ten designers

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

The legendary Frank Lloyd Wright was well known for his commercial work such as, the Guggenhiem Museum more than his residential work. His praire style was some what influenced by his love for the japanese style, because it captured the essence of natural materials in a rare and beautiful fashion. He was taught that the form of a building should express its underlying function, which i think is something that all designers should have in mind when designing.

JAMES STIRLING

James Stirling was a British architect, born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1926. He received an architectural degree from the University of Liverpool School of Architecture in 1950 and was one of the most influential and important architects of the late 20 th century. He was one of the fist in the 1950's who questioned and subverted the compositional and theoretical precepts of the first Modern Movement.

TADAO ANDO

Born in osaka, japan in 1941. tadao ando is the foundeer of Tadoao Ando Architectural & Associates and has won many prestigous architectural awards such as, the Carlsberg and pritzker prize. One of the first projects to bring international attention to Tadao Ando was his Rokko Housing I, which is situated much further down the slope of the Rokko Moutains than the Koshino house.


RON DAYAN

at a very young age ron dayan knew that he was destined to become a designer. he was known as the sherlock holmes of design because he used holmes methods of detection in his design process. Ron has a firm in los Angeles named Picadilly Designs which works on residential and commercial designing. his company is well known around the country and has beeden featured in numerous articles due to the luxurious designs he creates.


VICTOR HORTA

in my opion i believe that victor horta had to have been one of the best archicteccts ever during his time. He was born on january 6 1861- september 9 1947 in Belgium. he was once described as being "undoubtedly the key European Art Nouveau architect." Horta is one of the most important names in Art Nouveau architecture. the tassel hotel is such an amazing building because of its organic structure which makes it seem alive; i would have to say that he is one of my favorite architects.


OSCAR NIEMEYER

Oscar Niemeyer was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 15, 1907. after graduating
from the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes in Rio de Janeiro in 1934 Niemeyer workedon a project for about four years with a team of Brazilian architects including Le Corbusier. The Corbusian influence is pretty visible in the early works of Oscar Niemeyer, but as his work progressed he came up with his own style. it was said that harmony, grace, and elegance are the adjectives that are most appropriate to describe his work.

ADOLF LOOS

Adolf Loos was born in austria in1870, and was ranked as one of the most important pioneers of the modern movement in architecture. it was said that his influence was based largely on a few interior designs and a body of controversial essays. Adolf Loos 's buildings were rigorous examples of austrian beauty. His work ranged from conventional country cottages to planar compositions for storefronts and residences. During his early years of practice,his built compositions were little known outside his native country, Austria.

MICHEAL GRAVES

born in Indianapolis, Indiana on july9, 1934. he earned a bachelors degree in the University of Cincinnati and a master's at Harvard University. he is known as one of the New York Five, which is a group of architects whose work appeared in the Museum of Modern Art. Not only did Graves and his firm have earned acclaim for a wide variety of commercial and residential buildings and interior design, but he achieved famed for his domestic house hold items sold at Target. due to an infection of unknown origin graves was left paralyzed from the waist down, but still runs his firm Micheal Graves & Associates.






CHARLES-EDOURAD JEANNERETTE-GRIS
Born in La Chaux-de Fonds, Switzerland on October 6,1887 he studied at the La-Chaux-de-Fonds Art School, where he ened up working aafter he finished school. there, he worked on theoretical architectural studies using modern techniques. Among these was his project for the "Dom-ino" House, which proposed an open floor plan consisting of concrete slabs supported by a minimal number of thin, reinforced concrete columns around the edges, with a stairway providing access to each level on one side of the floor plan.This design became the foundation for most of his architecture for the next ten years. Soon he would begin his own architectural practice with his cousin.






KATIE ANNDERSON

Katie Anderson is a designer and a faculty member of the Interior Design Department at the Academy of Art University, who mainly does residential design. she traveled extensively for 4 ½ years before starting her design firm in 1996. She visited many historical architectural sites in Europe, Central America, Egypt and the Middle East, which shows in her work.