Sone Tatsuzo

Sone Tatsuzo

Sone Tatsuzo 1853-1937 Japanese architect 1st graduate student of Department of Architecture, Office building design in Marunouchi, Tokyo『Mitsubishi Ichigokan』 『Nagasaki Shipyard』 『Keio University Library』 『Former Kagoshima Prefectural Office』

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

1881-1973 Spanish painter, sculptor  Co-founding the Cubist movement Surrealism 『Les Demoiselles d’Avignon』 『Guernica』 『Bull’s Head

Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Karl Friedrich Schinkel 1781-1841 Prussian architect, city planner, and painterNeoclassicalism 『Berlin Old Museum』 『Babelsberg Palace』 『Neue Wache Memorial』 

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

1886-1969 German-American architect Pioneers of modernist architecture Last director of the Bauhaus 『Barcelona Pavilion』『Villa Tugendhat』『Farnsworth House』 【BOOK】 【MOVIE】

Notre-Dame Cathedral

Notre-Dame Cathedral

Paris Notre Dame CathedralCompletion: 1345Place: Paris, FranceDesign: Pierre de MontreuilWorld HeritageCathedral of the Roman Catholic church in Gothic architecture.Notre Dame means “Our Lady” or Virgin Mary. 【BOOK】 【PANORAMIC VIEW】 【MOVIE】

Mart Stam

Mart Stam

1899-1986 Dutch architect, urban planner, furniture designer New Objectivity, magazine ABC, Bauhaus『Weissenhof Estate』 『the Van Nelle Factory』 『S-33 steel-tubing cantilever chair』 

Katayama Tokuma

Katayama Tokuma

Katayama Tokuma 1854-1917 Japanese architect the Imperial College of Engineering, Assistant for Josiah Conder『Akasaka Palace / State Guest House』 『Tokyo National Museum Hyokeikan』 『Nara National Museum Main Building”

Gunnar Asplund

Gunnar Asplund

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

Byodoin Temple

Byodoin Temple

Byodoin Phoenix Hall Completion: 1053 Place: Uji, Kyoto World Heritage It is famous for Amida-do, which looks like a palace floating in a treasure pond in the Western Paradise.A pair of phoenixes are installed on the…

Tadao Ando

Tadao Ando

Tadao Ando 1941- Japanese architect    One of the world’s most active Japanese architects, known for his style of exposed concrete and the use of geometric shapes. He traveled around the world…

Hans Scharoun

Hans Scharoun

1893-1972 German architect organic and expressionist  『Berlin Philharmonic』 『Schminke house』 『Berlin State Library』

Schroeder House

Schroeder House

Schroeder HouseCompletion: 1924Place: Utrecht, the NetherlandsDesign: Herrit Thomas RietveldWorld HeritageArchitecture that can be said to have constructed the abstract painting of Mondrian, which is representative of the art movement De Stil.The partition on…

Theo van Doesburg

Theo van Doesburg

1883-1931Dutch artistFounder and leader of De Stijl『Girl with Ranunculus』『Composition』『reconstruction of the dance hall/cinema』

Gerrit Thomas Rietveld

Gerrit Thomas Rietveld

1888-1964Dutch architect, furniture designerDe Stijl artistic movement『the Rietveld Schröder House』『Red and Blue Chair』『Zig-Zag Chair』 【BOOK】 【MOVIE】

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…

Antoni Gaudí

Antoni Gaudí

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