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Frank Gehry

Frank Owen Gehry was a Canadian and American architect and designer known for his postmodern designs and use of unconventional forms and materials. His most famous works include the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris.

Tadao Ando

Tadao Ando is a Japanese architect. Self-taught, he is known for his unique integration of architecture and landscape, often using exposed concrete. He was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1995.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a German-American architect and interior designer regarded as one of the pioneers of modern architecture, known for the maxim "less is more".

I. M. Pei

Ieoh Ming Pei was a Chinese-American architect best known for the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, and the East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington.

Le Corbusier

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, was a French-Swiss architectural designer, painter, urban planner and writer who was one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture.

Zaha Hadid

Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid was an Iraqi and British architect, artist, and designer. She is recognised as a key figure in the architecture of the late-20th and early-21st centuries.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements of the twentieth century, influencing architects worldwide through his works and mentoring hundreds of apprentices in his Taliesin Fellowship.

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