Cologne Cathedral

Cologne Cathedral

Cologne CathedralCompletion:  1880Place:  Cologne, Germany Design:  Gerhard von Lyle World Heritage  The cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church, the largest Gothic building in the world. Gerhard Richter’s stained glass is set in the…

Adolf Loos

Adolf Loos

1870-1933 Austrian architect Functionalism 『Looshaus』 『Villa Müller』 “Ornament and Crime”

Georges Braque

Georges Braque

1882-1963 French painter Pioneer of Cubism 『Life with Metronome』 『Violin and Candlestick』 『Violin and Palette』

Villa Savoye

Villa Savoye

completion: 1931 location: France / Poissy  Architect: Le Corbusier / Pierre Jeanneret International styleFive Points of ArchitectureUNESCO World Heritage Site  【BOOK】 【PANORAMIC VIEW】 【MOVIE】

Gunnar Asplund

Gunnar Asplund

1885-1940 Swedish architect  Nordic Classicism 『Stockholm Public Library』 『Skogskyrkogården』

Joseph Maria Olbrich

Joseph Maria Olbrich

1867-1908 Austrian architect Vienna Secession Deutscher Werkbund 『Secession Hall』 『Wedding tower』

Tate Modern

Tate Modern

Tate Moderncompletion: 1947 / 1963 / 2000 location: United Kingdom / London Architect: Giles Gilbert Scott / Herzog & de Meuron  Modern art gallery located in London, Based in the former Bankside Power Station. Tate…

Nikko Toshogu

Nikko Toshogu

Nikko Toshogu Yomei Gate Completion: 1636 Place: Tochigi Prefecture Nikko City Design: Munehiro Kora World Heritage A shrine that enshrines Tosho Daigongen, the deity of Ieyasu Tokugawa, as the main deity. It is painted in the colorful decoration…

Tatsuno Kingo

Tatsuno Kingo

1854-1919Japanese architectFormer dean of Architecture Department at Tokyo Imperial University『Tokyo Station』『the Bank of Japan building』『Nara Hotel』

William Morris

William Morris

1834-1896 British textile designer, poet, novelist, socialist and activist the British Arts and Crafts Movement  『Red House』 『Strawberry Thief』 

Henry van de Velde

Henry van de Velde

1863-1957 Belgian painter, architect, interior designer, and art theorist Art Nouveau German Jugendstil Bauhaus 『Van-de-Velde-Building』 『Kröller-Müller Museum』

Antoni Gaudí

Antoni Gaudí

1852-1926 Catalan architect  Catalan Modernism 『Sagrada Família』 『Park Güell』 『Casa Milà』 『Casa Batlló』

Itsukushima Shrine

Itsukushima Shrine

Itsukushima shrineCompletion 1241/1556/1571/1680/1875Place: Itsukushima / Miyajima, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan world Heritage “Aki no Miyajima”, one of the three best views in Japan.The head office of Itsukushima Shrine, which is located…

Skogskyrkogården

Skogskyrkogården

Skogskyrkogården / Forest CemeteryCompletion: 1940Location: Stockholm, SwedenDesign: Gunnar AsplundWorld Heritage A communal graveyard on the outskirts of Stockholm. There are three chapels and a crematorium in the vast cemetery. Architecture…

Gottfried Semper

Gottfried Semper

Gottfried Semper 1803-1879 German architect Classicism Neoclassical Eclectic Pictureless 『Dresden Opera House』 『Dresden Museum』 『Museum of Art』 

Bauhaus

Bauhaus

1919-1933 German art school in Weimar, Dessau, Berlin.Ludwig Mies van der RoheWalter GropiusHannes MeyerPaul KleeJosef AlbersJohannes IttenTheo van DoesburgMoholy-Nagy LászlóWassily KandinskyLyonel FeiningerHerbert BayerOskar SchlemmerPiet MondrianMarcel BreuerMarianne Brandt 【BOOK】 【PANORAMIC VIEW】 【MOVIE】