Sverre Fehn: Quick Facts

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Born	August 14, 1924 • Norway
Died	February 23, 2009 (aged 84) • Oslo • Norway
Awards And Honors	Pritzker Prize (1997)

I.M. Pei

I.M. Pei

Chinese-born American architect

Jean Nouvel

Jean Nouvel

French architect

Arata Isozaki

Arata Isozaki

Japanese architect

Gordon Bunshaft, c. 1950s.

Gordon Bunshaft

American architect

Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier

Swiss architect

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

American architect

Museum of Modern Art

Yoshio Taniguchi

Japanese architect

Moshe Safdie

Moshe Safdie

Israeli-Canadian-American architect

Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, Calif., by Louis I. Kahn, 1959–65

Louis Kahn

American architect

Ealing: Pitzhanger Manor-House

Sir John Soane

British architect

U.S. Federal Reserve Board Building

Paul Phillippe Cret

American architect

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Affonso Reidy

Brazilian architect

Klenze, Leo von: Glyptothek

Leo von Klenze

German architect

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Hendrik Petrus Berlage

Dutch architect

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Jacques Herzog

Swiss architect

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Pierre de Meuron

Swiss architect

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Ryue Nishizawa

Japanese architect

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Kazuyo Sejima

Japanese architect

Frank Gehry

Frank Gehry

Canadian American architect and designer

Álvaro Siza: Bouça social housing complex

Álvaro Siza

Portuguese architect

Close-up of a palette held by a man. Mixing paint, painting, color mixing.

Artists, Painters, & Architects

Hagia Sophia. Istanbul, Turkey. Constantinople. Church of the Holy Wisdom. Church of the Divine Wisdom. Mosque.

Architecture: The Built World