Designated as the queen of curves, Zaha Hadid is an Iraqi-British architect known for her deconstructivist designs, which liberated architectural geometry, giving it a whole new expressive identity.   “Unwavering in her commitment to modernism,” Zaha Hadid presented herself as …

One of the most renowned architects of the 20th century, Walter Gropius was one of the founders of Modernism and the founder of the Bauhaus, Germany’s revolutionary art school, founded in 1919. Considered the first school of design, it embraced …

Born June 8, 1867, Frank Lloyd Wright is not only one of the world’s greatest architects but also the most controversial and inspiring. A solitary genius, he was a writer, art collector, philosopher, and visionary, and all of these designations …

Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe is one of the most influential architects of the 20th century, recognized for his crucial role in the most far-reaching architectural movement of his time: Modernism.   Born in Germany, Mies’s career began in the …