The following is a list of the 20 greatest architects / top architects in the world:
1. Frank Lloyd Wright | World’s Greatest Architects / World’s Best Architects
Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, author, and educator who planned over 1,000 buildings, 532 of which were constructed.
“Richland Center, Wisconsin, United States, 8 June 1867
Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 9 April 1959
Armchair, Design 105, Skyscraper Vase, Spindle Cube Chair, Side Chair, Taliesin Line of Decorative Wallpapers, Skyscraper Vase”
2. Frank Gehry | World’s Best Architecture
Frank Owen Gehry, CC is a Los Angeles-based architect who was born in Canada. Several of his structures, including his own mansion, have become world-famous tourist destinations.
“Toronto, Canada, 28 February 1929 (age 88)
Fish Lamp, Superlight Chair, Pito Water Kettle, and Other Works of Art
On display at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Serpentine Galleries, and the Dallas Museum of Art Pritzker Architecture Prize, MORE”
3. Le Corbusier | World’s Greatest Architects / Best Architects
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, and writer who was a forerunner of modern architecture.
“La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, 6 October 1887
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, 27 August 1965
MORE ARTWORKS: Abstract Composition, Still Life with Space, MORE ARTWORKS
MORE is on display at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.”
4. Zaha Hadid
Architect Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid DBE RA was Iraqi-British. In 2004, she became the first woman to be awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize. In 2010 and 2011, she was awarded the Stirling Prize, the UK’s most prestigious architectural prize.
“Baghdad, Iraq, October 31, 1950
31 March 2016, Miami, Florida, United States of America
Horizontal Tektonik, Malevich’s Tektonik, Malevich’s Tektonik, Malevich’s Tektonik, Malevich’s Tektonik, Malevich’s
Pritzker Architecture Prize, Stirling Prize, Structural Steel Design Awards, Glamour Award for The Architect-In-Chief on view: Serpentine Galleries, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, High Museum of Art Awards: Pritzker Architecture Prize, Stirling Prize, Structural Steel Design Awards, Glamour Award for The Architect-In-Chief”
5. Architects Modern | Norman Foster
Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, OM, HonFREng is a British architect whose firm, Foster & Partners, is known for high-tech building across the world.
“Reddish, Stockport, United Kingdom, 1 June 1935 (age 82)
Projects: The Imperial War Museum hosts the American Air Museum. Duxford
Foster + Partners is a good example of practise.
MORE BOOKS: Rebuilding the Reichstag”
6. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe | World’s Greatest Architects / World’s Best Architects
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a German-born architect who lived in the United States. His surname, Mies, is how he is often referred to and addressed.
“Aachen, Germany, March 27, 1886
Died on August 17, 1969, in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Model MR 90 Chair, Barcelona chair, Brno chair, Armchair (MR20), Tugendhat chair, Court House, “Barcelona”
On display in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. Awards include the Royal Gold Medal, the AIA Gold Medal, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Twenty-five Year Award.”
7. Calatrava, Santiago
Santiago Calatrava Valls is a Spanish architect, structural engineer, sculptor, and painter who is most known for his single-pylon bridges, railway stations, and stadiums.
“Benimàmet, Valencia, Spain, 28 July 1951 (age 66)
Infinite Spirit, Times Capsule, Il Dente, Eye, Fruit, Wave, Bou, Palme, Bird I, Infinite Spirit, Times Capsule, Il Dente, Eye, Fruit, Wave, Bou, Palme, Bird I, Infinite Spirit, Times Capsule, Il
Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, AIA Gold Medal, MORE Torso Awards”
8. Architects Modern | Louis Kahn
Louis Isadore Kahn was a Philadelphia-based American architect. He established his own studio in 1935 after working for many enterprises in Philadelphia in various roles.
“Pärnu, Estonia, February 20, 1901
New York City, New York, United States, 17 March 1974
Projects include a study of the city centre of Philadelphia, as well as an urban and traffic study.
MORE BOOKS ABOUT LOUIS KAHN: ESSENTIAL TEXTS”
9. Renzo Piano | World’s Best Architecture
Renzo Piano, OMRI, OMCA, is an architect and engineer from Italy. The Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, The Shard in London, and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City are among his renowned structures.
“Pegli, Italy, 14 September 1937 (age 80)
Milan Polytechnic University is where he received his education (1964)
MORE BOOKS: Logbook, Renzo Piano Museums
MORE; Pritzker Architecture Prize; Royal Gold Medal; Pritzker Architecture Prize; Pritzker Architecture Prize; Pritzker Architecture Prize; Pritzker”
10. Philip Johnson
Philip Cortelyou Johnson was an architect from the United States. He is well renowned for his contemporary architecture, which includes the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut, as well as his postmodern architecture.
“Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 8 July 1906
New Canaan, Connecticut, United States, 25 January 2005
MORE BOOKS: Architecture 1949-1965, Deconstructivist Architecture, and MORE BOOKS
Pritzker Architecture Prize, AIA Gold Medal, and 25th Anniversary Award”
11. Oscar Niemeyer | World’s Greatest Architects / World’s Best Architects
Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida was born in the city of Almeida in the state of Portugal. Oscar Niemeyer Soares Filho, often known as Niemeyer Soares Filho, was a Brazilian architect who is regarded as one of the most important contributors in the development of modern architecture.
“Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 15 December 1907
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 5 December 2012
Caracas Museum of Modern Art project
MORE ON BOOKS: TIME’S CURVES
MORE; Pritzker Architecture Prize; Royal Gold Medal; Pritzker Architecture Prize; Pritzker Architecture Prize; Pritzker Architecture Prize; Pritzker”
12. Antoni Gaud
Antoni Gaud I Cornet was a Catalan architect from Reus. He is Catalan Modernism’s most well-known practitioner. Gaud’s art has a distinct and extremely individualistic style.
Reus, Spain, June 25th, 1852
10 June 1926, Barcelona, Spain, Old Hospital de la Santa Creu
Barcelona, Spain’s Sagrada Famlia is where he is buried.
Gaudi: The Complete Buildings, Gaud, Art and Design, and MORE
13. I. M. Pei | World’s Greatest Architects / Best Architects
Ieoh Ming Pei, FAIA, RIBA, commonly known as I. M. Pei, is a Chinese American architect. In 1948, Pei was recruited by New York City real estate magnate William Zeckendorf.
“Born: 26 April 1917 (age 100), Guangzhou, China
Spouse: Eileen Loo (m. 1942)
Education: Harvard Graduate School of Design (1942–1946), MORE
Awards: Pritzker Architecture Prize, AIA Gold Medal, MORE”
14. Eero Saarinen | Architects Modern
Eero Saarinen was a 20th-century Finnish American architect and industrial designer noted for his neo-futuristic style.
“Born: 20 August 1910, Kirkkonummi, Finland
Died: 1 September 1961, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Books: Eero Saarinen on His Work, MORE Awards: Twenty-five Year Award”
15. Rem Koolhaas | Best Architecture in The World
Remment Lucas “Rem” Koolhaas is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist, and Professor in the Practice of Architecture and Urban Design at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.
“Born: 17 November 1944 (age 73), Rotterdam, Netherlands
Spouse: Madelon Vriesendorp
Books: S,M,L,XL, Delirious New York, Junkspace / Running Room, MORE
Movies: Rem, Body and Soul”
16. Jean Nouvel | Greatest Architects / Best Architects In The World
Jean Nouvel is a French architect. Nouvel studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was a founding member of Mars 1976 and Syndicat de l’Architecture.
“Born: 12 August 1945 (age 72), Fumel, France
Education: École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (1966–1972)
Books: The Singular Objects of Architecture, MORE Awards: Pritzker Architecture Prize, Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Royal Gold Medal, Wolf Prize in Arts”
17. Buckminster Fuller
“Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller was an American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor. Fuller published more than 30 books, coining or popularizing terms such as “Spaceship Earth”, ephemeralization, and synergetic.”
“Born: 12 July 1895, Milton, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 1 July 1983, Los Angeles, California, United States
Structures: Dymaxion house, MORE
Awards: Royal Gold Medal, AIA Gold Medal, Presidential Medal of Freedom, St. Louis Literary Award”
18. Louis Sullivan | Architects Modern
Louis Henry Sullivan was an American architect, and has been called the “father of skyscrapers” and “father of modernism”.
“Born: 3 September 1856, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 14 April 1924, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Spouse: Mary Azona Hattabaugh (m. ?–1924)
Books: The autobiography of an idea, MORE
Awards: AIA Gold Medal”
19. César Pelli | Best Architecture in The World
César Pelli, founder of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, is an Argentine American architect who has designed some of the world’s tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks.
“Born: 12 October 1926 (age 91), San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Books: Observations for young architects, MORE Awards: AIA Gold Medal”
20. Walter Gropius | Greatest Architects
Walter Adolph Georg Gropius was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, and Frank Lloyd Wright, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modernist architecture.
“Born: 18 May 1883, Berlin, Germany
Died: 5 July 1969, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Books: The New Architecture and the Bauhaus, MORE Awards: Royal Gold Medal, AIA Gold Medal, Goethe Prize”
