3 of The Best Architects in The World
Sir Norman Foster is one of the best architects to come out of Britain and has gained more than 470 awards for his work. Foster is a graduate of the Manchester University School of Architecture, as well as Yale University’s Masters in Architecture program. In 1967, he established Foster + Partners, which is the firm he has worked with ever since. Some of Foster’s most well-known works include the Beijing Airport, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, along with the Smithsonian Institute in Washington.
Foster's architecture has a certain high-tech element to it, which can be seen through his work on the Gherkin in London (30 St. Mary Axe) and the Hearst Tower in New York. He is undoubtedly the United Kingdom's leading architect of the moment and is prolific across the world.
2.Michael Graves
Michael Graves is one of the most important architects to have ever graced this planet, and stands as one of the Postmodernists. He was professor of Architecture at Princeton University for over 40 years, and became very interested in how painting affected his architecture. He died in 2015, but his work is still prominent across the world.
He was part of the New York Five (a group of New York City-based architects) which also consisted of Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves, Charles Gwathmey, John Hejduk and Richard Meier. Notable buildings that are the result of his work include the Portland building.
3.Frank Gehry
Frank Gehry has grown from his West Coast of America origins and has become the most famous architects in the world right now. He is considered one of the world's best architects and is most known for his epic design that became a tourist hotspot - the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. Gehry is also extremely well known in America for his work on Los Angeles' Walt Disney Hall and is renowned for his work with metal - something which was applied to both of these buildings. Gehry is also the man behind the Dancing House in Prague and Le Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, both of which have become iconic buildings in their respective cities.
Born in Canada, the award-winning architect attended the University of Southern California and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He truly began his career in Los Angeles, working for Victor Gruen Associates and Pereira and Luckman, and from there he really excelled. After a brief stint in Paris, Gehry returned to Los Angeles and set up his own business. It is through this that he has come up with designs for some of the world's most amazing buildings, landing himself the title of one of the world's best architects.
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