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Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier was a pivotal 20th-century architect born in Switzerland but working across France. His designs, including...

Switzerland France Modernist 20TH Century

9.7 Brilliant

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Rem Koolhaas

Rem Koolhaas is a prominent contemporary architect and urbanist associated with the Office for Metropolitan Architecture...

Contemporary Theory Dutch Urbanism

9.5 Brilliant

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Renzo Piano

Renzo Piano is a renowned Italian architect celebrated for innovative designs across diverse projects. His work emphasiz...

Italian Contemporary High Tech Sustainable

9.5 Brilliant

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Tadao Ando

Tadao Ando is a prominent contemporary architect recognized for his profoundly simple and spiritual designs. He primaril...

Contemporary Japanese Minimal Spiritual

9.5 Brilliant

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Denise Scott Brown

Denise Scott Brown is a Zambian-born architect and planner whose 1972 book Learning from Las Vegas helped redirect postm...

American Theory Planning Postmodern

8.3 Great

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Christian de Portzamparc

Christian de Portzamparc is a French architect and urbanist, winner of the 1994 Pritzker Prize and designer of the Cité...

French Contemporary Cultural Postmodern

8.3 Great

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Bjarke Ingels

Bjarke Ingels is a Danish architect who founded BIG in Copenhagen in 2005 and became known for projects such as 8 House...

Danish Contemporary Mixed Use Big

8.1 Great

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Charles Renfro

Charles Renfro is an American architect and partner at Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the New York studio behind the High Lin...

American Contemporary Cultural Urbanism

8.0 Great

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Alberto Kalach

Alberto Kalach is a Mexican architect and founder of TAX, known for leading the design of Mexico City's Biblioteca Vasco...

Contemporary Library Landscape Mexican

7.9 Good

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Yung Ho Chang

Yung Ho Chang is a Chinese architect who founded Atelier FCJZ in Beijing in 1993 and helped establish contemporary Chine...

Contemporary Education Chinese Urbanism

7.8 Good

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Dorte Mandrup

Dorte Mandrup is a Danish architect who founded her Copenhagen studio in 1999 and designed the Wadden Sea Centre in Ribe...

Danish Contemporary Cultural Climate

7.8 Good

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Winy Maas

Winy Maas is a Dutch architect and urbanist who co-founded MVRDV in Rotterdam in 1993, known for experimental housing an...

Contemporary Experimental Dutch Urbanism

7.8 Good

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Kunlé Adeyemi

Kunlé Adeyemi is a Nigerian architect and founder of NLÉ, known for Makoko Floating School, a 2013 prototype for waterfr...

Water Contemporary Urbanism Nigerian

7.6 Good

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Jacob van Rijs

Jacob van Rijs is a Dutch architect who co-founded MVRDV in 1993 and worked on projects such as the Dutch Pavilion at Ex...

Contemporary Experimental Dutch Urbanism

7.3 Good

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Nathalie de Vries

Nathalie de Vries is a Dutch architect and co-founder of MVRDV, the Rotterdam studio established in 1993 with Maas and V...

Contemporary Dutch Urbanism Housing

7.3 Good

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Thomas Heatherwick

Thomas Heatherwick is a British designer and architect whose studio created the UK Pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai and...

Design Contemporary Experimental Public Space

7.2 Good

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Jürgen Mayer H.

Jürgen Mayer H. is a German architect known for experimental digital-era forms, including the 2011 Metropol Parasol in S...

German Contemporary Experimental Public Space

7.0 Good

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Mokena Makeka

Mokena Makeka is a South African architect whose Cape Town Station upgrade improved circulation and security before the...

Contemporary South African African Urbanism

6.9 Fair

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Santiago Cirugeda

Santiago Cirugeda is a Spanish architect known for Recetas Urbanas, a practice that uses legal loopholes and self-build...

Contemporary Spanish Social Participatory

6.8 Fair

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Stefano Boeri

Stefano Boeri is an Italian architect and urbanist known for Milan's Bosco Verticale, two tree-covered residential tower...

Italian Contemporary Sustainable Urbanism

6.7 Fair