buildings/architects 1 Flashcards
Architect of the Chrysler Building
William Van Alen
Architect of the Woolworth Building
Cass Gilbert
Architect of the Hollywood-Western
Building
Charles Lee
Architect of the Chilehaus
Fritz Hoger
Architect of the Goetheanum II Building
Rudolf Steiner
Architect of the Seagram Building
together with Philip Johnson who
designed most of the interior spaces
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Architect of the Palace of the Assembly
in Chandigarh, India
Le Corbusier
Architect of the Couvent Sainte-Marie
de la Tourette built in steeply sloping
site near Lyon, France
Le Corbusier
Architect of the Harvard Graduate
Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts
known for its clean lines and
minimalistic design
Walter Gropius
Architect of the Glass House in New
Canaan, Connecticut
Philip Johnson
Architect of the two wing expansion of
the Louvre Palace, who had taken over
and developed the designs of the
previous architect who died
Hector Lefuel
Architect of the Royal Courts of Justice
who died before its completion
George Edmund Street
Architect of the Paris Opera House
Charles Garnier
Architect of the Reform Club in Pall
Mall, London
Charles Barry
Architect of the St. Pancras Hotel and
Station Block
George Gilbert Scott
Architect of the Exeter Library
Louis Khan
Architect of the Bank of China Tower in
Hong Kong
I.M. Pei
Architect of the Museum of Islamic Art
in Doha, Qatar
I.M. Pei
Architect of the Sydney Opera House in
Australia
Jorn Utzon
Architect noted for his works on
Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, known for
its distinctive modernist architecture.
He lives by the dictum “when a form
creates beauty, it becomes functional,
and therefore fundamental in
architecture.”
Oscar Niemeyer
Architect of the Renault Distribution
Center distinguished by its striking
profile with 59 bright-yellow masts and
arched steel beams that support the
roof
Norman Foster
Architect of the Dolphin and Swan
Hotels in Walt Disney Resort in Florida
Michael Graves
Architect who seeks to distance from
being associated with Deconstructivism
but his Santa Monica residence which
he designed is regarded as the
prototypical deconstructivist building
Frank Gehry
