Bruno Taut

Bruno Taut
b. Konigsberg, 1880;
d. Istanbul, 1938. I

Key pioneer German avant-garde famous architect and theorist, associated initially with the Activist group of Expressionists and later with the new objectivity or social functionalism. Trained briefly in Konigsberg and Berlin-Charlottenburg, Taut worked in Theodor Fischer’s office in Stuttgart (1904-8) before opening his own firm in Berlin (1910). He [...]

Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi

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 [...]

Louis Henry Sullivan

Louis Henry Sullivan
b. Boston, Mass., 1856;
d. Chicago, Illinois, 1924.
Louis Henry Sullivan, proponent of an American architecture who was in the vanguard of the Modern Movement. As a boy, Sullivan discovered the power and mystery of life in Boston and on family farms. A year in architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1872-3) was followed [...]

Rudolph M. Schindler

Rudolph M. Schindler
b. Vienna, 1887;
d. Los Angeles, 1953. I
Rudolph M. Schindler, a first-generation architect of Modern Architecture (Modernist) who immigrated early to the USA, where he worked for a time with famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright. His career outside Europe led to lack of recognition but his reputation was rescued by the writings of [...]

Francis Reginald Stevens Yorke

Francis Reginald Stevens Yorke
b. Stratford-upon-Avon, 1906;
d. London, 1962.
Pioneer of the Modern Movement in England and founding partner of YRM, a practice which continues to enjoy an enviable reputation in the British architectural scene. Yorke studied architecture and town planning at the University of Birmingham before setting up in private practice in 1930. Principal influences [...]