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Turning Torso Residential Building Designed by Santiago Calatrava, Photographic Print
Turning Torso Residential Building Designed by Santiago Calatrava,
Photographic Print

Santiago Calatrava
b. 7-28-1951; Benimàmet, Valencia, Spain

Santiago Calatrava is an architect and structural engineer, sculptor and painter.

Santiago Calatrava: Complete Works


Arnolfo Di Cambio Italian Sculptor and Architect, Giclee Print
Arnolfo Di Cambio Italian Sculptor and Architect, Giclee Print

Arnolfo di Cambio
b. c. 1240; Colle Val d'Elsa, Tuscany, Italy
d. c. 1300/1310

Sculptor Arnolfo di Cambio was in charge of the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore of the Cathedral of Florence (Filippo Brunelleschi engineered the famous dome).

Santa Croce, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Photographic Print
Santa Croce, Florence, Tuscany, Italy,
Photographic Print










Giorgio Vasari included a biography of Arnolfo in his The Lives of the Artists.

Di Cambio is also credited with the design of the Church of Santa Croce.


Mexican Architect, Felix Candela, with Modern Church in Background, Photographic Print
Mexican Architect, Felix Candela, with Modern Church in Background, Photographic Print

Felix Candela
b. 1-27-1910; Madrid, Spain
d. 12-7-1997

Felix Candela made a major contribution to structural engineering in the development of thin shells made out of reinforced concrete.

Felix Candela: Engineer, Builder, Structural Artist


Ferdinand Cheval, Rural Postman and Fantastic Architect, Photographic Print
Ferdinand Cheval, Rural Postman and Fantastic Architect, Photographic Print

Ferdinand Cheval
b. 1836; Charmes-sur-l'Herbasse, France
d. 8-19-1924

Chevel's Le Palais Ideal (the “Ideal Palace”), regarded as an “extraordinary example of naive art architecture”, was built over a period of 33 years by a postman who was inspired by the shape of a stone he tripped over.


Desert View Watchtower, Designed by Mary Colter, Photographic Print
Desert View Watchtower
Mary Colter,
Photographic Print

Mary Colter
b. 4-4-1869; Pittsburgh, PA
d. 1-8-1958

Mary Colter was responsible for 21 projects of the Fred Harvey Company (Harvey House and Harvy Girls) along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe train route and resorts across the American southwest.

The Desert View Watchtower is a 70' stone building on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. The tower and other Colter buildings (including Hopi House, Hermit's Rest and Lookout Studio) were listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1987.

Mary Colter: Builder upon the Red Earth (Grand Canyon Association)


Architect Le Corbusier Sitting in Chair and Holding Book in Hands, Photographic Print
Architect Le Corbusier Sitting in Chair and Holding Book in Hands, Photographic Print

Le Corbusier
b. 10-6-1887; La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
d. 8-27-1965; Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France

Le Corbusier, born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris, was an architect, designer, urban planner, furniture designer, writer and painter, dedicated to providing better living conditions for the residents of crowded cities.

Le Corbusier Chapel, Ronchamp, Haute-Saone, France, Photographic Print
Le Corbusier Chapel, Photographic Print









Le Corbusier, who is most known for his contributions to Modern Architecture (Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe), attended a kindergarten that used materials created by educator Friedrich Froebel.

Towards a New Architecture


Architect, Lucio Costa Standing in the Field Site of the New Capitol, Photographic Print
Architect, Lucio Costa Standing in the Field Site
of the New Capitol,
Photographic Print

Lucio Costa
b. 2-27-1902; Toulon, France
d. 6-13-1998; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Lucio Costa, best known for his urban plan for the new Brazilian capital of Brasília. His plan called for residents to live in wooded areas with leisure structure (the “superquadras”) flanked by small commercial areas, bookstores and cafés. Unfortunatedly considerable poverty surrounds what some call a “fantasy island.”

Case: Lucio Costa Brasilia's Superquadra


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