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Josep Lluis Seri
b. Barcelona, 1902;
d. Barcelona, 1983.
Josep Lluis Seri - Spanish architect, planner and academic who played a leading role in the development of Modern Movement planning theories. Born into an artistic Catalan family, Sert graduated from the Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura in Barcelona in 1929. He then worked briefly with Le Corbusier [...]

The singular figure who established modern architecture in Finland. He studied at Helsinki Polytechnic, graduating in 1921 with all possible honours. His early work showed the familiar signs of a developing Neo-Classicism, but he ruptured the architectural scene in 1929 with his Internationalist-inspired entry for Paimio Sanatorium in the W of Finland. The obvious recall [...]

Heinrich Tessenow
b. Rostock, 1876;
d. Berlin, 1950.
Heinrich Tessenow, an Influential German famous architect and teacher whose simple, modern classical work brought Dresden-Hellerau Garden City to international attention. Coming from a construction background - his father was a contractor - he began his career as an apprentice carpenter before entering the School of Building, Leipzig, and eventually [...]

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 [...]