United States
Frank Gehry
Gehry Partners
Sculptural form developed through material and technical experimentation.
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The people. The ideas. The work.
Explore 102 architect profiles, design approaches, documented roles and primary sources in the independent GAD reference library.
An editorial reference selection, including historical figures. Directory order is alphabetical by English name and is not a ranking. Individual roles and joint authorship are stated in each profile.
102 profiles
Germany
Frei Otto
Not specified
Frei Otto's interest in lightweight structures developed through glider design and knowledge of thin membranes stretched across frames.
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Fumihiko Maki
Not specified
Fumihiko Maki studied with Kenzo Tange at the University of Tokyo, continued his education at Cranbrook and Harvard, and worked in American architectural offices.
Read the profileNew Zealand
Gary Lawson
Stevens Lawson Architects
Gary Lawson joined Nicholas Stevens to establish Stevens Lawson Architects in 2002.
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Glenn Murcutt
Glenn Murcutt's practice
Glenn Murcutt graduated in architecture from the University of New South Wales in 1961, worked at Ancher, Mortlock, Murray and Woolley, and established his own practice in 1970.
Read the profileUnited States
Gordon Bunshaft
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Gordon Bunshaft studied architecture at MIT and travelled in Europe before working with Edward Durell Stone and joining Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
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Gottfried Böhm
Not specified
Gottfried Böhm studied architecture and sculpture in Munich, later working in his father's office and on the reconstruction of Cologne.
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Hans Hollein
Not specified
Hans Hollein graduated from Vienna's Academy of Fine Arts architecture school and continued his studies in the United States, completing a master's degree at Berkeley in 1960.
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Heather Dubbeldam
Dubbeldam Architecture + Design
Heather Dubbeldam leads Dubbeldam Architecture + Design, a multidisciplinary studio working across housing, workplaces, hospitality, landscape and installations.
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Hugh Tennent
Tennent Brown Architects
Hugh Tennent formed Tennent Brown Architects with Ewan Brown in 2003.
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Ian Athfield
Not specified
Ian Athfield's architectural work has been particularly influential in Wellington.
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Jack Manning
Not specified
Jack Manning's career began with experience in the office of Group Architects and extended across houses and large commercial buildings.
Read the profileSwitzerland
Jacques Herzog
Herzog & de Meuron
Jacques Herzog co-founded Herzog & de Meuron in Basel with Pierre de Meuron in 1978.
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Jean-Philippe Vassal
Lacaton & Vassal
Jean-Philippe Vassal studied architecture in Bordeaux and then worked in urban planning in Niger, where Anne Lacaton often visited him.
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Jeff Potter
Not specified
Jeff Potter studied at Texas A&M and founded a practice in Longview, Texas, developing work in planning and educational facilities.
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Jeremy Salmond
Not specified
Jeremy Salmond's career centres on the relationship between heritage conservation and the continuing use of buildings.
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Jerome Markson
Not specified
Jerome Markson developed a practice spanning houses, urban housing, care facilities, medical buildings and cultural programmes.
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John Patkau
Patkau Architects
John Patkau is a founding principal of Patkau Architects, the Vancouver practice he leads with Patricia Patkau and other principals.
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John Scott
Not specified
John Scott's architectural work was closely connected to Hawkes Bay, where he spent much of his professional life.
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Jørn Utzon
Not specified
Jørn Utzon studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and worked in Sweden and with Alvar Aalto in Finland.
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Julie Stout
Mitchell & Stout
Julie Stout's career combines architecture with teaching, advocacy and civic activism.
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Kate Diamond
HDR
Kate Diamond is identified by AIA as a civic design director at HDR.
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Kazuyo Sejima
SANAA / Kazuyo Sejima & Associates
Architecture organised around openness and relationships between people.
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Kelly Hayes-McAlonie
University at Buffalo
Kelly Hayes-McAlonie is an architect and educator whose public-sector work centres on university planning.
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