tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24168345704179522072024-02-20T03:02:41.267-08:00Architects and Building Engineers from across the worldInformation about architects and building engineers from different country's. We describe their building style and their biggest achievements.ArchiVision Directoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404135495764618106noreply@blogger.comBlogger149125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416834570417952207.post-47495797454181940862016-10-17T12:08:00.002-07:002016-10-17T12:14:04.275-07:00Sound absorption formula by Wallace Clement Sabine
Wallace Clement Sabine
Sabin is the sound absorption of a surface the size of one square foot or .92903 sqm (0.3048 cm x 0.3048 cm) with an absorption coefficient of 1. The name is derived from the Americaans physicist Wallace Clement Sabine. In the early 20th century he discovered the importance of reverberation and sound absorption for room acoustics. The law of Sabine.
Trough ArchiVision Directoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404135495764618106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416834570417952207.post-19170632475343938912015-04-12T05:08:00.003-07:002022-07-06T12:23:23.075-07:00Zaha Hadid (1950) Architect
Landscape Formation One in Basel
Zaha Hadid is a British architect. She was born in Baghdad (now Lady Hadid) and is of Iraqi origin. She studied architecture at the Architectural Association in London. After her studies she worked at OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture), a renowned office of architects founded by Rem Koolhaas.
Main achievements
Landscape Formation One in Basel.
ArchiVision Directoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404135495764618106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416834570417952207.post-12833504129200375292015-04-12T05:05:00.004-07:002022-07-06T12:23:57.059-07:00Mario Botta (1943) Architect
Bank for International Settlements
Mario Botta is a Swiss architect. He was born in Ticino, Italy.
Main achievements
Bank for International Settlements.
Gotthard Bank headquarters in Lugano (1982-1987).
Evry cathedral (1988-1990).
Watarimuseum Contemporary Art in Shibuya-ku (Tokyo) (1990).
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (1990-1995).
La Fortezza in Maastricht (1991).
Tinguely Museum ArchiVision Directoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404135495764618106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416834570417952207.post-32952745090699891882015-04-12T05:03:00.002-07:002022-07-06T12:30:41.262-07:00Frank Owen Gehry (1929) Architect
Vitra Museum in Basel
Frank Gehry is a Canadian architect. However, he was born as Frank Goldberg.
Main achievements
Vitra Museum in Basel.
Chiat / Day building in Venice, California.
New World Center in Miami Beach, Florida.
Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
Vontz Center for Molecular Studies, University of Cincinnati.
Dr. Chau Chak WingArchiVision Directoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404135495764618106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416834570417952207.post-32249925765183320412015-04-12T05:01:00.001-07:002015-04-12T05:01:10.807-07:00Johan Nieukerken (1885-1962) Architect
Johan Nieukerken was a Dutch architect. He also erected and office called Van Nieukerken. Main achievementsRestoration of the Great Church (Our Lady's Church) in Breda (1968).Mansion Emants Parkstraat, The Hague (1895).Shop in the High Street, The Hague.Office building for the Dutch insurance company in Kneuterdijk, The Hague (1898).
ArchiVision Directoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404135495764618106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416834570417952207.post-36971400171218484372015-04-12T05:00:00.003-07:002015-04-12T05:00:43.223-07:00Oscar Niemeyer Soares Filho (1907-2012) Architect
Oscar Niemeyer was a Brazilian architect. He was a member of the advisory committee of architects to build a building for the UN in New York in 1947. In addition to many houses and hotels, he created many public buildings. Notable in his work is how he solved the protection from the sun's heat. This is evident in the building for the Ministry of Health and Education in Rio de Janeiro. Main ArchiVision Directoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404135495764618106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416834570417952207.post-74493865298094925762015-04-12T05:00:00.001-07:002015-04-12T05:00:09.848-07:00Arno Carolus Nicolai (1914-2001) Architect
Arno Nicolai was a Dutch architect. Since 1946 he worked at the B.P.M. (Batavian Petroleum Company). He built this company on behalf of residential, office and utility work. Main achievementsReformed Church in Oudschonebeek.
ArchiVision Directoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404135495764618106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416834570417952207.post-70251989374513773402015-04-12T04:59:00.002-07:002015-04-12T04:59:40.774-07:00Richard Joseph Neutra (1892-1970) Architect
Richard Neutra was an Austrian architect. He was from 1921 associated with Erich Mendelsohn and won with him in 1922 the first prize for building a business center in Jaffa (Palestine). In 1923 he went to America where he represented the new building. He held many senior positions such as the National Committee for the consideration of the school building. In his later years he became a ArchiVision Directoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404135495764618106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416834570417952207.post-57527004820787646482015-04-12T04:58:00.001-07:002015-04-12T04:59:11.438-07:00Constantine Muysken (1841-1921) Architect
Constantine Muysken was a Dutch architect. Through his many travels through Italy, he was influenced by the Italian Renaissance.
Main achievements
Former Wassenaar Castle (1879).
Church in Horn (1884).
Uytenbosch Villa in Baarn.
ArchiVision Directoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404135495764618106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416834570417952207.post-53490828954386134162015-04-12T04:57:00.001-07:002016-10-14T13:16:54.713-07:00Hermann Muthesius (1861-1927) Architect
Hermann Muthesius was a German architect. From 1896 to 1903 he lived in England, because of this he was influenced by the ideas of William Morris. In Germany, he became one of the main representatives of the Jugendstil, a direction characterized by stylized forms. He realized important buildings and many houses. But more important were his writings. And he founded in 1907 at the Deutsche ArchiVision Directoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404135495764618106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416834570417952207.post-25486386313034707772015-04-12T04:56:00.003-07:002015-04-12T04:56:33.771-07:00Malt Joseph Chen (1895-1977) Architect
Malt Joseph Chen was a Belgian architect and teacher and director of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Liege and Alderman of Public Works in Jupille. Main achievementsInstitute of Civil Engineers.Building for the newspaper 'La Wallonie'.Cheap houses in Jupille.
ArchiVision Directoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404135495764618106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416834570417952207.post-1405542372990656962015-04-12T04:56:00.001-07:002015-04-12T04:56:03.450-07:00Werner Max Moser (1896-1970) Architect
Werner Moser was a Swiss architect. Besides buildings, he also designed chairs and furniture. Main achievementsReformed Church in Zurich-Altstetten, concrete frame clad with sandstone (1939-1941).Cantonal Hospital in Zurich.Congress Building in Zurich, along with Haefeli and Steiger.Apostoliscche Church in Geneva, along with Haefeli and Stiger. Furniture:Werner Max Moser ShelvesMoser ArchiVision Directoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404135495764618106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416834570417952207.post-85486103949716535952015-04-12T04:55:00.001-07:002015-04-12T04:55:24.630-07:00Karl Moser (1860-1936) Architect
Karl Moser was a Swiss architect. From 1888 to 1915 he was active in Karlsruhe. He then became a professor at the Technische Hochschule in Zurich. After he had applied the Jugendstil, he came back to built with concrete and was one of the first ones built in the newer, more businesslike style in Switzerland. Main achievementsPaul's Church in Basel (1901).Kunsthaus in Zurich (1910).University of ArchiVision Directoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404135495764618106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416834570417952207.post-22319841620352510432015-04-12T04:54:00.003-07:002015-04-12T04:55:01.482-07:00Joseph Monier (1823-1906) reinforced concrete
Joseph Monier was a French gardener, and is considered the inventor of reinforced concrete. He made numerous attempts to make sturdy boxes and did this by plastering a network of wire with mortar. In 1867 he also obtained a patent for making concrete planters armed with iron. After that he acquired many patents in the field of reinforced concrete. Unfortunately, he died in poverty.
Main ArchiVision Directoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404135495764618106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416834570417952207.post-15766097006824500682015-04-12T04:54:00.001-07:002015-04-12T04:54:02.017-07:00Walter Michaelis (1866-1853) Chemist
Walter Michaelis was a German chemist who mainly sought solutions to problems in respect of cement and mortars. He analyzed the manufacture and processing. An inspection of the mortar belonged to it. He is best known as the person who confronted the theory of Le Chatelier in respect crystallization processes that occur in the setting and hardening of the mortar.Walter came in 1890 with a ArchiVision Directoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404135495764618106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416834570417952207.post-50777525288606419082015-04-12T04:53:00.003-07:002015-04-12T04:53:39.394-07:00Jan de Meyer (1878-1950) Architect
Jan de Meyer was a Dutch architect. He campaigned for the preservation of the beauty of the ancient cities. He was known for his restoration of many important monumental buildings. Main achievementsObservation Home for Boys at Cremerplein in Amsterdam (1910).School girl in Houten.Flats and houses in Amsterdam and elsewhere.Restoration of the 'Long John' in Middelburg, after the Second World War.
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Joan Mey was a Dutch architect. He was an important figure in the Amsterdam School community. Main achievementsSeafaring House in Amsterdam, contains many tasteful details (1911-1916).Shopping gallery at the Albus Amsterdam.
ArchiVision Directoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404135495764618106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416834570417952207.post-13078451240788590832015-04-12T04:52:00.004-07:002015-04-12T04:52:45.228-07:00Alfred Messel (1853-1909) Architect
Alfred Messel was a German architect. In Italy, he studied to see the Renaissance, this is evident in his first realizations. Later, he created his own style, which first manifested itself in the Wertheim Department Store in Berlin, he applied this to the pillar construction, a construction method that has be imitated many times after this realisation. Main achievementsWertheim department store ArchiVision Directoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404135495764618106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416834570417952207.post-2889785081714217372015-04-12T04:52:00.001-07:002015-04-12T04:52:11.917-07:00Erich Mendelsohn (1887-1953) Architect
Erich Mendelsohn was an architect born in Germany. He was a representative of the expressionist architecture. He realized many cinemas, shops and factories. In 1935 he went to Palestine and realized important buildings. In 1938 he moved to England and became English citizen. At the beginning of World War II, he settled in the United States where he built a number of Synagogues and Churches. MainArchiVision Directoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404135495764618106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416834570417952207.post-12529378994647969272015-04-12T04:51:00.003-07:002015-04-12T04:51:38.385-07:00Doeke Meintema (1877-1935) Architect
Doeke Meintema was a Dutch architect. Main achievementsNursing home in Hilversum.Council House in St. Anna Prochie.Workers and middle-class homes in Leeuwarden.Workers and middle-class homes in Harlingen.Farms in Friesland.
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Ernst May was a German architect. He studied in Munich and London. From 1925 to 1930 he was city architect in Frankfurt. He did a great merit for the new building plans: He reserved the center for business houses while there were outside garden villages on the outside. He also did much to improve the housing, so he designed housing construction in series, in and did many improvements in hygiene.ArchiVision Directoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404135495764618106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416834570417952207.post-54753751761369169022015-04-12T04:50:00.001-07:002015-04-12T04:50:15.721-07:00Edward Maufe (1883-1974) Architect
Edward Maufe was an English architect. In 1944, Edward was awarded the Royal Gold Medal for architecture. He designed many new churches in the new-Gothic style. Besides churches, schools and public buildings, he realized ordinary houses. Main achievementsCathedral in Guildford (1938).All Saint's Church in Western Green.Surrey Church in Hanwell.Church of St. Thomas the Apostle in Hanwell.TrinitiyArchiVision Directoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404135495764618106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416834570417952207.post-63098095282493317412015-04-12T04:49:00.003-07:002015-04-12T04:49:44.213-07:00André Robert Mallet-Stevens (1887-1945) Architect
André Robert Mallet-Stevens was a French architect. He was a believer of the New Objectivity. Main achievementsCubist houses in the street named after him in Auteuil and in Paris on the Boulevard Suchet (1925).
ArchiVision Directoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404135495764618106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416834570417952207.post-88569803604116132022015-04-12T04:49:00.001-07:002016-10-06T11:30:34.708-07:00Robert Maillart (1872-1940) Architect and engineer
Robert Maillart was a Swiss architect and engineer. He is best known for his concrete bridges and mushroom floors.
Main achievements
Bridge over the Thur at Henau-Uzwil.
Salginatobel bridge.
Big warehouses and fabric buildings in Kharlov, Riga and St. Petersbrug.
Store in Giesshübel at Zurich.
Grain Storage of the Swiss Confederation building in Altdorf.
Tavanasa bridge.
Arve bridge.
ZuozArchiVision Directoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16404135495764618106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416834570417952207.post-33662570436024655962015-04-12T04:48:00.002-07:002015-04-12T04:48:47.534-07:00Jacob Gustaaf Erik Luyt (1914-2000) Architect
Jacob Luyt was a Dutch architect born in The Hague. He was attached to the architects 'Roosenburg Verhave and Luyt'.
He was Co-Author of 'Plan 2000' in The Hague.
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