25 Architects You Should Know

Take a crash course on who's who in modern architecture.

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Architecture is one of humanity's most visible and long-lasting forms of expression, spanning the entire length of humanity. Most historic civilizations are even identified by their surviving architectural relics: the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, the Golden Pavilion in Japan, or the Taj Mahal in India. Here, our list focuses on a few of the icons of modern architecture (the last 150 years), the true masters of their craft. If you ever wanted a crash course in the icons of modern architecture here it is.​

Daniel Libeskind

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Richard Meier

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Sir Norman Foster

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Renzo Piano

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Santiago Calatrava

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Rem Koolhaas

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Zaha Hadid

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Cesar Pelli

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Walter Gropius

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Frank Lloyd Wright

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Eero Saarinen

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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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Michael Graves

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Le Corbusier

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SOM

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Alvar Aalto

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Louis Sullivan

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Charles & Ray Eames

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Ieoh Ming Pei

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Philip Johnson

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Oscar Niemeyer

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Robert Venturi & Denise Scott Brown

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Buckminster Fuller

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Jean Nouvel

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Frank Gehry

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