Award-winning architecture writer Ike Ijeh introduces 50 of the world's most influential architects and a selection of their most celebrated buildings, showcased with full-color photography.
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'. Each double-page spread focuses on a different architect, outlining their influences, the legacy of their ideas and revealing the glorious designs that have made them famous.
Includes:
• Full-color photographs and illustrations of famous buildings around the world
• Concise professional biographies of the architects listed
• Plans from great architecture projects
• Entries arranged in chronological order for easy reference
With this wonderful hardback reference guide you can discover the true breadth of the creative achievements that lie within the careers of these architectural giants and enjoy their beautiful creations through images and illustrations.
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Topic
ArchitectureSubtopic
Architecture GeneralPICTURE CREDITS
ALAMY
163, 168-9, 174-5, 176-9, 181, 182, 184, 188-9, 190-1, 194, 202-3, 206
16: Henry Yevele boss
17: Nave of Westminster
35: Palazzo del Capitaniato
36: Banqueting House, Whitehall
44: Louis le Vau
46: Plan of Palace of Versailles
49: Painted Hall, Royal Naval College
100: Portrait
102: Hilversum home
108: Villa Savoye
115: La Concha Motel
116: Portrait: New Yorker/Everett Collection
119: Staircase, Yale University Art Gallery
120: Portrait
122: Sony Tower
122: Crystal Cathedral
124: Portrait, Cathedral of Brasilia
128: TWA Terminal
133: US Science Pavilion
142: Bagsvaerd Church
144: LAX
145: Pacific Design Centre
146: Norma Merrick Sklarek Certificate
147: American Embassy, Tokyo: Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO/Alamy Live News
154: Museum of Contemporary Art
158: O2 Arena
159: Lloyds Building
162: Nadir Afonso Museum of Contemporary Art
164: Portrait
170: 16th Street Mall
172: Portrait: Malcolm Park/Alamy Live News
172: Whitney Museum of American Art
184: Portrait: ULF MAUDER/dpa/Alamy Live News
196: Portrait
200: Zollverein School of Management and Design
ALL SOULS COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
52: Bust of Nicholas Hawksmoor
AUTHOR/IKE IJEH
6: Sydney Opera House
7: St Peter’s Square
BRIDGEMAN IMAGES
11, 34, 38-9, 153
12: Portrait of Marcus Vitruvius: Stefano Bianchetti
16: The Jewel Tower: John Bethell
20: Basilica of San Lorenzo: Nicolò Orsi Battaglini
22: Santa Maria del Fiore dome drawing: Mondadori Portfolio/Electa/Sergio Anelli
26: Plan of Forbidden City: Peter Newark Pictures
27: Summer Palace Tower: United Archives/Carl Simon
31: Sehzade Mosque: Tarker
33: San Giorgio Maggiore: Sarah Quill
37: Queen’s House, Greenwich: Stefano B...
Table of contents
- Title
- Contents
- Introduction
- 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)
- Norma Merrick Sklarek (1926-2012)
- 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)
- Daniel Libeskind (B.1946)
- Zaha Hadid (1950-2016)
- Santiago Calatrava (B.1951)
- Kazuyo Sejima (B.1956)
- David Adjaye (B.1966)
- Picture Credits
- Acknowledgements
- Copyright
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