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Sustainable architecture
Sustainable architecture is a general term that describes environmentally-conscious design techniques in the field of architecture. Sustainable architecture is framed by the larger discussion of sustainability and the pressing economic and political issues of our world. In the broad context,...
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Buckminster Fuller
Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller (July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American architect, author, designer, inventor, and futurist.
Fuller published more than thirty books, inventing and popularizing terms such as "Spaceship Earth",...
Date of birth:
- Jul 12, 1895
Date of death:
- Jul 1, 1983 (age 88 years)
Sir Norman Foster
Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, OM, FRIBA, FCSD, RDI (born 1 June 1935) is a British architect whose company maintains an international design practice. He is Britain's most prolific builder of landmark office buildings. In 2009...
Date of birth:
- Jun 1, 1935 (age 74 years)
Renzo Piano
Renzo Piano (born 14 September, 1937) is a world renowned Italian architect and recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, AIA Gold Medal, Kyoto Prize and the Sonning Prize. One admirer said the "serenity of his best buildings can almost make you...
Date of birth:
- Sep 14, 1937 (age 72 years)
Charles Correa
Charles Correa (September 1, 1930, Hyderabad, India) is an Indian architect, planner and activist . He studied architecture at the University of Michigan and at Massachusetts Institute of Technology after which he established a private practice in...
Date of birth:
- 1930 (age 80 years)
Sim Van der Ryn
Sim Van der Ryn is acknowledged as a leader in "sustainable architecture." He is also a researcher and educator. Van der Ryn's driving professional interest has been applying principles of physical and social ecology to architecture and...
Tom Bender
Tom Bender began to make his mark in the early 1970s as an architect, author, and strategic planner. He has since been visible also as a writer in the emerging field of green economics. He has also studied and written about traditional architectural...
Laurie Baker
Laurence Wilfred "Laurie" Baker (March 2, 1917 – April 1, 2007) was an award-winning British-born Indian architect, renowned for his initiatives in cost-effective energy-efficient architecture and for his unique space utilisation and simple but...
Date of birth:
- Mar 2, 1917
Date of death:
- Apr 1, 2007 (age 90 years)
Glenn Murcutt
Glenn Murcutt AO (born 25 July 1936) is one of Australia's most notable and famous architects.
Glenn Marcus Murcutt was born in London to Australian parents. He grew up in the Morobe province of Papua New Guinea, where he developed an appreciation...
Date of birth:
- Jul 25, 1936 (age 73 years)
James Wines
James Wines (1932- ) is an American artist/architect associated with environmental design. Wines is also an architectural and design innovator, a product designer, and an educator. Wines explicitly expresses his own "concern for the Earth." Having...
Date of birth:
- 1932 (age 78 years)
Ken Yeang
Dr. Ken Yeang (Chinese: 杨经文/楊經文; pinyin: Yáng Jīngwén) is a prolific Malaysian architect and writer best known for developing environmental design solutions for high-rise buildings in the tropics.
Dr. Ken Yeang (Chinese: 杨经文/楊經文; pinyin: Yáng...
Date of birth:
- 1948 (age 62 years)
William McDonough
William Andrews McDonough is an American architect and founding principal of William McDonough + Partners, and co-founder of McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC) with German chemist Michael Braungart. McDonough's career is focused on...
Date of birth:
- Feb 21, 1951 (age 58 years)
Brenda and Robert Vale
Professor Brenda Vale and Doctor Robert Vale are architects, writers, pioneer researchers, and experts in the field of sustainable housing.
After studying architecture together at the University of Cambridge, in 1975 the Vales published "The...
Eric Corey Freed
Eric Corey Freed (b. August 7, 1970, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American architect and Principal of organicARCHITECT.
Based in San Francisco, Freed is credited with helping to establish the Sustainable Design curricula at both Academy of Art...
Date of birth:
- Aug 7, 1970 (age 39 years)
Michael Sorkin
Michael Sorkin (born 1948, Washington, D.C.) is an American architect.
Michael Sorkin, is the Founder of Michael Sorkin Studio in New York City, devoted to both practical and theoretical projects at all scales with a special interest in the city....
Date of birth:
- 1948 (age 62 years)
Walter Segal
Walter Segal (1907 – 1985) was an architect who developed a system of self-build housing.
The Segal method is based on traditional timber frame methods modified to use standard materials available today. It eliminates the need for wet trades such as...
Date of birth:
- 1907
Date of death:
- 1985 (age 78 years)
Edward Mazria
Edward Mazria is an architect, author and educator. After receiving his Bachelors of Architecture Degree from Pratt Institute in 1963 he spent two years as an architect in the Peace Corps in Arequipa, Peru. He later worked with the firm of Edward...
Ashok "Bihari" Lall
Ashok B Lall is Principal of Ashok B Lall Architects in New Delhi, India.
He held the position of Dean of Studies of the former TVB School of Habitat Studies in New Delhi from 1996 to 2007.
The practice has executed projects for educational research...
Manit Rastogi
Manit Rastogi graduated from the School of Planning and Architecture with a Bachelors degree in architecture in 1991. He went on to complete his AA Diploma for which he was awarded honours and the AA Graduate Diploma in Energy and Environment...
Anna Mangiarotti
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