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NOTABLE ARCHITECT’S

FAMOUS DICTRUM/
PHILOSOPHIES/
SAYINGS
Louis Sullivan

“ Father of Modern Architecture”

“Form follows function”


Frank Lloyd Wright

“Form and function as one”

“ The bldg. must not only be on the ground


but off the ground”

"Less is more only when more is too much“

“A house must not be on fill but of a hill”


Frank Lloyd Wright

An Architect that recognized in 1991 by the


American Institute of Architects as "the
greatest American architect of all time"
Antonio Gaudi

“Form does not necessarily follow function”

“ straight line belongs to man & the


curved line belongs to God”
Walter Gropius

“The ultimate goal of the new architecture was


the composite but inseparable work of an art,
in which the old dividing line between
monumental and decorative elements will
have disappeared forever.”

“Art and Architecture, the new unity”


Le corbusier
(Charles-Édouard Jeanneret )

“Cube within a cube”

“a house is a machine to live in”

“the exterior of a building is a result of the


interior”
Louis Kahn
“Create buildings and environment automobile-
servant of man”
“A house is a house”

Robert Maillart
“A bridge is like a house”

Ludwig Mies Van de Rohe


“Less is more”
Robert Venturi
“Less is bore”

Eero Saarinen
“Function influence but does not dictate form”

Kenzo Tange
“Modern architecture need not to be Western”
Daniel Burnham
“make no little plans, they have no magic to stir
man’s blood”

Michael Graves
“Design as if you were a child”

Marcel Breuer
“ Father of furniture Architecture ”
Benjamin Latrobe
“ A bldg. is the combination of different geometric figures.”

Kenzo Tange
“ Modern Architecture need not be Western.”

Lao Tze
“The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls, but
in the space within to be lived in.”

Adolf Loos
“Ornament is a Crime”
Ieoh Ming Pei
United States
- Bank of China
- The Louvre
- Boston City Hall
- Christian Science Center, Boston
- East Wing National Gallery,
Wash.D.C.
- Everson Museum of Art, New York
- Hancock Place, Boston
- Javits Convention Center,
New York
- Johnson Museum of Art,
New York
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Ohio
- National Center for Atmospheric
Research, Colorado
Richard Meier
United States
- Frankfurt Museum for
Decorative Arts, Germany
- Canal+ Television Headquarters,
Paris
- Hartford Seminary, Connecticut
- Atheneun
New Harmony, Indiana
- Bronx Developmental Center,
New York
- Getty Center,
Los Angeles, California.
- High Museum of Art, Atlanta
Kenzo Tange
Japan
- Ichinomiya Rowhouses, Japan
- Kurashiki City Hall, Japan
- Nichinan Cultural Center, Japan
- Hiroshima Peace Center, Japan
- OUB Building, Singapore
- Small Olympic Arena, Tokyo
-Sogestsu Art Center, Tokyo
- Shinjuku City Hall, Tokyo
Frank O. Gehry
United States
- Guggenheim Museum, Spain
- Loyola Law School
Los Angeles
- California Aerospace Museum (1982-
1984),Los Angeles
- University of Toledo Art Museum, Ohio
(1990-1992)
- Vitra Design Museum (1990)
Weil am Rhein, Germany,
Robert Venturi
United States
- Vanna Venturi House, Pennsylvania
- Guild House (an apartment building for the
elderly built in 1965)
- Allen Art Museum Addition, Ohio
- Brant House, Connecticut
- Gordon Wu Hall, Princeton, Connecticut
- Tucker House at Mount Kisco, New York
- Trubek House, Massachussets
Tadao Ando
Japan
- Rokko Housing One, Kobe,Japan
- Japanese Pavilion for Expo ’92,
Spain
- Azuma House
- Ishihara House, Osaka
- Church of Light
- Church on the Water
- Children’s Museum, Himeji
- Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum
Renzo Piano, Italy
- Centre Pompidou, Paris
- Kansai Airport Terminal, Osaka, Japan
- Menil Collection, Houston, Texas
- UNESCO Laboratory and Workshop (also referred to
as the Renzo Piano Building Workshop)
-National Center for Science and Technology in
Amsterdam
-Mercedes Benz Design Center, in Stuttgart, Germany
-Thompson Optronics Factory, Paris
-Rue de Meaux Housing in Paris
-Bercy 2 Shopping Center in Charenton le Pont (Paris)
-San Nicola Stadium in Bari, Italy
-Lingotto Factory Conversion
Sir Norman Foster
United Kingdom

- St. Mary Axe


- Reichstag
- London City Hall
- Millenium Bridge
- HSBC Building
JørnUtzon
Denmark
- Sydney Opera House
- Fredensborg Housing Estate
(195962)
Denmark
- Kingo Housing Estate (1956-58),
Denmark
- Bagsvaerdi Church (1973-76),
Denmark
- Skagen Nature Center (2001),
Denmatk
Zaha Hadid
United Kingdom

- Richard and Lois Rosenthal


- Center for Contemporary Art
Cincinnati, Ohio
- Price Tower Arts Center
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
- BMW in Leipzig
- Guggenheim Museum for Taichung,
Taiwan

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