buildings/architects 2 Flashcards
Architect of the Guggenheim Museum in
Bilbao
Frank Gehry
Architect of the Jewish Museum after
winning the competition organized by
the Berlin government for the
museum’s expansion to bring a Jewish
presence back to Berlin after WWII.
Daniel Libeskind
Architect of the Walt Disney Concert
Hall
Frank Gehry
Architect of the master plan for the
World Trade Center memorial
symbolizing both remembrance of the
tragedy and the city’s spirit of resilience
and renewal
Daniel Libeskind
Architect of the Biomuseo in Panama
City
Frank Gehry
Architect of the Tate Museum of
Modern Art in London, England
Herzog & de Meuron
Architect of the CCTV Headquarters in
Beijing, China.
Rem Koolhaas
Architect and urban planner best
known for his master plan for Brasilia
Lucio Costa
Architect of the Cathedral of Brasilia
Oscar Niemeyer
Architect of the Palacio da Alvorada and
the Palácio do Planalto
Oscar Niemeyer
Architect and structural engineer noted
for his use of tensile and membrane
structures, including the roof of the
Olympic Stadium in Munich for the
1972 Summer Olympics.
Frei Otto
Architect of the Mannheim Multihalle in
Germany, a large-scale timber grid shell
structure with a hyperbolic paraboloid
shape
Frei Otto
Architect of the Marshall Field
Warehouse, which is a building
intended for a wholesale business and
is clad in rusticated exterior of
stonework giving the appearance of an
Italian Romanesque palazzo with is
massive semicircular window arches
Henry Hobson Richardson
Pioneered new foundation techniques
such as the grillage foundation, and
later on invented a type of caisson
construction for watertight foundation
structures, which quickly became the
template foundation for skyscrapers
Dankmar Adler
The first Professor of Architecture at
the University of Michigan, wherein he
influenced a generation of pupils and
apprentices, some of whom became
famous, including Daniel Burnham,
Louis Sullivan, William Holabird, and
Martin Roche.
William Le Baron Jenney
Best known for designing the first high rise building with the use of metal
frame rather than stone and brick
William Le Baron Jenney
The first American architect to produce
a modern style of architecture and the
first architect anywhere to
revolutionize skyscraper aesthetics and
give stylish unity to tall buildings.
Louis Sullivan
Architect of the Cardboard Cathedral in
Christchurch, New Zealand
Shigeru Ban
Architect of the Church of Light in
Osaka, Japan
Tadao Ando
Architect of the Yoyogi National
Stadium in Tokyo, Japan
Kenzo Tange
Architect of the National Museum in
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Toyo Ito
Architect of the Millenium Dome, the
largest dome in the world located in
Greenwhich, United Kingdom
Richard Rogers
Architect of the Auditorio de Tenerife in
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Santiago Calatrava
Architect whose characteristic style
emphasizes the use of white to convey
purity and simplicity
Santiago Calatrava
Architect of the Prada Flagship Store in
Tokyo, Japan
Herzog & de Meuron
Architect of the Allianz Arene in
Munich, Germany
Herzog & de Meuron
Physician who designed the United
States Capitol with no formal
architectural training and no knowledge
of building technology
William Thornton
