Architecture World Volume 1 | Page 12

Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho is a pioneer of creating new possibilities for using the reinforced concrete just for aesthetical reasons. He was part of the international team that designed the UN headquarters in New York. His membership in the Brazilian Communist Party limited his chances of working in the United States. While in Europe he created the headquearters of the French Communist Party, the Mandori Publishing House office, in Brazil the Contemporary Art Museum, at his age (103years) he continues to work at his office in Rio de Janiero.

Antoni Placid Guillem Guadi Cornet was a Catalan architect worked during the Art Nouveau times his designs made him famous for their unique design that went beyond the limitations of Modernism. As a devoted Catholic he designed on of the most populous churches in the world - Sagrada Familia. The work on Sagrada Familia Commenced in 1882 and is expected to be completed in 2026. Guadi's masterpiece is a combination of three styles - Spanish Late Gothic, Baroque and Art Nouveau.

Louis Henri Sullivan is definitely the father of modern Arhitecture. Sullivan is considered the creator of the modern skyscraper, due to its participation to he construction boom in Chicago that followed the Great Fire of 1871. Louis Sullivan was one of the first architects at his time to embrace the column-frame construction. He designed structures like: The Auditorium Building in Chicago, Wainwright Building in St. Louis and Prudential Building in Buffalo New York. All of his personal structures were enriched with Art Nouveau details, the Art Nouveau style originally emerged in Beligum Crossed not only borders, but oceans too.

Frank Gehry awarded whit "the most importan architect of our age" Franks has an a amazing portfolio whose works are said to be the masterpiece of contemporary architecture. Gehry's residence are world's tourist attractions. He was the only architect of our times that became famous through his private residence in santa monica, California. His architecture is characterized by ideas of fragmentation by manipulating the surfaces. Gehry designed tens of buildings all over the world sine if his works are; The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Los Angeles, The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Der Neue Zollhof in Dusseldorf and the Marques de Riscal Vineyard Hotel In Elciego.