IK GUJRAL PUNJAB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY,

KHUNIMAJRA

ARCHITECTS AND THEIR WORKS

SUBMITTED BY: SUBMITTED TO:

SIMRAN KAUR AR. DAMANDEEP KAUR
FIRST YEAR
PHILIP JOHNSON
Philip Cortelyou Johnson
Born: July 8, 1906, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Died: January 25, 2005 (aged 98), New
Canaan, Connecticut, U.S.
Nationality: American
Buildings: Glass House, Seagram Building,
550 Madison Avenue, IDS Tower, PPG Place,
Crystal Cathedral
Awards:Pritzker Prize (1979)
AIA Gold Medal (1978)
HE WAS KNOWN AS THE
MODERN ARCHITECT
THE GLASS HOUSE
 The design of his own residence,
known as the Glass House, at New
Canaan, Connecticut (1949).
 The house, which is notable for its
severely simple rectilinear structure
and its use of large glass panels as
walls, owed much to the precise,
minimalist aesthetic of Mies but
also alluded to the work of 18th- and
19th-century architects.
THE SEAGRAM
BUILDING
 Johnson collaborated with Mies van
der Rohe to design a 39-story
skyscraper in 1958.

 After completion Johnson moved from his glass and steel

tower buildings to designing spectacular crystalline
structures sheathed in glass.
 The integral plaza, building, stone faced lobby and
distinctive glass and bronze exterior
RICHARD ROGERS
Born: Richard George Rogers, 23 July 1933 (age
85), Florence, Italy
Nationality: British, Italian
Buildings: Centre Georges Pompidou, Lloyd's
building (Grade I), Millennium Dome, European
Court of Human Rights, Madrid-Barajas Airport
terminal 4, London Heathrow Terminal 5.
Awards: RIBA Gold Medal(1985) 
Thomas Jefferson Medal (1999)
Stirling Prize (2006), (2009)
Minerva Medal (2007)
Pritzker Prize (2007) HE WAS NOTED FOR HIS MODERNIST
HonFREng (2005) AND FUNCTIONALIST DESIGNS OF
HIGH-TECH ARCHITECT
 CENTRE GEORGES
POMPIDOU
The skeleton itself engulfs the building from its
exterior, showing all of the different mechanical
and structure systems not only so that they could
be understood but also to maximize the interior
space without interruptions.
The structure and largest ventilation components
were painted white, stairs and elevator structures
were painted a silver gray, ventilation was painted
blue, plumbing and fire control piping painted
green, the electrical elements are yellow
and orange, and the elevator motor rooms and
shafts, or the elements that allow for movement
throughout the building, are painted red. 
LLOYD'S OF LONDON BUILDING
Similar to Centre Pompidou the Lloyd’s building
is designed “inside out.” All of the service
functions are removed from the interior and
placed at the exterior of the building.
Throughout the atrium, there are a series of
escalators cutting across the void to create an
interior circulation that links the floors of the
underwriters adding to the dynamism of the space.
The entire building is wrapped in stainless steel
giving the building a high-tech, almost post
modern, aesthetic.
RENZO PIANO
Born: 14 September 1937 (age 80),Genoa, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Buildings: Kansai International Airport, Centre
Georges Pompidou, Parco della Musica, Shard London
Bridge, The New York Times Building, Whitney
Museum of American.
Awards: Pritzker Architecture Prize
RIBA Gold Medal
Sonning Prize
AIA Gold Medal
Kyoto Prize
THE NEW YORK TIMES
BUILDING
 The preliminary concept for the building incorporates a
transparent glass tower that seems to float above a five-
story base. The tower uses a double curtain wall technique
that allows the structure to appear vibrant and transparent,
yet increase energy efficiency.
 Each architecture tells a story, and the story this new
building proposes to tell is one of lightness and
transparency.

THE 52-STORY TIMES

COMPANY
HEADQUARTERS, RENZO
PIANO’S FIRST MAJOR
PROJECT IN NEW YORK
CITY.
THE NEW YORK TIMES
BUILDING
 The Museum is entered via
a dramatically cantilevered
‘largo’, a public space that
serves as a kind of
decompression chamber
between street and
museum, a shared space,
with views to the Hudson
and the High Line entrance
just a few steps away. 
  the top floor is the ‘studio’
gallery and a café, naturally
lit by a skylight system in
saw-tooth configuration. 
FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED
Born: April 26, 1822, Hartford, Connecticut
Died: August 28, 1903 (aged 81), Belmont,
Massachusetts
His works: Public parks and parkways
in buffalo, New York; the country's oldest state
park, the Niagara reservation in Niagara falls,
New York: one of the first planned communities
in the united states, riverside, Illinois: mount
royal park in Montreal.

HE IS POPULARLY CONSIDERED TO BE THE

FATHER OF AMERICAN LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTURE.
BELVEDERE CASTLE
 Belvedere Castle was originally built as a
shell with open doorway and window
openings.
 The tower; note the anemometer and wind
vane on the top; these instruments record the
official wind speed and direction for Central
Park.
MOUNT ROYAL PARK
 A large volcanic-related hill or
small mountain in the city of Montreal,
immediately west of Downtown
Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
 Mount Royal gave its name to Montreal.
OSCAR NIEMEYER
Born: Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer
Soares Filho, December 15, 1907
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died: December 5, 2012 (aged 104)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality: Brazila
Awards: 1963 Lenin Peace Prize
1988 Pritzker Prize I AM NOT ATTRACTED TO STRAIGHT ANGLES OR TO
1989 Prince of Asturias Awards THE STRAIGHT LINE AND INFLEXIBLE, CREATED BY
MAN. I AM ATTRACTED TO FREE-FLOWING,
1998 RIBA Royal Gold Medal
SENSUAL CURVES. THE CURVES THAT I FIND IN THE
2004 Praemium Imperiale MOUNTAINS OF MY COUNTRY, IN THE
Buildings: Cathedral of Brasília, National SINUOUSNESS OF ITS RIVERS, IN THE WAVES OF
Congress of Brazil, Headquarters of the THE OCEAN, AND ON THE BODY OF THE BELOVED
WOMAN. CURVES MAKE UP THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE,
United Nations. THE CURVED UNIVERSE OF EINSTEIN.
UNITED NATIONS
HEADQUARTERS
It was a combination of the two schemes that was finally
approved by the Board of Design.
Niemeyer believed that buildings should seek to find
harmony with nature and believed that feminine curves were
more pleasing than hard edges and lines.
CATHEDRAL OF BRASÍLIA
The Cathedral of Brasília is an almost crown-
like hyperboloid structure that appears pinned to
the ground. The building’s appearance, with its
striking shape and gorgeous stained glass ceiling,
is just as intriguing as its history.
“Rejecting the cube shapes favored by his
modernist predecessors, Niemeyer built some of
the world’s most striking buildings –
monumental, curving concrete and glass
structures which almost defy description.” The
Cathedral of Brasília, in a nutshell.
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