Tadao Ando also designed the Stone Hill Center at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Massachusetts. The grey concrete and metal building is built into a hill. Its design expresses a sense of calm and simple beauty.
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STEVE EMBER: Architect Rem Koolhaas is from the Netherlands. He began his career as a writer. He became well known for his writings about architecture long before he began making buildings. His book “Delirious Manhattan” is recognized as an important study of modern architecture and society.
Rem Koolhaas has designed houses, and cultural and educational buildings. He designed the Seattle Central Library in the state of Washington. It is an angular glass building with several levels that do not seem to fit together. Yet inside, the library has a free-flowing space that seems useful and orderly.
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Rem Koolhaas also designed the new headquarters of Central Chinese Television in Beijing. This building has two towers that rise in different directions from the ground. But they come together at the top of the building. It is a very unusual structure, one that appears to be bent out of shape.
Rem Koolhaas received the Pritzker Prize in two thousand. Jurists said he uses his creative skills to create architecture that is as much about ideas as it is buildings.
STEVE EMBER: Norman Foster is known for his extremely high-tech and modern buildings. The British architect created the company Foster and Partners. He and his team have designed major buildings all over the world. These include the new German Parliament in Berlin, London’s City Hall, the Milllau Viaduct in France and the Beijing Airport. His “30 St. Mary Axe” building in London is commonly known as the Gherkin or Cucumber building. It is shaped like a huge glass and metal cucumber.
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