Important Architects

Explore the lives and works of famous architects and designers, from Alvar Aalto to Frank Lloyd Wright.

  • white man dressed in white seen through a window
    Biography of British Architect Richard Rogers
  • elderly Chinese man with round glasses
    I.M. Pei, Architect of Glass Geometries
  • Neri Oxman
    21 Famous Women Architects
  • The spiral ramp of the Guggenheim Museum and the glass dome above it.
    Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture by City and State
  • old black and white photo of the back of an old man with a hat sitting in a spindle chair playing the piano
    The 11 Best Books About Frank Lloyd Wright
  • old black and white photo of many young people building a large building
    15 Important African American Architects
  • ITALY-JAPAN-ARCHITECTURE-ISOZAKI
    Winners of the Pritzker Prize in Architecture
  • Black and white portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright, an older white man sitting in a chair, with a cane, dressed in a three-piece suit, with his large hand up to his face
    In the Words of Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Picture of Stockman House Museum in Iowa, a Frank Lloyd Wright square house with trellis extensions
    A Fireproof House Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Glenn Murcutt looking over glasses slid down his nose
    Biography of Glenn Murcutt, Australian Architect
  • mid-century modern room, slanted ceiling, natural light, stone fireplace, built-in row of seating
    Interior Design - Looking Inside Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Adolf Loos
    Biography of Adolf Loos, Belle Epoque Architect and Rebel
  • open watercolor box, brushes, tape measure, and open notebooks
    5 Themes in the Works of John Ruskin
  • man with shaved head standing in red backdrop that says GREEN
    Jean Nouvel Buildings: Shadow & Light
  • A dwarf holds up Disney's Burbank Headquarters, architecture designed by Michael Graves
    Designing for Disney
  • Black and white photo of elderly white man, laughing, architect Mies van der Rohe, c. 1950
    Mies van der Rohe and Neo-Miesian Architecture
  • black and white photo of smiling white man in suit in front of a large construction site
    Biography of Danish Architect Jørn Utzon
  • Ornate pyramid tower in colorful tiles of red, yellow, green, and blue, a sun dominates the design, the words Shakspere and Goethe are carved in stone
    Famous Architects and Designers Born in April
  • Architect Oscar Niemeyer in his Studio in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    The Life and Architecture of Oscar Niemeyer
  • A cart and lounge chairs on display in a large room of a museum
    Selected Architecture of Alvar Aalto
  • Looking up a triangular side of a skyscraper in Lower Manhattan
    David Childs Architecture - The World Trade Center & Beyond
  • Italian Architect Renzo Piano in his Punta Nave workshop
    Biography of Renzo Piano, Italian Architect
  • white-haired white man in black shirt leaning over a rail overlooking many desks in an open workspace
    Biography of Norman Foster, High-Tech Architect
  • grey bearded man motioning near egg-like structure with jagged top -- the Italian architect says he has built a 'site, not a building' on the Tina peninsula.
    Renzo Piano - 10 Buildings and Projects
  • Black and white photo of Austrian-American Architect Richard Neutra, c. 1969
    Richard Neutra, Pioneer of the International Style
  • Portrait of Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) engraved in 19th century by R Woodman
    Biography of Andrea Palladio
  • Architect Frank Gehry
    Biography of Frank Gehry, Controversial Canadian-American Architect
  • The Frederick C. Robie House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, 1910
    Portfolio of Selected Architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Rem Koolhaas
    Biography of Rem Koolhaas, Dutch Architect
  • Portrait in black and white of Frank Lloyd Wright in 1942
    Biography of Frank Lloyd Wright
  • White-haired Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, 90, in orange-brown suit looking at a plaque with ornate cast-iron framing in 1973
    Biography of Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, Portmeirion Designer
  • Architect Zaha Hadid in 2011
    Zaha Hadid, First Woman to Win the Pritzker Prize
  • Marcel Breuer in the Wassily chair
    Marcel Breuer, Bauhaus Architect and Designer
  • Eileen Gray circa 1910, black and white side view
    Eileen Gray, Nonconformist Designer and Architect
  • White man, glasses, grey hair, bow tie, Atlantic monument in background, architect Friedrich St.Florian in foreground
    Biography of Friedrich St.Florian, FAIA
  • William Morris
    Biography of William Morris, Leader of the Arts and Crafts Movement
  • American skyscraper architect William Le Baron Jenney, c. 1885
    Biography of William Le Baron Jenney
  • Rear view of The Red House in Upton, Bexleyheath, Greater London
    Biography of Philip Webb
  • Side portrait of architect Philip Johnson in his office August 15, 1998 in New York City.
    Philip Johnson, Living in a Glass House
  • Black and white historic head portrait of bearded, rotund American architect Henry Hobson Richardson
    Henry Hobson Richardson, The All-American Architect
  • Tetrahedronical ceiling at Yale University Art Gallery, inspired by Anne Tyng
    Anne Tyng, an Architect Living in Geometry
  • Architect Daniel Libeskind in 2004, short grey hair, black-rimmed glasses
    Daniel Libeskind, Ground Zero Master Planner
  • Black and white photo of Bauhaus Architect Walter Gropius
    Biography of Walter Gropius
  • Press photo of Arata Isozaki, white-haired, regal Japanese man.
    Biography of Arata Isozaki
  • Zaha Hadid stands in front of the new Riverside Museum, jagged roof, reflective glass facade
    Zaha Hadid, Architecture Portfolio in Pictures
  • An Introduction to Architect Eduardo Souto de Moura
  • White-haired Juhani Pallasmaa, Finnish Architect and Educator
    Juhani Pallasmaa, The Soft-Spoken Finn With Big Ideas
  • Front View of Lincoln Home, 5 Windows Across on Second Floor, Center Door on First Floor With 2 Windows on Each Side
    About Abraham Lincoln's Home in Springfield, Illinois
  • Christopher Wren's image in stained glass.
    Sir Christopher Wren, the Man Who Rebuilt London After the Fire
  • Michelangelo's Creation of Adam Fresco Painting, Sistine Chapel, Rome, Italy
    Michelangelo, Rebel of the Renaissance
  • In 2005 architect Santiago Calatrava discussed his design for the WTC Transportation Hub in NYC
    Biography of Santiago Calatrava, Engineer and Architect
  • Black and white photo of architect Louis Kahn
    Louis I. Kahn, a Premier Modernist Architect
  • Arts and Crafts style Merrill Hall at Asilomar designed by architect Julia Morgan
    Julia Morgan, The Woman Who Designed Hearst Castle
  • black and white photo of John Ruskin
    Biography and Influence of John Ruskin, Writer and Philosopher
  • Swiss-born architect Le Corbusier, wearing eyeglasses, a bow tie, and shirt sleeves, looking up from a drawing table and an open portfolio
    Biography of Le Corbusier, Leader of the International Style
  • Architect Maya Lin in 2014
    Maya Lin. The Architect, Sculptor, and Artist
  • French female architect Odile Decq, April 2012, dark eye shadow, frizzed dark hair, red lipstick
    Biography of Odile Decq
  • Black and white historic photo of John Augustus Roebling, American civil engineer
    Biography of John Augustus Roebling, Man of Iron
  • Black and white photo of Addison Mizner
    Biography of Addison Mizner
  • David Adjaye smiling at the camera and holding an award.
    David Adjaye Designed Architecture for the World
  • Robert A.M. Stern in 2013 at age 74
    Robert A.M. Stern, Traditionally Modern and Classic
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