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Lars Eliel Sonck
b. Kdlvid, 1870;
d. Helsinki, 1956.
Lars Eliel Sonck was a prominent and prolific figure in Finland’s anxious search for a national identity after the turn of the century. The rise of National Romanticism paralleled that of Jugendstil within continental Europe, and Sonck, along with Eliel Saarinen, Hermann Gesellius and Armas Lindgren, played [...]

Jose Antonio Coderch Y De Sentmenat
b. Barcelona, 1913;
d. Barcelona, 1984.

Jose Antonio Coderch Y De Sentmenat - Dynamic Spanish architect and urban design theorist. Coderch was trained at the Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura in Barcelona (1929-40), but between 1936 and 1939 his education was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War, in which he served as [...]

Jean Nicolas Louis David Durand
b. Paris, 1760;
d. Thiais, Val-de-Marne, 1834.
Influential theoretician; Neo-Classical “Rationalist”. Durand’s parents were poor and he studied architecture through the generosity of patrons. He entered the office of Boullee in 1776 and became his favourite pupil. He earned enough to enroll at the Academie d’Architecture and was placed second in the Prix [...]

Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi
b. Poona, India, 1927.
Cosmopolitan, without ever losing sight of his Hindu origins and Indianness “Doshi” (as he is known) is, along with Correa, among the most influential architects practising in India today. Educated at J. J. School of Art, Bombay (1946-50), he became senior designer for Le Corbusier in Paris for projects in [...]