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Born September 13, 1941 (age 83) • Ōsaka • Japan
Awards And Honors Pritzker Prize (1995)
Movement / Style Minimalism

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Tadao Andō: Himeji City Museum of Literature
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Ryue Nishizawa
Japanese architect
Kazuyo Sejima
Japanese architect
Fumihiko Maki
Japanese architect
Shigeru Ban
Shigeru Ban
Japanese architect
Tange Kenzo: Kagawa prefectural office
Tange Kenzō
Japanese architect
Arata Isozaki
Arata Isozaki
Japanese architect
Martino Longhi, the Elder
Italian architect
Onorio Longhi
Italian architect
Martino Longhi, the Younger
Italian architect
Petrus Josephus Hubertus Cuypers
Dutch architect
Giuliano da Sangallo
Italian architect
Antonio da Sangallo the Elder
Italian architect
Andrea Palladio: Villa Rotonda
Andrea Palladio
Italian architect
Bramante, Donato
Donato Bramante
Italian architect
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Swiss architect
Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
Raphael
Italian painter and architect
Lorenzo Bernini: Apollo and Daphne
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian artist
Rome: Piazza Navona
Francesco Borromini
Italian architect
Leon Battista Alberti
Leon Battista Alberti
Italian architect and author
Filippo Brunelleschi
Filippo Brunelleschi
Italian architect

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