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Born May 3, 1931 • Milan • Italy
Died September 4, 1997 (aged 66) • Milan • Italy
Awards And Honors Pritzker Prize (1990)
Notable Works “A Scientific Autobiography” • “The Architecture of the City”

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Italian architect
John Claudius Loudon
Scottish landscape architect
Affonso Reidy
Brazilian architect
Kazuyo Sejima
Japanese architect
Ryue Nishizawa
Japanese architect
Jacques Herzog
Swiss architect
Pierre de Meuron
Swiss architect
I.M. Pei
I.M. Pei
American architect
Frank Gehry: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Frank Gehry
Canadian American architect
Álvaro Siza: Bouça social housing complex
Álvaro Siza
Portuguese architect
Richard Meier: Atheneum
Richard Meier
American architect
Jean Nouvel
Jean Nouvel
French architect
Rafael Moneo: Prado Museum addition
Rafael Moneo
Spanish architect
Norman Foster: 30 St Mary Axe
Norman Foster
British architect
Sverre Fehn
Norwegian architect
Arata Isozaki
Arata Isozaki
Japanese architect
Gordon Bunshaft, c. 1950s.
Gordon Bunshaft
American architect

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