FAMOUS ARCHITECTS

AND
THEIR BUILDINGS
PART - III

Ar. Sowmyaa.C
Excel College of Architecture & Planning
CESAR PELLI (1926 – 2019)
 Argentine architect
 Born in San Miguel de Tucuman,
Argentina
 In 1949, he graduated from The
universidad Nacional de Tucuman
He received his Master of Science
in Architecture degree in 1954
• The architectural style he
followed is Modern Architecture
•He designed some of the world's
tallest buildings and other major
urban landmarks
• The American Institute of
Architects named him one of the
ten most influential living
American architects in 1991 and
awarded him the AIA Gold Medal
in 1995.
 PETRONAS TOWER
 Location - Jalan Ampang, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia
 Duration : 1991 – 1998
 Building Type : Commercial &
tourist attraction
 Architectural Style – Postmodern
Islamic architecture
 Otherwise known as PETRONAS
Twin Tower
BOK CENTRE
 Bank of Oklahoma Centre
 Location - Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
 Duration : 2005 - 2008
 Building type : multi-
purpose arena and a primary indoor
sports and event venue
 Architectural Style – American
deco-style
 DAVID CHILDS

 American architect
 Born on 1 April 1941 in
Princeton, New Jersey, United
States
 He first majored in zoology
 He graduated from Yale School of
Architecture and earned his
master’s degree in 1967
 He is best known for his
controversial redesign of the new
One World Trade Centre in New
York City.
 Architectural Style : Modern
Architecture
 ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER
 Location - Manhattan, New York, United
States
 Duration : 2006 - 2014
Building Type : Office, Observation
Communication
 Architectural Style – Contemporary
Modern
 Otherwise known as One World
Trade, One WTC, or Freedom Tower
BURJ KHALIFA
 The Burj Khalifa, known as the Burj Dubai
Location – Downtown Dubai, Dubai, United
Arab Emirates
 Duration : 2004 - 2009
 Building type : mixed - use building
 Architectural Style – Neo – futurism
 Burj Khalifa has been the tallest
structure and building in the world since
its topping out in 2009
 TADAO ANDO
 Japanese self-taught architect
 Born in Osaka, Japan in 1941
 He spent time in nearby Kyoto
and Nara, studying first-hand the
great monuments of traditional
Japanese architecture
 Inspired by the works of Le
Corbusier and also considers Mies
Van Der Rohe, Alvar Alto, Frank
Lloyd Wright and Louis Kahn
 In 1995, Ando won the Pritzker
Prize for architecture, considered
the highest distinction in the field
 Ando's architectural style is
said to create a "haiku" effect,
emphasizing nothingness and
empty space to represent the
beauty of simplicity
 CHURCH OF LIGHT
 Location - Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
 Church of Light was built in the year of
1989
 Building Type : Chapel
 Architectural Style – Modern
architecture
 Sometimes called the "Church with
Light"
THE CHICHU ART MUSEUM
Location – Southern portion of the
island of Naoshima, Japan
 Constructed in the year of 2004
 rethinking the relationship between
nature and people
 Building type : Art Museum
 Architectural Style – Minimalism
 The museum was built mostly
underground to avoid affecting the
beautiful natural scenery of the Seto
Inland sea.
 SHIGERU BEN
 Japanese architect
 Born on 5th August 1957, Tokyo,
Japan
He is known for his innovative
work with paper, particularly
recycled cardboard tubes
 He studied architecture in the
Southern California Institute of
Architecture on 1984, then at
Cooper Union University of
Architecture of New York
 Ban was named the 37th recipient
of the Pritzker Architecture Prize,
the most prestigious prize
in modern architecture in the year
of 2014
 He is a person who is inspired by
things around him.
NINE BRIDGES COUNTRY CLUB
 Location : South korea
 Nine bridges country club was
established in the year 2009
 Building Type : Clubhouse
 Architectural Style : Modern
Architecture

CARDBOARD CATHEDRAL
Formally called the Transitional
Cathedral
 Location : Christchurch Central
City, New Zealand
 This cathedral was opened in the
year August 2013
 Building Type : Cathedral
 Architectural Style – Gothic
Architecture
 KEN YEANG
 Malaysian architect
 Born in Penang, Malaysia at the
year 1946
 He qualified in architecture
from the AA (Architectural
Association) School of
Architecture, London
 He is best known for his
ecological architecture and
ecomaster plans that have a
distinctive green aesthetic.
 He pioneered an ecology-based
architecture, working on the theory
and practice of sustainable design
 Architectural style : Modern
architecture
 MENARA MESINIAGA
 Location : Seiangor, Malaysia
 Duration : 1991 - 1994
 Building Type : Office
 Architectural Style : Modern
Architecture
 Recognised with Aga Khan Award
for Architecture in 1995

NATIONAL LIBRARY SINGAPORE

 Location : Victoria Street,
Singapore
 This National Library was
established in the year 2005
 Building Type : Public Library
 Architectural Style : Modern
Architecture
 THOM MAYNE
 American architect
 Born in Waterbury, Connecticut,
United States in the 1944
 He studied Architecture at the
University of Southern California
and also studied at the Harvard
University Graduate School of
Design in 1978
 Receiving his bachelor’s degree,
he began working as an urban
planner under Korean-born
architect Ki Suh Park
 He is currently the director
of Morphosis, an architectural firm
in Santa Monica, California
 Won Pritzker Prize in the year of
2005
 CENTENNIAL TOWER
 Location : 3 Temasek Avenue,
Singapore
 Duration : 1995 - 1997
 Building Type : Commercial Offices
 Architectural Style - High Rise
Building

PEROT MUSEUM OF
NATURE AND SCIENCE
 Location : Dallas, United States
 This Perot museum of Nature and
Science was established in the year
2006
 Building Type : Science museum,
Natural History museum
 Architectural Style : Modern
architecture
 BERNARD TSCHUMI

 Born on 1944 at Lausanne,

Switzerland
 He is the son of the well-known
architect Jean Tschumi
 He works and lives in New York
City.
He studied in Paris and Zurich,
where he received his degree in
architecture in 1969
 The Architectural style he
followed is Deconstructivism
 ACROPOLIS MUSEUM
 Location : Athens, Greece
 This museum was established in
the year 2009
 Building Type : Archaeological
Museum
 Architectural Style : Neo –
Classical Architecture

BLUE CONDOMINIUM
 Location : New York, United States
 This building was established in the
year 2007
 Building Type : Residential
 Architectural Style : High Rise
Building
 The Blue Condominium also known
as the Blue Tower
 ANTOINE PREDOCK
 American architect
 Born in 1936, Lebanon, Missouri,
United States
 He is the Principal of Antoine
Predock Architect PC - A studio
that he estalished in 1967
 Predock attended the University
of New Mexico and later received
his Bachelor of Architecture from
Columbia University
 In 2007, Predock was awarded a
Lifetime Achievement Award from
the Cooper-Hewitt National Design
Museum
 Architectural Style he followed is
modern Architecture
TRINITY RIVER AUDUBON
CENTER (TRAC)
 Location : Great Trinity Forest
Park, Dallas, Texas
 Duration : 2002 - 2008
 Building Type : Nature Centre &
History museum
 Architectural Style : Modern
Architecture
CANADIAN MUSEUM FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS (CMHR)
 Location : Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada
 Duration : 2009 - 2014
 Building Type : National Museum
 Architectural Style : Modern
Architecture
MINORU YAMASAKI (1912 – 1986)
 Japanese-American architect
 Born in Seattle, Washington, U.S.
 He is best known for designing
the original World Trade Centre in
New York City
 He has won American Institute
of Architects Award Three times
 He is inspired by Gothic
Architecture and usage of narrow
windows
 He graduated architecture from
the University of Washington in
1932
 He started practice in Suburban
Detroit, Michigan in 1945
 Architectural Style : Modern and
International Style movements
 Most prominent architects in 20th
Century
 TORRE PICASSO
 Location : Madrid, Spain
 Duration : 1982 - 1988
 Building Type : Commercial
Complex
 Architectural Style : International
Style
 Also known as Picasso Tower
 The building is currently the fifth
largest in Madrid and the tenth
tallest building in Spain
RAINIER TOWER
 Location : Seattle, Washington DC,
United States
 Construction completed in the year
of 1977
 Building Type : Commercial Offices
 Architectural Style : Modern
Architecture
 Also known as Rainier Square
JOSEPH ALLEN STEIN (1912 – 2001)
 American architect
 Born in Omaha, Nebraska,
United States
 He studied architecture at the
University of Illinois, in Paris and
the Cranbrook Academy of Art
 In 1952 he moved to India and
became head of the department of
architecture at the Bengal
Engineering College in Calcutta
 He moved to Delhi later on where
he did his major works
 His approach is called modern
regionalism
 The Government of India
awarded him the fourth highest
civilian award of Padma Shri in
1992
 INDIA INTERNATIONAL
CENTRE
 Location : Lodhi Gardens, New
Delhi
 India International Centre
completed in the year of 1962
 Building Type : Meeting place for
cultural and intellectual offerings
 Architectural Style : Modern
Architecture
TRIVENI KALA SANGAM
 Location : New Delhi
 Triveni Kala Sangam was founded
in 1950
 Building Type : Cultural and Arts
complex and Education centre
 Architectural Style – Modern
architecture