MASTERS OF ARCHITECTURE 5. I.M.

PEI (IEOH MING PEI)

- 1917, CHINA
1. PHILIP JOHNSON - MIT AND HARVARD
- DESIGNING HIS FIRST BUILDING AT 36 - STUDIED ARCHITETCURAL
YRS OLD ENGINEERING
- 1949 – RESIDENCE AT NEW CANAAN, - ECCENTRIC DESIGNS
CONNECTICUT (THESIS MASTER - PEI – COBB AND ASSOCIATES
DEGREE) – GLASS HOUSE
- 1978 – AIA GOLD MEDAL WORKS:
- 1979 – PRITZKER
ARCHITECTURAL PRINCIPLES: - LOUVRE PYRAMID (PARIS, FRANCE)
- MODERNIST TO POSTMODERNIST TO i. RELIANCE ON ABSTRACT
ANTI-POSTMODERNIST FORM AND MATERIALS
- STIMULATOR OF IDEAS (STONE, CONCRETE, GLASS,
WORKS: STEEL) – DISCIPLE OFOF
- GLASS HOUSE (NEW CANAAN, GROPIUS
CONNECTICUT) ii. SOPHISTICATED GLASS CLAD
- SONY TOWER (FORMER AT&T BUILDINGS - HIGH-TECH
BUILDING, NYC) MOVEMENT
2. ANTONI GAUDI - BANK OF CHINA TOWER (HONG KONG)
- 1852, SPAIN - ESSENSA TOWERS (TAGUIG CITY)
- ESCOLA SUPERIOR D'ARQUITECTURA 6. JORN UTZON
- CASA VINCENS (FIRST MAJOR - 1918, COPENHAGEN
COMMISSION USING GOTHIC REVIVAL - DANISH
STYLE)
WORKS:
WORKS:
- SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE (NEW SOUTH
- LA SAGRADA FAMILIA (BARCELONA, WALES, AUSTRALIA)
SPAIN) i. SCULPTURAL QUALITY OF
i. SPANISH ART NOUVEAU – ALVAR AALTO
MODERNISMO ii. ORGANIC STRUCTURES OF
ii. WARPED FORM OF GOTHIC FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
ARCHITECTURE iii. 1957, WON DESIGN
- CASA MILA COMPETITION
- CASA BATLLO iv. POSED A VARIETY OF
3. FRANK GEHRY PROBLEMS
- 1929, CANADA v. 1966, RESIGNED FROM THE
- STUDIED AT UNIVERSITY OF PROJECT – CONSTRUCTION
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND CONTINUED UNTIL SEPT. 1973
HARVARD vi. 1999 – RETURNED AS THE
ARCHITECT
WORKS: vii. UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE
SITE
- GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM (BILBAO, - NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BUILDING
SPAIN) (KUWAIT)
i. ARTISTICALLY DIRECTED 7. KENZO TANGE
ATELIER - 1913, OSAKA, JAPAN
ii. DECONSTRUCTED - UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE - - ENGINEERING DEGREE
1970S - INSPIRED BY LE CORBUSIER'S WORK
iii. FUNCTIONAL SCULPTURE AND DECIDED TO BE AN ARCHITECT
- DANCING HOUSE (PRAGUE)
- VITRA DESIGN MUSEUM (GERMANY) WORKS:
i. FIRST POJECT IN EUROPE
4. FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT - ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL (TOKYO)
- 1867, RICHLAND CENTER, WISCONSIN i. MODERNISM WITH
- SECOND WARD SCHOOL, MADISON TRADITIONAL JAPANESE
AND UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – FORMS
MECHANICAL DRAWING AND BASIC ii. 1960S, REJECTED EARLIER
MATH COURSES REGIONALISM IN FAVOR OF AN
- ADLER AND SULLIVAN (MENTORS) ABSTRACT INTERNATIONAL
STYLE
WORKS: - PEACE MEMORIAL MUSEUM
(HIROSHIMA)
- GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM (NYC) 8. LE CORBUSIER (CHARLES EDOUARD
i. IN HARMONY WITH HUMANITY JEANNERET-GRIS)
AND ENVIRONMENT – - 1887, SWITZERLAND
ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE - SWISS – FRENCH
- FALLINGWATER (KAUFMANN HOUSE, - CITY PLANNER, BRUTALISM
PENNSYLVANIA) - FUNCTIONALISM OF THE MODERN
i. PRAIRIE HOUSE – A LONG, MOVEMENT WITH A BOLD
LOW BULDING WITH SCULPTURAL EXPRESSIONISM
HOVERING PLANES AND
HORIZONTAL EMPHASIS
 - 17 OF HIS ARCHITECTURAL WORKS - 1934, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
WERE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE - BOLD, SYMBOLIC REFERENCES TO
SITES CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE AND USE
OF GEOMETRY
WORKS: - NEW YORK FIVE
- MAKING GOOD DESIGN ACCESSIBLE
- VILLA SAVOYE (POISSY, FRANCE) TO THE PUBLIC
i. PIERRE JEANNERET
- ABSTARCTION OF MODERNISM AND
ii. HOUSES – A MACHINE FOR
THE POSTMODERNISM OF THE
LIVING IN
CURRENT ERA
iii. FIVE POINTS OF
- ORNAMENT AND AESTHETICS
ARCHITECTURE: - INEXPENSIVE DESIGNS
1. PILOTIS (PILLARS)
- 2003, PARALYZED – SPINAL CCRD
2. ROOF GARDEN
INFECTION
3. OPEN FLOOR PLAN
- 2001, AIA GOLD MEDAL
4. LONG WINDOWS
- 2012, DRIEHAUS ARCHITECTURE
5. OPEN FACADES PRIZE
- UNITE D'HABITATION (MARSIELLE,
FRANCE) WORKS:
- NOTRE DAME DU HAUT (RONCHAMP,
FRANCE) - DISNEY'S HOTEL (NYC)
9. LOUIS HENRY SULLIVAN i. HUMOR AS AN INTEGRAL PART
- 1856, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS OF HIS ARCHITECTURE
- FATHER OF SKYCRAPERS - HUMANA BUILDING (LOUISVILLE,
- FATHER OF MODERN AMERICAN KENTUCKY)
ARCHITECTURE 12. NORMAN FOSTER
- “FRESCO SECCO” – INTERIOR - 1935, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND
DEDECORATIVE STENCILS - TEAM 4:
- 1944 – AIA GOLD MEDAL i. RICHARD ROGERS
ii. SUE ROGERS
WORKS: iii. WENDY FOSTER
iv. NORMAN FOSTER
- WAINWRIGHT BUILDING (ST. LOUIS,
- 1994, AIA GOLD MEDAL
MISSOURI)
- 1999, PRITZKER AWARD
i. SIMPLE GEOMETRIC FORM
- 1983, ROYAL GOLD MEDAL FOR
DECORATED WITH
ARCHITECTURE
ORNAMENTATION – ORGANIC
- 1991, GOLD MEDAL OF THE FRENCH
SYMBOLISM
ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE
ii. FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION.
- 1990, KNIGHTHOOD
- THE SULLIVAN CENTER (CHICAGO)
- 1999, LIFE PEERAGE – THE LORD
10. LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
FOSTER OF THAMES BANK
- 1886, AACHEN, GERMANY
- STONE CARVING WORKS:
- INTERNATIONAL STYLE – SEPARATE
STRAIN OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE - 30 ST. MARY AXE (THE GHERKIN) –
- GOD IS IN THE DETAILS. LONDON, ENGLAND
- SIMPICITY OF FORMS: INDUSTRIAL i. HIGH TECH – THE REPITITION
STEEL AND PLATE GLASS, CLEAN OF INDUSTRIALIZED
UNADORNED INTERIORS MODULAR UNITS IN WHICH
PREFAB OFF-SITE-
WORKS: MANUFACTURED ELEMENTS
ARE FREQUENTLY EMPLOYED
- SEAGRAM BUILDING (NYC)
- HEARST TOWER (NYC)
i. WITH PHILIP JOHNSON 13. OSCAR NIEMEYER
ii. ADVANCED STRUCTURAL
- 1907, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
TECHNIQUES
- PIONEERED CONTEMPORARY
iii. LESS IS MORE.
ARCHITECTURE IN LATIN AMERICA
iv. 38 STOREY
- GLOBAL MODERNIST MOVEMENT
- FARNSWORTH HOUSE (PLANO, - OVER 500 PROJECTS
ILLINOIS)
- FEMININE
i. MIESIAN ARCHITECTURE
ii. HARMONY BETWEEN MAN- WORKS:
MADE STRUCTURE AND
NATURE - BRASILIA CATHEDRAL (BRASILIA)
- BARCELONA PAVILION i. BRAZILIAN BAROQUE STYLE
i. WITH LILLY REICH - PENANG STATE MOSQUE (JELUTONG,
ii. FOR THE BARCELONA MALAYSIA)
EXPOSITION IN1929 14. REMMENT LUCAS KOOLHAS
iii. DIFFERENT KIND OF - 1944, NETHERLANDS
MARBLES, GLASS AND STEEL - DECONSTRUCTIVIST, MODERNIST,
iv. DISMANTLED AFTER THE STRUCTURALIST, HUMANISM
EXPOSITION AND MATERIALS - DUTCH ARCHITECT AND URBANIST
WERE SENT BACK TO - ZAHA HADID – INTERN
GERMANY TO BE REUSED - PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO DESIGN
11. MICHAEL GRAVES
 WORKS: - BAUHAUS SCHOOL AND FACULTY
(DESSAU, GERMANY)
- CCTV HEADQUARTERS (BEIJING, i. INDUSTRIALIZED BUILDING
CHINA) - FAGUS FACTORY (ALFELD, GERMANY)
- SEATTLE CENTRAL LIBRARY (SEATTLE, 20. ZAHA HADID
WASHINGTON) - 1950, BAGHDAD, IRAQ
15. RENZO PIANO - CONSISTENTLY PUSHES THE
- 1937, GENOA, ITALY BOUNDARIES OF ARCHITECTURE AND
- FAMILY OF BUILDERS URBAN DESIGN
- PARTNERSHIP WITH RICHARD - CONCRETE, STEEL, GLASS
ROGERS - SYMBOLS OF SOCIAL PROGRESS
- INVENTIVE, ORIGINAL, CIVIC
WORKS:
- WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL WOMEN
- CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU - ARTIST OF PEACE – UNESCO
i. CONTROVERSIAL DESIGN - 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN
ii. CULTURAL ICON THE WORLD
iii. CULTURAL MACHINE WORKS:
iv. EXPOSED UTILITIES - HEYDAR ALIYEV CENTER (BAKU,
- THE SHARD (LONDON, ENGLAND) AZERBAIJAN)
16. RICHARD MEIER - VITRA FIRE STATION (GERMANY)
- 1934, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - BEIJING DAXING INTERNATIONAL
- RATIONALIST DESIGNS AND USE OF AIRPORT (BEIJING, CHINA)
COLOR WHITE - THE OPUS (DUBAI, UAE)
- 1984, PRITZKER AWARD- YOUNGEST
QUOTES/DICTUMS
ARCHITECT
- 2008, GOLD MEDAL IN ARCHITECTURE • FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
FROM THE ACADEMY OF ARTS AND o “AN IDEA IS SALVATION BY
LETTERS IMAGINATION” – GUGGENHEIM
- COUSIN OF PETER EISENMAN, THE MUSEUM, NYC
NEW YORK FIVE o “A DOCTOR CAN BURY HIS MISTAKES,
BUT AN ARCHITECT CAN OLY ADVISE
WORKS:
HIS CLIENTS TO PLANT VINES.” –
- JUBILEE CHURCH (TRE TESTE, ROME) PRICE TOWER
i. WHITE NEO – CORBUSIAN • LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
FORMS o “GOD IS IN THE DETAILS.” – SEAGRAM
- THE GETTY CENTER (LOS ANGELES) BUILDING
17. ROBERT VENTURI o “ARCHITECTURE IS THE WILL OF AN
- 1925, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA EPOCH TRANSLATED INTO SPACE.” –
- CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE S.R. CROWN HALL
- SUMMA CUM LAUDE1947 o “LESS IS MORE.” – FARNSWORTH
- PARTNERED WITH JOHN RAUSCH HOUSE
- 1991, PRITZKER AWARD • LOUIS HENRY SULLIVAN
WORKS: o BUT THE BUILDING'S IDENTITY
- VANNA VENTURI HOUSE RESIDES IN THE ORNAMENT.” –
i. SYMBOLICALLY DECORATED DETAILS OF BAYARD CONDICT
ARCHITECTURE BUILDING
ii. STRUCTURE AND o “FORM EVER FOLLOWS FUNCTION.” –
DECORATION SHOUL REFLECT WAINWRIGHT BUILDING
THE CULTURE IN WHICH IT • PHILIP JOHNSON
EXISTS o “ARCHITECTURE IS THE ART OF HOW
- ALLEN ART MUSEUM (OBERLIN, OHIO) TO WASTE SPACE.” – SEAGRAM
18. SANTIAGO CALATRAVA BUILDING
- 1951, VALENCIA, SPAIN • FRANK GEHRY
- ARCHITECT, SCULPTOR, STRUCTURAL o ARCHITECTURE SHOULD SPEAK OF
ENGINEER ITS TIME AND PLACE, BUT SHOULD
- BRIDGING THE DIVISION BETWEEN YEARN FOR TIMELESSNESS.” –
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND BINOCULARS BUILDING
ARCHITECTURE o “I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE HIRE
- HUMAN BODY AND NATURAL WORLD ARCHITECTS AND THEN TELL THEM
- 1979, AUGUSTE PERRET WHAT TO DO.”
- OPEN STRUCTURES • LE CORBUSIER
WORKS: o “TO CREATE ARCHITECTURE IS TO
- TURNING TORSO (MALMO PUT IN ORDER.” – RADIANT CICITY
MUNICIPALITY, SWEDEN) PROPOSAL
- AUDITORIO DE TENERIFE (SANTA o “ARCHITECTURE IS THE LEARNED
CRUZ DE TENERIFE, SPAIN) GAME, CORRECT AND MAGNIFICENT,
19. WALTER GROPIUS OF FORMS ASSEMBLED IN THE LIGHT.”
- 1883, BERLIN – PLACE OF ASSEMBLY, CHANDIGAHR
- PIONEERS OF MODERN • KENZO TANGE
ARCHITECTURE o “ARCHITECTS TODAY TEND TO
- FOUNDER OF BAUHAUS SCHOOL DEPRECIATE THEMSELVES, TO
WORKS: REGARD THEMSELVES AS NO MORE
THAN JUST ORDINARY CITIZENS
 WITHOUT THE POWER TO REFORM
THE FUTURE.” – HIROSHIMA PEACE
MEMORIAL MUSEUM
• WALTER GROPIUS
o “ARCHITECTURE BEGINS WHERE
ENGINEERING ENDS.” – TEMPLE OHEB
SHALOM, BALTIMORE
• OSCAR NIEMEYER
o “MY WORK IS NOT ABOUT”FORM
FOLLOWS FUNCTION”, BUT”FORM
FOLLOWS BEAUTY” OR, EVEN BETTER,
“FORM FOLLOWS FEMININE.” –
BRASILIA
• BUCKMINSTER FULLER
o “WHEN I'M WORKING ON A PROBLEM, I
NEVER THINK ABOUT BEAUTY. BUT
WHEN I'VE FINISHED, IF THE
SOLUTION IS NOT BEAUTIFUL I KNOW
IT'S WRONG.”