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…

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…

Josef Hoffmann

Josef Hoffmann

1870-1956 Austrian architect Vienna Secession Wiener Werkstätte 『Vienna Secession Building』 『Stoclet Palace』

Bruno Taut

Bruno Taut

1880-1938 German architect, urban planner and author Deutscher Werkbund 『Glass Pavilion』 『Großsiedlung Britz』

Peter Behrens

Peter Behrens

1868-1940 German architect and industrial designer  German Werkbund Munich Secession 『Behrens’ house』 『AEG Turbine Factory』 『Hoechst Administration Building』

Joseph Maria Olbrich

Joseph Maria Olbrich

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

Triadisches Ballett

Triadisches Ballett

1922 The Triadic Ballet Oscar Schlemmer Bauhaus Avant-garde artistic dance

Imperial Hotel

Imperial Hotel

Imperial HotelCompletion: 1923 Place: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo / Inuyama City, Aichi Design: Frank Lloyd Wright A hotel designed by three great masters of modern architecture. It is characterized by scratch tiles, terracotta and Otani stone decorations. ‥Although…

Auguste Perret

Auguste Perret

1874-1954 French architect pioneer of reinforced concrete AIA Gold Medal 『Théâtre des Champs-Élysées』 『the Church of Notre Dame du Raincy』 『The Chapel of Immaculate Conception in Arcueil』

Adolf Loos

Adolf Loos

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

Eliel Saarinen

Eliel Saarinen

1873-1950 Finnish-American architect art nouveau the Finnish National Romanticism 『Helsinki Central railway station』 『National Museum of Finland』 『Cranbrook Educational Community』

Liberty London

Liberty London

Liberty London Completion: 1924 Place: London, England Design:  Edwin T. Hall, Edwin S. Hall  A well-established department store located in central London, England. Tudor Revival style Arts and Crafts architecture.  Liberty: The History: Treasures from the…

Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright

1867-1959 American architect Organic architecture RIBA Gold Medal AIA Gold Medal『Fallingwater』 『Guggenheim Museum』 『The Imperial Hotel Tokyo』 【BOOK】 【MOVIE】

Walter Gropius

Walter Gropius

1883-1969German architectFounder of the BauhausPioneers of modern architecture『Fagus Factory』『Bauhaus Dessau building』『Gropius House』 【BOOK】 【MOVIE】

Georges Braque

Georges Braque

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