The 50 greatest architects : the people whose buildings have shaped our world / Ike Ijeh

By:

Ije, Ike [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Arcturus Publishing Limited, c2021Description: 208 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmISBN:

9781838574208

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

NA 642 .I34 2021

Contents:

Hemiunu (B. 2570 BC) -- Marcus Vitruvius (80-70 BC-15 BC) -- Henry Yevele (1320-1400) -- Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446) -- Kuai Xiang (1398-1481) -- Mimar Sinan (1488-1588) -- Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) -- Inigo Jones (1573-1652) -- Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) -- Louis Le Vau (1612-1670) -- Christopher Wren (1632-1723) -- Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661-1736) -- John Vanbrugh (1664-1726) -- John Nash (1752-1835) -- John Soane (1753-1837) -- George Gilbert Scott (1811-1878) -- Daniel Burnham (1846-1912) -- Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926) -- Louis Sullivan (1856-1924) -- Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) -- Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944) -- Walter Gropius (1883-1969) -- Willem Dudok (1884-1974) -- Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe (1886-1969) -- Le Corbusier (1887-1965) -- Paul Revere Williams (1894-1980) -- Louis Kahn (1901-1974) -- Philip Johnson (1906-2005) -- Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012) -- Eero Saarinen (1910-1961) -- Minoru Yamasaki (1912-1986) -- I.M. Pei (1917-2019) -- Jørn Utzon (1918-2008) -- Frank Gehry (B.1929) -- Denise Scott Brown (B.1931) -- Richard Rogers (B.1933) -- Álvaro Siza (B.1933) -- Norman Foster (B.1935) -- Jan Gehl (B.1935) -- Renzo Piano (B.1937) -- Eva Jiřičná (B.1939) -- Tado Ando (B.1941) -- Rem Koolhaas (B.1944) -- Rem Koolhaas (B.1944) -- Zaha Hadid (1950-2016) -- Santiago Calatrava (B.1951) -- Kazuyo Sejima (B.1956) -- David Adjaye (B.1966) -- Picture Credits/Acknowledgments.

Summary: "The architects selected here have designed buildings that are as dramatic as their impact on the world of architecture. From familiar modern era names such as Zaha Hadid and Sir Norman Foster to geniuses from history such as Nicholas Hawksmoor and Andrea Palladio, Ike Ijeh reveals his top 50 list of the architects deserving of the description 'greatest'. Two double-page spreads are dedicated to each architect, outlining their influences, the legacy of their ideas and revealing the glorious designs that have made them famous."

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"The architects selected here have designed buildings that are as dramatic as their impact on the world of architecture. From familiar modern era names such as Zaha Hadid and Sir Norman Foster to geniuses from history such as Nicholas Hawksmoor and Andrea Palladio, Ike Ijeh reveals his top 50 list of the architects deserving of the description 'greatest'. Two double-page spreads are dedicated to each architect, outlining their influences, the legacy of their ideas and revealing the glorious designs that have made them famous."

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