Major architect of the 1960s Googie Movement
Deconstructivist famous for the New Acropolis Museum
Known as the Hollywood architect for his designs of stars' homes. Also designed the Theme Building and control tower at Los Angeles International Airport, and the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN.
Post Modernist, most famous for the Gehry House, the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium (1981) in San Pedro, and the California Aerospace Museum (1984) at the California Museum of Science and Industry in Los Angeles.
A Philadephian, Phil Freelon designed the National Center for Civil & Human Rights, along with a number of African Diaspora and African American Museums.
Last director of the Bauhaus School , and forerunner of Minimalism. Most famous for the Barcelona Pavilion at the 1929 International Exposition.
She focuses on building with native, locally produced materials, including packed earth, and won the 2017 LafargeHolcim Awards for sustainable construction.
Despite designing thousands of buildings, such as the JFK Memorial Library, he is most famous for the redesign of the Louvre that included the glass pyramid behind it.
Disney Imagineer involved in park design outside the United States.
A Modernist who did much of his work in commercial buildings. He is most famous for the Lever House in New York.
He was the first accredited Black architect in the US, and designed many of the buildings at Tuskegee Institute.
A famous Modernist architect, best known for Fallingwater near Pittsburgh, though he designed over 1000 structures.
The firm consists mainly of Native American architects, and has designed many projects throughout Arizona and New Mexico, mainly on Native American land, especially Navajo.
Considered to be “more Mies than Mies,” he took Minimalism to the extreme. He was the Founding Director of the Museum of Modern Art’s (MoMA) Department of Architecture
He worked under Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn, and pioneered the Modernist and Brutalist schools of architecture in India.
A Finnish-American architect, he helped found the movement that pulled corporate buildings out of the Bauhaus-inspired International style. He is famous for the JFK airport TWA terminal, and the St. Louis Gateway Arch.
A conservation architect in Indonesia. Famous for preserving the Jakarta Cathedral and designing the National Archive Museum (Jakarta).
Despite having an eclectic style, and working in many movements, Renzo Piano displays a technological edge in everything he has designed. This comes from his early work assisting Richard Rogers on the Pompidou Center He designed the Whitney Museum, the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas, and his most famous building, the Shard, a skyscraper in London.
She was he first Black woman licensed as an architect, and designed the theater at the University of Arkansas, Arts Complex at Sarah Lawrence College, and the UNESCO United Nations Headquarters in Paris.
One of the most famous British architects, known for soaring curves, she designed the Library and Learning Center at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, the Qatar Stadium used for the FIFA matches in 2022, and the Innovation Tower, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, among many other buildings.
He studied with Frank Lloyd Wright in Taliesin, and designed a number of homes in Wright’s Usonia community in New York state. Despite designs across all uses of building, his specialty was Japanese gardens.
A Modernist who blends technology with architecture, and tradition with modernism. He designed the Seattle Public Library and Casa da Musica.
He designed the United Nations Headquarters with Le Corbusier and Wallace Harrison, but was best known for the design of Brasilia, a planned city that became the capital of his native Brazil. Famous for lines and curves in his designs.
Best known for the design of Brasilia, a planned city that became the capital of his native Brazil. Famous for lines and curves in his designs.
Neri Oxman is an American–Israeli designer and professor known for art and architecture that combines design, biology, computing, and materials engineering. She coined the phrase "material ecology" to define her work.
Odile Decq is a French architect, urban planner and academic. She is the founder of the Paris firm, Studio Odile Decq and the architecture school, Confluence Institute.
Sklarek was the first African American woman to become a licensed architect in the states of New York and California. Her notable works include the United States Embassy in Tokyo, Japan and the Terminal One station at the Los Angeles International Airport.
Tyng devoted her career to achieving a synthesis of geometric order and human consciousness within architecture. Since the 1950s, when she worked closely with Louis I. Kahn and independently pioneered habitable space-frame architecture, Tyng applied natural and numeric systems to built forms on all scales, from urban plans to domestic spaces. - Docomomo US
Anna Wagner Keichline was an American architect, inventor, suffragist, and World War I Special Agent from Pennsylvania. She was the first woman to be registered as an architect in Pennsylvania and she was "one of the first women to actually practice architecture professionally".
Argentine-born Susana Torre describes herself as a feminist. Through her teaching, writing, and architectural practice, she strives to improve the status of women in architecture.
Charlotte Perriand was a French architect and designer. Her work aimed to create functional living spaces in the belief that better design helps in creating a better society. In her article "L'Art de Vivre" from 1981 she states "The extension of the art of dwelling is the art of living — living in harmony with man's deepest drives and with his adopted or fabricated environment."
A.L. Hu wants a more inclusive architecture industry, and they’re fearlessly working to ensure the industry changes for the better. Their day job is design initiatives manager at Ascendant Neighborhood Development Corporation, an organization that creates affordable housing and works to help the communities of East and Central Harlem.
January - Helen Liu Fong
Began her career in interior design in the 1940s. Designed the Hollywood Bowl, Norms restaurant, and a number of mid-century Futurist buildings in Los Angeles, a style known as the Googie school. Born January 14, 1927.
Figure 1 - Penn Restaurant, 6710 La Tijera Boulevard, Los Angeles
January - Bernard Tschumi
An architect of the Deconstructivist School, much of his work is an expression of the activism of the 1960s. Designed the New Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece, the FIU School of Architecture, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, the Paris Zoo, France, and the Paul & Henri Carnal Hall, Institut Le Rosey, Rolle, Switzerland. Born January 25, 1944.
Figure 12 - New Acropolis Museum
February - Paul R. Williams
Known as the Hollywood architect, having designed homes for Cary Grant, Lucille Ball, and Frank Sinatra, among many others. Also designed the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. Born February 18, 1894.
Figure 2 - Theme Building and control tower at Los Angeles International Airport
February – Frank Gehry (Frank Owen Goldberg)
Canadian born American, based in Santa Monica. Most famous for the Gehry House, the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium (1981) in San Pedro, and the California Aerospace Museum (1984) at the California Museum of Science and Industry in Los Angeles. Born February 28, 1929.
Figure 13 - Gehry Residence, Santa Monica, California
March - Phil Freelon
Designed the National Center for Civil & Human Rights, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture and the Museum of the African Diaspora. He was born March 26, 1953, in Philadelphia, PA.
Figure 3 - Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta
March - Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe
Last director of the Bauhaus School before it was shut down, he believed that less is more. His work paved the way for Minimalism. Most famous for the Barcelona Pavilion, which housed Germany’s exhibit for the 1929 International Exposition. Born March 27, 1886.
Figure 14 - Barcelona Pavilion
April - Mariam Issoufou Kamara (1979-)
Focuses on building with native, locally produced materials, including packed earth. Won the 2017 LafargeHolcim Awards for sustainable construction. Her buildings, and those of her firm in Nigeria incorporate wide, open living spaces. Born in April, 1979.
Figure 7 - HIKMA - A Religious and Secular Complex
I. M. Pei (Ieoh Ming Pei)
Originally a University of Pennsylvania student after moving to the United States, he was followed the emerging artists of the time, such as Le Corbusier. He was also friends with two of the leaders of the Bauhaus School, architects Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer. Despite designing thousands of buildings, such as the JFK Memorial Library, he is most famous for the redesign of the Louvre that included the glass pyramid behind it.
Figure 8 - Courtyard of the Museum of Louvre, and its pyramid
May - Wing Tao Chao
Disney Imagineer involves in park design outside the United States. Also designed four of the cruise ships. Born in May, 1944 in Chongqing, China.
Figure 9 - Disneyland Hotel - Disneyland Paris
Gordon Bunshaft
A Modernist who did much of his work in commercial buildings. He is most famous for the Lever House in New York, but also designed the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., as well as many others. Born May 9, 1909.
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Figure 10 - Exterior of the Hirshorn Museum |
Figure 11 - Hirshhorn Museum, view looking toward the central courtyard |
June - Robert Robinson Taylor (1868–1942)
First accredited Black architect in the US. Designed many of the buildings at Tuskegee Institute. Born June 8, 1868.
Figure 12 - White Hall historic building, Tuskegee University
Frank Lloyd Wright
Famous Modernist architect. Best known for Fallingwater near Pittsburgh, though he designed over 1000 structures. Born June 8, 1867.
Figure 13 - Fallingwater at Mill Run, Pennsylvania
July - Indigenous Design Studio + Architecture
Consists mainly of Native American architects. Has designed many projects throughout Arizona and New Mexico, mainly on Native American land, especially Navajo. Founded in July of 2012.
Figure 14 - Navajo Technical University
Philip Johnson
Considered to be “more Mies than Mies,” he took Minimalism to the extreme. He was the Founding Director of the Museum of Modern Art’s (MoMA) Department of Architecture, allowing him massive influence on the field from 1935 forward. His best known piece is his home, a glass walled building with little framing. Born July 8, 1906.
Figure 15 - Glass House by Philip Johnson (exterior) in New Canaan, CT, USA
August - B. V. (Balkrishna Vithaldas) Doshi
Worked under Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn. Pioneered the Modernist and Brutalist schools of architecture in India. Born August 26, 1927.
Figure 16 - Tagore Hall, Ahmedabad, India
Eero Saarinen
A Finnish-American architect, he helped found the movement that pulled corporate buildings out of the Bauhaus-inspired International style. He is famous for the JFK airport TWA terminal, and the St. Louis Gateway Arch. Born August 20, 1910.
Figure 17 - Terminal 5 (TWA Flight Center) at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Exterior view as seen in 2006
September - Han Awal
A conservation architect in Indonesia. Famous for preserving the Jakarta Cathedral and designing the National Archive Museum (Jakarta). Born September 16, 1930.
Figure 18 - National Archives of Indonesia Building (Gedung Arsip Nasional)
Renzo Piano
Despite having an eclectic style, and working in many movements, Renzo Piano displays a technological edge in everything he has designed. This comes from his early work assisting Richard Rogers on the Pompidou Center He designed the Whitney Museum, the Menil Collection in Houston, Texas, and his most famous building, the Shard, a skyscraper in London.
Figure 19 - The Shard, taken from the Sky Garden atop the "Walkie-Talkie", London
October - Beverly Loraine Greene
First Black woman licensed as an architect. Designed the theater at the University of Arkansas, Arts Complex at Sarah Lawrence College, and the UNESCO United Nations Headquarters in Paris. Born October 4, 1915.
Figure 20 - UNESCO headquarters, Paris
Zahi Hadid
One of the most famous British architects, known for soaring curves. She designed the Library and Learning Center at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, the Qatar Stadium used for the FIFA matches in 2022, and the Innovation Tower, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, among many other buildings. Born October 31, 1950 in Baghdad.
Figure 21 - Library and Learning Center (left, architect: Zaha Hadid), Departement 1 (right, architect: Laura P. Spinadel), University of Vienna
November - Kaneji Domoto
Studied with Frank Lloyd Wright in Taliesin, and designed a number of homes in Wright’s Usonia community in New York state. Despite designs across all uses of building, his specialty was Japanese gardens. Born November 5, 1912.
Figure 22 - Lurie House (1949-50), part of the Usonia development
Rem Koolhaas (Remment Lucas Koolhaas)
A Modernist who blends technology with architecture, and tradition with modernism. He designed the Seattle Public Library and Casa da Musica. Born Nov. 17, 1944.
Figure 23 - Main Seattle Library
December - Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012)
Designed the United Nations Headquarters with Le Corbusier and Wallace Harrison. Best known for the design of Brasilia, a planned city that became the capital of his native Brazil. Famous for lines and curves in his designs. Born December 15, 1907.
Figure 24 - Free-form marquee at Casa do Baile, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012)
Best known for the design of Brasilia, a planned city that became the capital of his native Brazil. Famous for lines and curves in his designs. Born December 15, 1907.
Figure 25 - National Congress Building, Brasilica
