornamentation in his structures. Instead, Loos stuck to clean straight lines and some curves. His structures allow you to focus on the building itself.

Frank Lloyd Wright




Born in 1867, Wrights has been titles one of the greatest architects of the 20th century. His work is characterized by his lack personal style. Instead of sticking to one style, Wright felt that architecture should work with its surroundings to create a dynamic structure harmonious with its environment. A lot of his designs used geometric shapes such as diamonds and cubes.