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Born August 14, 1924 • Norway
Died February 23, 2009 (aged 84) • Oslo • Norway
Awards And Honors Pritzker Prize (1997)
I.M. Pei
I.M. Pei
American architect
Jean Nouvel
Jean Nouvel
French architect
Arata Isozaki
Arata Isozaki
Japanese architect
Gordon Bunshaft, c. 1950s.
Gordon Bunshaft
American architect
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Swiss architect
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
American architect
Museum of Modern Art
Yoshio Taniguchi
Japanese architect
Moshe Safdie
Moshe Safdie
Israeli-Canadian-American architect
Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, Calif., by Louis I. Kahn, 1959–65
Louis Kahn
American architect
Ealing: Pitzhanger Manor-House
Sir John Soane
British architect
Cret, Paul Phillippe: Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building
Paul Phillippe Cret
American architect
Affonso Reidy
Brazilian architect
Klenze, Leo von: Glyptothek
Leo von Klenze
German architect
Hendrik Petrus Berlage
Dutch architect
Pierre de Meuron
Swiss architect
Kazuyo Sejima
Japanese architect
Ryue Nishizawa
Japanese architect
Jacques Herzog
Swiss architect
Frank Gehry: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Frank Gehry
Canadian American architect
Álvaro Siza: Bouça social housing complex
Álvaro Siza
Portuguese architect

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