Japan
Kengo Kuma
Kengo Kuma & Associates
Materials and texture mediating between buildings and their surroundings.
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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
Japan
Kenzo Tange
Tange Laboratory
Kenzo Tange studied architecture at Tokyo University and established the Tange Laboratory after becoming an assistant professor in 1946.
Read the profileGhana / United Kingdom
Lesley Lokko
African Futures Institute
Lesley Lokko is an architect, educator, author and curator whose work examines architecture's relationship with identity and race.
Read the profileChina
Liu Jiakun
Jiakun Architects
Public life and local realities as the starting point for architecture.
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Lu Wenyu
Amateur Architecture Studio
Craft, heritage and contemporary life brought into one architectural practice.
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Luis Barragán
Not specified
Luis Barragán trained as an engineer and taught himself architecture.
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Ma Yansong
MAD Architects
Urban architecture shaped by landscape and emotional experience.
Read the profileCanada
Marianne McKenna
KPMB Architects
Marianne McKenna co-founded Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects, now KPMB, in 1987.
Read the profileUnited States
Michael Ford
The Hip Hop Architecture Camp
Michael Ford works at the intersection of architecture, hip hop culture and education.
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Michael Green
MGA | Michael Green Architecture
Michael Green founded MGA in Vancouver in 2012.
Read the profileNew Zealand
Miles Warren
Warren and Mahoney
Miles Warren was a founding partner of Warren and Mahoney, formed through the Christchurch Dental School commission in 1958.
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Natalie Telewiak
MGA | Michael Green Architecture
Natalie Telewiak became a principal at MGA in 2018 and is identified by the RAIC as running the Vancouver office with Michael Green.
Read the profileUnknown
Níall McLaughlin
Not specified
Níall McLaughlin's work spans architectural practice, teaching, writing and reflection on design.
Read the profileNew Zealand
Nicholas Stevens
Stevens Lawson Architects
Nicholas Stevens formed Stevens Lawson Architects with Gary Lawson in 2002.
Read the profileUnited Kingdom
Norman Foster
Foster + Partners
Technology and structure in the service of adaptable buildings.
Read the profileBrazil
Oscar Niemeyer
Not specified
Oscar Niemeyer studied at Rio de Janeiro's Academy of Fine Arts and developed a sculptural approach to architecture.
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Pat Hanson
gh3*
Pat Hanson is the founding principal of gh3*, an architecture and urban-design practice that brings infrastructure, landscape and the public realm together.
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Patricia Patkau
Patkau Architects
Patricia Patkau is a founding principal of Patkau Architects, alongside John Patkau.
Read the profileNew Zealand
Patrick Clifford
Architectus
Patrick Clifford is identified by NZIA as the design leader of Architectus and a founding partner with Malcolm Bowes and Michael Thomson.
Read the profileUnited States
Paula Loomis
The Urban Collaborative
Paula Loomis has worked as an architect and planner across military service, federal agencies and private practice.
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Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Not specified
Paulo Mendes da Rocha opened his office in São Paulo in 1955 after graduating in architecture the previous year.
Read the profileNew Zealand
Pete Bossley
Not specified
Pete Bossley studied at the University of Auckland's School of Architecture in the 1970s and established an early practice with fellow graduates.
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Peter Beaven
Not specified
Peter Beaven's architecture drew on family building traditions and the nineteenth-century architecture of Christchurch, including the work of Benjamin Mountfort.
Read the profileSwitzerland
Peter Zumthor
Atelier Peter Zumthor
Architecture understood through material presence and sensory atmosphere.
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