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""Engaging biographies alongside showstopping photos [...] A book that's both enlightening and beautiful"" - LoveReading Award-winning architecture writer Ike Ijeh introduces 50 of the world's most influential architects and a selection of their most celebrated buildings, showcased with full-colour photography. The architects selected here have designed buildings that are as dramatic as their impact on the world of architecture. From familiar modern era names such as Zaha Hadid and Sir Norman Foster to geniuses from history such as Nicholas Hawksmoor and Andrea Palladio, Ike Ijeh reveals his top 50 list of the architects deserving of the description 'greatest'. Two double-page spreads are dedicated to each architect, outlining their influences, the legacy of their ideas and revealing the glorious designs that have made them famous. Includes: • Full-colour photographs and illustrations of famous buildings around the world • Concise professional biographies of the architects listed • Plans from great architecture projects • Entries arranged in chronological order for easy reference With this wonderful hardback reference guide you can discover the true breadth of the creative achievements that lie within the careers of these architectural giants and enjoy their beautiful creations through full-colour images and illustrations. ABOUT THE SERIES: The 50 Greatest series brings together highly visual reference guides, each exploring 50 of the most influential figures across a certain discipline. These rich biographical profiles outline their key achievements, influences and impact on the industry, accompanied by stunning full-colour photography.

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Author:   Ike Ijeh
Publisher:   Arcturus Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Arcturus
Dimensions:   Width: 22.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 28.00cm
Weight:   1.157kg
ISBN:  

9781838574208

ISBN 10:   1838574204
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   01 January 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Hemiunu (Egypt) b. 2570 BC 2. Marcus Vitruvius (Italy) 80-70 BC-15 BC 3. Henry Yevele (UK) 1320-1400 4. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377-1446 5. Kuai Xiang (China) 1398-1481 6. Mimar Sinan (Turkey) 1488-1588 7. Andrea Palladio (Italy) 1508-1580 8. Inigo Jones (UK) 1573-1652 9. Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italy) 1598-1680 10. Louis Le Vau (France) 1612-1670 11. Christopher Wren (UK) 1632-1723 12. Nicholas Hawksmoor (UK) 1661-1736 13. John Vanbrugh (UK) 1664-1726 14. John Nash (UK) 1752-1835 15. John Soane (UK) 1753-1837 16. George Gilbert Scott (UK) 1811-1878 17. Daniel Burnham (U.S.) 1846-1912 18. Antoni Gaudi (Spain) 1852-1926 19. Louis Sullivan (U.S.) 1856-1924 20. Frank Lloyd Wright (U.S.) 1867-1959 21. Charles Rennie Mackintosh (UK) 1868-1928 22. Edwin Lutyens (UK) 1869-1944 23. Walter Gropius (Germany) 1883-1969 24. Mies van der Rohe (Germany/U.S.) 1886-1969 25. Willem Dudok (Netherlands) 1884-1974 26. Le Corbusier (Switzerland/France) 1887-1965 27. Paul Revere Williams (U.S.) 1894-1980 28. Louis Kahn (U.S.) 1901-1974 29. Philip Johnson (U.S.) 1906-2005 30. Oscar Niemeyer (Brazil) 1907-2012 31. Eero Saarinen (Finland/U.S.) 1910-1961 32. Minoru Yamasaki (U.S.) 1913-1986 33. I.M. Pei (U.S) 1917-2019 34. Jørn Utzon (Denmark) 1918-2008 35. Norma Merrick Sklarek (U.S.) 1926-2012 36. Frank Gehry (U.S.) b.1929 37. Denise Scott Brown (U.S.) b.1931 38. Richard Rogers (UK) b. 1933 39. Alvaro Siza (Portugal) b. 1933 40. Norman Foster (UK) b. 1935 41. Jan Gehl (Denmark) b.1935 42. Renzo Piano (Italy) b. 1937 43. Eva Jiricná (Czech) b. 1939 44. Tado Ando (Japan) b.1941 45. Rem Koolhaas (Netherlands) b. 1944 46. Daniel Libeskind (Poland/U.S.) b. 1946 47. Zaha Hadid (UK) 1950-2016 48. Santiago Calatrava (Spain) b.1951 49. Kazuyo Sejima (Japan) b. 1956 50. David Adjaye (UK) b. 1966

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Engaging biographies alongside showstopping photos [...] A book that's both enlightening and beautiful * LoveReading *

"""Engaging biographies alongside showstopping photos [...] A book that's both enlightening and beautiful"" * LoveReading *"

Author Information

Ike Ijeh is a practising London-based architect who is an architecture critic for some of the UK's foremost architecture and construction magazines. He is also the founder of London Architecture Walks, London's original guided walks company and one specifically conceived to bring architecture to the wider general public. In 2014 he was co-author of Architecture Beyond Criticism, an academic research book providing expert evaluation of the way architecture is perceived by and presented to society. His most recent book, Designing London: A Guide to the Character of London aims to provide the first comprehensive critical analysis of London's urban character and the role architecture helps play in defining it. In 2018 Ike was named the International Building Press (IBP) Architecture Writer of the Year and he has again been nominated for the same award in 2020. In 2016 Ike was nominated for the Professional Publishers Association (PPA) Writer of the Year Award. As well as practising and writing about architecture, Ike also teaches extensively on the subject and has been a visiting lecturer to schools and universities in the UK, U.S. and Denmark. Ike is a born and bred Londoner who is passionate about his city and lives in the capital with his wife and baby son.

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