100 Greatest Modern Architects
| Photo | Name | Key Building Image | Key Building | Other buildings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sir Joseph Paxton *3 August 1803 †8 June 1865 |  | Crystal Palace London, UK 1850 - 1851 | Mentmore Towers (1854) Château de Ferrières (1859) |
 | George Gilbert Scott *13 July 1811 †27 March 1878 |  | Midland Grand Hotel London, UK 1865 - 1873 | St. Nicholas' Church, Hamburg (1845) Albert Memorial (1872) Rajabai Clock Tower (1878) |
| Philip Webb *12 January 1831 †17 April 1915 |  | Red House, London London, UK 1859 - 1860 | 1 Palace Green (1868) Standen (1894) | |
 | Ödön Lechner *27 August 1845 †10 June 1914 | civertanlegi.jpg) | Geological Museum Budapest, Hungary 1896 - 1899 | Saint Ladislaus Church, Kőbánya (1891) Church of St. Elisabeth, Bratislava (1907) |
.jpg) | Antoni Gaudí *25 June 1852 †10 June 1926 |  | Sagrada Família Barcelona, Spain 1882 - 2026 | Casa Vicens (1883) Casa Batlló (1905) Casa Milà (1905) Park Güell (1910) Church of Colònia Güell (1914) |
 | Louis Sullivan *3 September 1856 †14 April 1924 |  | Auditorium Building Chicago, IL, USA 1887 - 1889 | Wainwright Building (1891) Carson, Pirie, Scott and Co. Bldg (1899) Krause Music Store (1922) |
.jpg) | Victor Horta *6 January 1861 †8 September 1947 |  | Hôtel Tassel Brussels, Belgium 1892 - 1893 | Hôtel Solvay (1894) Hôtel van Eetvelde (1898) Horta Museum (1901) |
| Hector Guimard *10 March 1867 †20 May 1942 |  | Porte Dauphine Station entrance Paris, France 1900 | Paris Métro Stations (1900) Maison Coilliot (1900) | |
 | Frank Lloyd Wright *8 June 1867 †8 April 1959 |  | Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York City, NY, USA 1956 - 1959 | Robie House (1909) Imperial Hotel, Tokyo (1923) Fallingwater (1935) Johnson Wax Headquarters (1936) |
 | Peter Behrens *14 April 1868 †27 February 1940 |  | AEG Turbine Factory Berlin, Germany 1908 - 1909 | Architect's House (1901) Gibraltar Dam (1920s) |
 | Hans Poelzig *30 April 1869 †14 June 1936 | Poznań Water Tower Poznań, Poland 1911 | IG Farben Building (1931) | |
| Edwin Lutyens *29 March 1869 †1 January 1944 |  | Viceroy's House New Delhi, India 1912 - 1929 | Deanery Garden (1901) Castle Drogo (1911) Midland Bank, Piccadilly (1922) | |
.jpg) | Adolf Loos *10 December 1870 †23 August 1933 |  | Goldman & Salatsch Building Vienna, Austria 1909 - 1911 | The Chicago Tribune Column (1923) Villa Müller (1930) |
 | Walter Burley Griffin *24 November 1876 †11 February 1937 |  | Canberra Canberra, Australia 1914 - 1920 | Hindmarsh Incinerator (1935) |
| Bruno Taut *4 May 1880 †24 December 1938 |  | Glass Pavilion Cologne, Germany 1914 | Hufeisensiedlung (1933) | |
 | Walter Gropius *18 May 1883 †5 July 1969 |  | Bauhaus Dessau, Germany 1925 - 1926 | Fagus Factory (1911) Monument to the March Dead (1921) Meisterhaus (1925) |
 | Gunnar Asplund *22 September 1885 †20 October 1940 |  | Stockholm Public Library Stockholm, Sweden 1924 - 1928 | Listers County Court House, Sölvesborg (1917) Forest Crematory (1940) |
 | Vladimir Tatlin *28 December 1885 †31 May 1953 |  | Tatlin's Tower St. Petersburg, Russia 1919 | |
| Ludwig Mies van der Rohe *27 March 1886 †17 August 1969 |  | Barcelona Pavilion Barcelona, Spain 1928 - 1929 | Villa Tugendhat (1928) 860–880 Lake Shore Drive (1949) Farnsworth House (1951) Seagram Building (1958) | |
 | Erich Mendelsohn *21 March 1887 †15 September 1953 |  | Einstein Tower Potsdam, Germany 1920 - 1921 | Schocken Department Store (1926) De La Warr Pavilion (1934) |
 | Le Corbusier *6 October 1887 †27 August 1965 | Notre Dame du Haut Ronchamp, France 1953 - 1955 | Villa Savoye (1931) Unité d'Habitation (1952) Chandigarh (1966) | |
 | Antonio Sant'Elia *30 April 1888 †10 October 1916 |  | La Città Nuova - 1913 | Power Station (1914) |
 | Gerrit Rietveld *24 June 1888 †25 June 1965 |  | Rietveld Schröder House Utrecht, Netherlands 1923 - 1924 | Van Gogh Museum (1973) |
 | El Lissitzky *23 November 1890 †30 December 1941 | Wolkenbügel Moscow, Russia 1924 | Ogonyok Printing Plant (1932) | |
| Pier Luigi Nervi *21 June 1891 †9 January 1979 |  | George Washington Bridge Bus Station New York City, NY, USA 1963 | UNESCO HQ (1950) Pirelli Tower (1950) | |
 | Buckminster Fuller *12 July 1895 †1 July 1983 |  | Montreal Biosphère Montreal, Canada 1967 | Dymaxion House (1928) Union Tank Car Dome (1958) |
 | Alvar Aalto *3 February 1898 †11 May 1976 |  | Finlandia Hall Helsinki, Finland 1967 - 1971 | Paimio Sanatorium (1932) Villa Mairea (1938) Säynätsalo Town Hall (1951) |
 | Louis Kahn *20 February 1901 †17 March 1974 | .jpg) | National Parliament House Dhaka, Bangladesh 1961 - 1982 | Yale University Art Gallery (1953) Salk Institute for Biological Studies (1965) |
| Berthold Lubetkin *14 December 1901 †23 October 1990 |  | London Zoo Penguin Pool London, UK 1934 | Highpoint Housing Complex (1935) | |
 | Marcel Breuer *21 May 1902 †1 July 1981 |  | St. John's Abbey Church Collegeville, MN, USA 1958 - 1961 | UNESCO HQ (1958) Cleveland Museum of Art (1970) |
| Luis Barragán *9 March 1902 †22 November 1988 |  | Torres de Satélite Naucalpan, Mexico 1957 - 1958 | Architect's House (1948) Cuadra San Cristóbal (1968) | |
| Bruce Goff *8 June 1904 †4 August 1982 |  | Bavinger House Norman, OK, USA 1950 - 1955 | Ledbetter House (1948) Samuel Ford House (1959) | |
 | Albert Speer *19 March 1905 †1 September 1981 | .jpg) | Welthauptstadt Germania Berlin, Germany 1937 | New Reich Chancellery (1938) |
 | Philip Johnson *8 July 1906 †25 January 2005 |  | Glass House New Canaan, CT, USA 1949 - 1950 | Crystal Cathedral (1977) PPG Place (1981) Sony Building (1984) Da Monsta (1995) |
 | Oscar Niemeyer *15 December 1907 †5 December 2012 |  | Brasília Brasília, Brazil 1960- | Church of St. Francis of Assisi (1943) UN HQ (1948) Edifício Copan (1966) Niterói Contemporary Art Museum (1996) |
| Eero Saarinen *20 August 1910 †1 September 1961 | _(JFK_-_KJFK)_AN0619542.jpg) | TWA Flight Center New York City, NY, USA 1958 - 1962 | Christ Church Lutheran (1948) MIT Buildings (1950-55) Gateway Arch (1965) | |
| Félix Candela *27 January 1910 †7 December 1997 | ''Los Manantiales'' Restaurant Xochimilco, Mexico 1957 - 1958 | Church of Our Miraculous Lady, Narvarte (1953) Palacio de los Deportes (1968) L'Oceanogràfic (2003) | ||
 | Kenzō Tange *4 September 1913 †22 March 2005 |  | Yoyogi National Gymnasium Tokyo, Japan 1961 - 1964 | Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (1955) St. Mary's Cathedral (1964) Yamanashi Broadcasting and Press Centre (1966) Shizuoka Press and Broadcasting Center (1967) Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (1991) |
 | Ralph Erskine *24 February 1914 †16 March 2005 |  | The Ark London, UK 1989 - 1992 | Skanskaskrapan (1989) Greenwich Millennium Village (2000) |
 | Ieoh Ming Pei *26 April 1917 | Louvre Pyramid Paris, France 1983 - 1989 | National Gallery East Building (1978) Bank of China Tower (1982) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1995) Miho Museum (1996) | |
 | Aldo van Eyck *16 March 1918 †14 January 1999 |  | Amsterdam Orphanage Amsterdam, Netherlands 1955 - 1960 | Hubertus House (1980) |
| Jørn Utzon *9 April 1918 †29 November 2008 |  | Sydney Opera House Sydney, Australia 1956 - 1973 | Svaneke Water Tower (1949) Bagsværd Church (1968) | |
| Günter Behnisch *12 June 1922 †12 July 2010 |  | Hysolar Stuttgart, Germany 1982 - 1987 | Olympic Park (1972) | |
 | Robert Venturi *25 June 1925 |  | Vanna Venturi House Chestnut Hill, MN, USA 1963 - 1964 | Sainsbury Wing, National Gallery (1991) |
| James Stirling *22 April 1926 †25 June 1992 |  | Neue Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany 1977 - 1984 | Engineering Building (1963) Seeley Historical Library (1967) | |
.jpg) | César Pelli *12 October 1926 |  | Petronas Tower Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1993 - 1996 | Pacific Design Center (1975) World Financial Center (1987) Two International Finance Centre (2003) |
 | Friedensreich Hundertwasser *15 December 1928 †19 February 2000 | .jpg) | Hundertwasserhaus Vienna, Austria 1983 - 1985 | St. Barbara's Church (1984) Hundertwasser Toilets (1999) Green Citadel of Magdeburg (2005) |
 | Frank Gehry *28 February 1929 | .jpg) | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain 1991 - 1997 | Gehry Residence (1977) Dancing House (1996) Walt Disney Concert Hall (1999) Experience Music Project (2000) |
| Aldo Rossi *3 May 1931 †4 September 1997 | Kochstrasse Residential Building Berlin, Germany 1989 | Teatro del Mondo (1979) Bonnefanten Museum (1990) Quartier Schützenstrasse (1998) | ||
 | Peter Eisenman *11 August 1932 |  | House VI Cornwall, CT, USA 1972 - 1975 | Wexner Center for the Arts (1989) Aachen Bus Shelter (1996) University of Phoenix (2006) |
 | Richard Rogers *23 July 1933 | Centre Pompidou Paris, France 1971 - 1977 | Lloyd's Building (1978) Millennium Dome (1999) Terminal 4, Madrid Airport (2006) Terminal 5, Heathrow Airport (2008) | |
 | Álvaro Siza Vieira *25 June 1933 | .jpg) | Portuguese Pavilion, Expo '98 Lisbon, Portugal 1998 | Church of Santa Maria, Marco de Canaveses (1996) |
| Kisho Kurokawa *8 April 1934 †12 October 2007 |  | Nakagin Capsule Tower Tokyo, Japan 1970 - 1972 | Ōita Bank Dome (1996) Singapore Flyer (2005) Fusionopolis (2006) | |
| Douglas Cardinal *7 March 1934 |  | National Museum of the American Indian Washington D. C., USA 1993 - 1998 | Oujé-Bougoumou Cultural Institute (1996) First Nations University of Canada (2003) | |
| Michael Graves *9 July 1934 |  | Portland Building Portland, OR, USA 1980 - 1983 | San Juan Capistrano Library (1982) Michael Eisner Building (1986) Denver Public Library (1990) | |
 | Richard Meier *12 October 1934 |  | Getty Center Los Angeles, CA, USA 1984 - 1997 | The Atheneum (1979) High Museum of Art (1983) International Center for Possibility Thinking (2003) Jubilee Church (2003) |
| John Outram *21 June 1934 | Pumping Station, Isle of Dogs London, UK 1986 - 1988 | Cambridge Judge Business School (1995) Computational Engineering Building (1996) | ||
| Imre Makovecz *20 November 1935 †27 September 2011 |  | Holy Spirit Church Paks, Hungary 1987 - 1991 | Farkasréti Cemetery Funeral Chapel (1975) Lutheran Church, Siofók (1990) Lendava Theatre (2004) | |
 | Norman Foster *1 June 1935 |  | Reichstag reconstruction Berlin, Germany 1993 - 1999 | HSBC Building (1979) Torre de Collserola (1992) Commerzbank Tower (1997) London City Hall (2000) 30 St Mary Axe (2001) Sage Gateshead (2004) Millau Viaduct (2004) |
| Michael Hopkins *7 May 1935 |  | Schlumberger Research Centre Cambridge, UK 1982 - 1992 | Architect's House (1975) Mound Stand (1991) Portcullis House (2001) | |
 | Renzo Piano *14 September 1937 | Centre Pompidou Paris, France 1971 - 1977 | Main Terminal, Kansai Airport (1994) California Academy of Sciences (2008) The Shard (2012) | |
| Paul Andreu *10 July 1938 |  | National Grand Theatre Beijing, China 2001 - 2007 | Roissy 2F (1990) Osaka Maritime Museum (2000) | |
 | Moshe Safdie *14 July 1938 |  | Habitat 67 Montreal, Canada 1966 - 1967 | National Gallery of Canada (1988) Marina Bay Sands (2011) United States Institute of Peace (2011) Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (2011) Virasat-e-Khalsa (2011) |
| Nicholas Grimshaw *9 October 1939 |  | Eden Project St. Austell, UK 1998 - 2000 | Western Morning News HQ (1993) National Space Centre (2001) Cutty Sark Museum Ship (2012) | |
 | Tadao Ando *13 September 1941 |  | Church of the Light Ibaraki, Japan 1988 - 1989 | Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (2002) Tokyo Sky Tree (2009) |
 | Toyo Ito *1 June 1941 |  | Tod's Omotesando Tokyo, Japan 2004 | Sendai Mediatheque (2001) Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (2002) Torre Realia BCN & Hotel Porta Fira (2009) |
 | Mario Botta *1 April 1943 |  | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, CA, USA 1992 - 1995 | Casa Rotonda (1982) Évry Cathedral (1995) Campari HQ (2009) |
| Eric Owen Moss *1943 | Umbrella Culver City, CA, USA 1999 | What Wall? (1998) Beehive (2002) Samitaur Tower (2009) | ||
| Peter Zumthor *26 April 1943 |  | Therme Vals Vals, Switzerland 1997 | St. Benedict Chapel (1989) Bruder Klaus Kapelle (2007) | |
 | Massimiliano Fuksas *9 January 1944 |  | Blob Eindhoven, Netherlands 2010 | MyZeil (2009) Tbilisi Public Service Hall (2012) |
 | Rem Koolhaas *17 November 1944 |  | Seattle Central Library Seattle, WA, USA 1999 - 2004 | Netherlands Embassy Berlin (2003) Casa da Música (2005) CCTV HQ (2012) |
| Bernard Tschumi *25 January 1944 |  | Parc de la Villette Paris, France 1984 - 1990 | Blue Condominium (2007) | |
 | Jean Nouvel *12 August 1945 |  | Torre Agbar Barcelona, Spain 1999 - 2004 | Arab World Institute (1987) Fondation Cartier (1994) |
 | Alberto Campo Baeza *1946 |  | Caja Granada HQ Bank Granada, Spain 2001 | Andalusia Museum of Memory (2008) |
 | Daniel Libeskind *12 May 1946 |  | Jewish Museum Berlin, Germany 1989 - 1999 | Frederic C. Hamilton Building (2000) Royal Ontario Museum (2002) Military History Museum (2011) New World Trade Center masterplan (2014) |
 | Steven Holl *9 December 1947 |  | Linked Hybrid Beijing, China 2003 - 2009 | Kiasma (1998) Simmons Hall, MIT (2002) |
| Zaha Hadid *31 October 1950 |  | Vitra Fire Station Weil am Rhein, Germany 1992 - 1993 | Cardiff Bay Opera House (1995) Bridge Pavilion (2008) Dongdaemun Design Plaza (2014) | |
 | Santiago Calatrava *28 July 1951 |  | City of Arts and Sciences Valencia, Spain 1991 - 2006 | Stadelhofen Railway Station (1990) Puente del Alamillo (1992) Montjuic Communications Tower (1992) Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry (1994) Milwaukee Art Museum (2001) Auditorio de Tenerife (2003) Turning Torso (2005) Chicago Spire (2005) World Trade Center Station (2014) |
 | Eduardo Souto de Moura *25 July 1952 |  | Paula Rego Museum Cascais, Portugal 2008 - 2009 | Estádio Municipal de Braga (2004) |
 | David Chipperfield *18 December 1953 |  | River and Rowing Museum Henley-on-Thames, UK 1989 - 1997 | Figge Art Museum (2005) Museum of Modern Literature (2006) |
 | Dominique Perrault *9 April 1953 | French National Library Paris, France 1989 - 1995 | Velodrome (1999) DC Towers (2014) | |
 | Eugene Tsui *14 September 1954 | Architect's House Berkeley, CA, USA 1993 - 1995 | Watsu School, Harbin Hot Springs (1996) Eye in the Sky Lookout Tower Gibraltar Strait Crossing | |
 | Shigeru Ban *5 August 1957 | Paper House Yamanaka Lake, Japan 1995 - 1997 | Takatori Catholic Church (1995) Centre Pompidou-Metz (2010) Cardboard Cathedral (2013) | |
| Thomas Spiegelhalter *1959 | Rieselfeld Freiburg, Germany 1996 - 1997 | |||
 | Shuhei Endo *1960 | Bubbletecture H Hyogo, Japan 2006 - 2008 | Transtation O (1996) Rooftecture H (2005) |
Architectural firms and studios
| Name | Key People | Key Building Image | Key Building | Other buildings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skidmore, Owings and Merrill est. 1936 | John O. Merrill (1896-1975) Louis Skidmore (1897-1962) Nathaniel A. Owings (1903-1984) Gordon Bunshaft (1909-1990) Fazlur Khan (1929-1982) Adrian Smith (*1944) |  | Lever House New York City, NY, USA 1950 - 1952 | John Hancock Center (1969) Hajj Terminal, Jeddah Airport (1972) Willis Tower (1973) National Commercial Bank HQ (1983) Jin Mao Tower (1999) Trump International Hotel and Tower (2009) Burj Khalifa (2009) |
| Archigram est. 1961 | Warren Chalk (*1927) Ron Herron (1930-1991) Dennis Crompton (*1935) Peter Cook (*1936) Michael Webb (*1937) David Greene (*1937) | Walking City - 1964 | Plug-in City (1966) | |
| Coop Himmelb(l)au est. 1968 | Wolf Prix (*1942) Michael Holzer (*1943) Helmut Swiczinsky (*1944) | Lawyer's Office Rooftop Remodeling Vienna, Austria 1983 - 1988 | UFA-Palast (1998) Gasometer (2001) BMW Welt (2007) | |
| Morphosis est. 1972 | Thom Mayne (*1944) |  | San Francisco Federal Building San Francisco, CA, USA 2003 - 2007 | Sun Tower (1997) 41 Cooper Square (2009) |
| Kohn Pedersen Fox est. 1976 | Eugene Kohn (*1930) Sheldon Fox (1930-2006) William Pedersen (*1938) |  | Shanghai World Financial Center Shanghai, China 1997 - 2008 | Westendstrasse 1 (1993) International Commerce Centre (2010) |
| Arquitectonica est. 1977 | Andrés Duany (*1949) Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk (*1950) Bernardo Fort-Brescia (*1950) Laurinda Hope Spear (*1951) |  | Atlantis Condominium Miami, FL, USA 1980 - 1982 | Westin New York Hotel (2002) |
| Herzog & de Meuron est. 1978 | Jacques Herzog (*1950) Pierre de Meuron (*1950) |  | Tate Modern London, UK 2000 | Goetz Collection (1992) Allianz Arena (2005) Beijing National Stadium (2008) Elbe Philharmonic Hall (2016) |
| Future Systems est. 1979 | Jan Kaplický (1937-2009) Amanda Levete (*1955) |  | Selfridges Birmingham Birmingham, UK 1999 - 2003 | Lord's Media Centre (1999) National Library of the Czech Republic (2007) |
| Murphy/Jahn est. 1981 | Charles Murphy (1890-1985) Helmut Jahn (*1940) |  | Sony Center Berlin, Germany 2000 | Messeturm (1991) Post Tower (2003) |
| Branson Coates est. 1983 | Nigel Coates (*1949) Dough Branson (*1951) |  | National Centre for Popular Music Sheffield, UK 1996 - 1998 | Body Zone, Millennium Dome (2000) |
| Wilkinson Eyre Architects est. 1983 | Jim Eyre Chris Wilkinson (*1945) |  | Conservatories, Gardens by the Bay Singapore, Singapore 2006 - 2012 | Gateshead Millennium Bridge (2002) |
| MVRDV est. 1991 | Winy Maas (*1959) Jacob van Rijs (*1964) Nathalie de Vries (*1965) |  | Dutch Pavilion, EXPO '00 Hannover, Germany 1997 - 2000 | Villa VPRO (1993) WOZOCO Housing (1997) The Cloud (2015?) |
| NOX est. 1991 | Lars Spuybroek (*1959) Maurice Nio (*1959) |  | Water Pavilion H2O Neeltje Jans, Netherlands 1994 - 1997 | D-Tower (1999) |
| James Law Cybertecture est. 2001 | James Law | Technosphere Dubai, UAE 2008 - ???? | Cybertecture Egg (2008) | |
| Agence Babylone est. 2003 | Jeoffroy de Castelbajac (*1957) Henri de Dreuzy (*1974) Adrien Fourès (*1978) Vincent Léger (*1978) | Active Nature Saclay, France 2007 - ???? |
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