Six Building Designers Who Are Redefining Modern Architecture
12 April 2011
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STEVE EMBER: I’m Steve Ember.
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: And I’m Shirley Griffith with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about six building designers widely considered some of the top architects at work today. They are Frank Gehry, Tadao Ando, Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas, Norman Foster and Eduardo Souta de Moura. They have all created important examples of modern architecture. You can see their energizing and imaginative contributions to modern design in buildings around the world.
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STEVE EMBER: We start with a designer who just won a top building design honor. Eduardo Souta de Moura of Portugal was named the winner of the two thousand eleven Pritzker Architecture Prize. The jury praised him for creating works that are of our time, but also respectful of architectural traditions. His projects include single family homes, hotels, museums, schools and sports centers.
One example is the Burgo Tower in Porto, Portugal. It is made up of two buildings side by side. One building is horizontal, stretching from left to right. The other is vertical, rising up to the sky. The buildings’ many windows create a striking surface. Pritzker jurists said Eduardo Souta de Moura’s work is filled with intelligence and seriousness. They said it requires intense study, not a quick look.
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