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July 3, 2023 Blog, education

Louis Kahn

Louis Isadore Kahn was an Estonian-born American architect based in Philadelphia. He was one of the most revered architects of his time and created a style that was monumental and monolithic; his heavy buildings for the most part do not hide their weight, their materials, or the way they are assembled. He was awarded the..

June 26, 2023 Blog, education

Oscar Niemeyer

Oscar Niemeyer, in full Oscar Niemeyer Soares Filho, was born on December 15, 1907, and died on December 5, 2012, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is considered one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. Niemeyer’s architecture is known for its free-form sculpture and lyrical style. He studied architecture at the..

June 19, 2023 Blog, education

Cass Gilbert

Cass Gilbert was an American architect born on November 24, 1859, in Zanesville, Ohio. He was born the middle of three sons and was named after the statesman Lewis Cass, to whom he was distantly related. He moved to St. Paul with his family in 1868 and began his architectural career at the age of..

June 12, 2023 Blog, education

Erich Mendelsohn

Erich Mendelsohn was a German-British architect, known for his expressionist architecture in the 1920s, as well as for developing dynamic functionalism in his projects for department stores and cinemas. Mendelsohn was born on March 21, 1887, in Allenstein, Germany died on September 15, 1953, in San Francisco, California. He was an architect recognized for his..

June 5, 2023 Blog, education

Gordon Bunshaft

Gordon Bunshaft was an American architect and a leading proponent of modern design in the mid-twentieth century. He was born in 1909 in Buffalo, New York. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earning his bachelor’s degree in 1933 and his master’s in 1935. Bunshaft joined Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) in 1937 and..

May 31, 2023 Blog, education

Revival of Small cities and their Style of Architecture

The revival of small cities has been a trend in recent years. Many small cities have been revitalized by the restoration of their historic architecture and the development of new buildings that complement their existing architecture. Some of the popular architectural styles that have been used in these revitalization projects include: Greek Revival: This style..