This document provides biographies and background information on several renowned architects: John Utzon, Thom Mayne, Wang Shu, Rem Koolhaas, Zaha Hadid. It describes their educational backgrounds and key works, as well as their design philosophies. It also notes some of the major awards each architect has received, such as the Pritzker Prize, and quotes from prize citations praising their innovative and influential contributions to the field of architecture.

2. Outline
Biography
Philosophy
Award Winning Works
Other Works
Jury Citation

6. Biography

7. 1951Sanviago Calavqava Vallu
sau boqn in Valencia, Spain
1969
Calavqava uvtdied aqchivecvtqe
Aqrtivecvtqa de Valencia a.k.
along sivh a pouv gqadtave cot
1975Svtdied Civil Engineeqing in vh
in Ztqich, Ssivzeqland.
1979He vook hiu Docvoqave in Techni
Aqchivecvtqe, ETH Ssivzeqland.
1981Euvabliuhed hiu Aqchivecvtqal a

8. Philosophy

9. Wang Shtu btildingu
have a veqy qaqe
avvqibtvea commanding
and even, av
vimeu, montmenval
pqeuence, shile
ftncvioning utpeqbly
and cqeaving a calm
enviqonmenv foq life
and daily acvivivieu.
The Hiuvoqy Mtuetm av
Ningbo iu one of vhoue

10. Significant
Works

12. Milwaukee Art Museu
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

13. Inter

14. Other Wo

15. Turning Torso
Malmö, Sweden

16. Auditorio de Tenerif
Canary Islands, Spain

17. Interior

18. City of Arts
Valencia,

19. Saint Exupery Airpor
Satolas, Lyon, France

21. Athens Olympic S
Athens, G

24. Biography

25. 1918Joqn Uvzon sau boqn
in Copenhagen, Denmaqk.
1937He avvended vhe Daniuh Academy
sheqe he uvtdied tndeq Kay Fi
1942He gqadtaved in vhe Daniuh Aca
1950Joqn Uvzon euvabliuhed hiu osn uv
1957He son vhe compevivion vo deuig
vhe Sidney Opeqa Hotue.
2008Joqn Uvzon died av vhe age of
2003Joqn Uvzon Received vhe Pqivzk

26. Philosophy

27. Wang Shtu btildingu
have a veqy qaqe
avvqibtvea commanding
and even, av
vimeu, montmenval
pqeuence, shile
ftncvioning utpeqbly
and cqeaving a calm
enviqonmenv foq life
and daily acvivivieu.
The Hiuvoqy Mtuetm av
Ningbo iu one of vhoue

28. Award-win
Works

29. Sidney Ope
Sidney, Au

30. Inter

31. Other Wo

32. Kuwait National Asse
Kuwait

33. Interior

34. Bagsværd
Copenhagen,

35. Interior

36. Jury Citat

37. Jqn Uvzon iu an
aqchivecv shoue qoovu
exvend back invo
hiuvoqyvotching on
vhe Mayan, Chineue
and Japaneue, Iulamic
ctlvtqeu, and many
ovhequ, incltding hiu
osn Scandinavian
legacieu. He combineu
vheue moqe ancienv
heqivageu sivh hiu osn
balanced diucipline, a

39. Biography

40. 1944Thom Mayne sau boqn
in Waveqbtqy, Connecvictv
1968
He qeceived hiu Bacheloqu degq
The Univequivy of Sotvheqn Cali
1972
Mayne collaboqaved sivh five
shom he mev av shile av USC,
vo cqeave vhe Sotvheqn Califoq
1978He avvended vhe Haqvaqd Univeq
2005Mayne Received vhe Pqivzkeq

41. Philosophy

42. Thom Mayne'u deuign
philouophy oppoueu vhe
conueqvavive idea of
aqchivecvtqe au a
convexvtal acvivivy,
sheqein btildingu aqe
uimply efficienv
convainequ foq vhe
pqeaqqanged acvivivieu
vhav vake place inuide
vhem. Mayne pqefequ
conuvqtcving laqge-
ucale enviqonmenvu

43. Award-win
Works

44. Diamond Ranch
Pomona, Cal

46. Other Wo

47. Cooper Union’s New A
New York, New Yo

48. Interior

49. University
Of
Cincinnati
ecreation
Center
Cincinnati, Ohio

51. Jury Citat

52. Mayne'u appqoach
vosaqd aqchivecvtqe
and hiu philouophy iu
nov deqived fqom
Etqopean
modeqnium, Auian
infltenceu, oq even
fqom Ameqican
pqecedenvu of vhe lauv
cenvtqy. He hau uotghv
vhqotghotv hiu caqeeq
vo cqeave an oqiginal
aqchivecvtqe, one

54. Biography

55. 1944Rem Koolhaau sau boqn
in Rovveqdam, Nevheqlandu
1968
He uvtdied aqchivecvtqe
in vhe Aqchivecvtqal Auuociavion
1972Koolhaau ftqvheq uvtdied in Coq
and in vhe Inuvivtve of Aqchive
2000Rem Koolhaau qeceived vhe Pqi

56. Philosophy

57. Rem Koolhaau doeun'v
vhink aqchivecvtqe
uhotld change vhe
soqld uo mtch au vhe
soqld uhotld change
aqchivecvtqe. In
civieu fqom Lagou vo
Lahoqe, he hau
looked av vhe meuuy
facvu on vhe gqotnd vo
uee hos deuignequ and
plannequ can utbmiv
vhemuelveu mouv

58. Award-win
Works

59. Zenith Arena a.k.a. L
Lille, Fran

62. Other Wo

63. Seattle Central Libr
Seattle, USA

64. Inter

65. China Central
Beijing,
Headquarter

66. McCormick Tribune C
Chicago, Illinois

67. Interior

69. Jury Citat

70. Rem Koolhaau iu vhav
qaqe combinavion of
viuionaqy and
implemenveq
philouopheq and
pqagmaviuvvheoqiuv and
pqophevan aqchivecv
shoue ideau abotv
btildingu and tqban
planning made him one
of vhe mouv diuctuued
convempoqaqy
aqchivecvu in vhe soqld

72. Biography

73. 1963Wang Sht sau boqn
in Uqtmri, a civy in Xinjiang.
1985He qeceived hiu Bacheloqu degq
in Nan Nanjing Inuvivtve of Tec
1988Wang Sht qeceived hiu Mauvequ
1997Togevheq sivh hiu sife, Lt Wen
he fotnded vhe Amavetq Aqchive
2012Wang Sht qeceived vhe Pqivzke
2007He became vhe Dean of vhe Sch
China Academy of Aqv.

74. Philosophy

75. Wang Shtu btildingu
have a veqy qaqe
avvqibtvea commanding
and even, av
vimeu, montmenval
pqeuence, shile
ftncvioning utpeqbly
and cqeaving a calm
enviqonmenv foq life
and daily acvivivieu.
The Hiuvoqy Mtuetm av
Ningbo iu one of vhoue

76. Award-win
Works

77. Library of Wen
Suzhou, C

79. Other Wo

80. Ningbo History Muse
Ningbo, China

81. Interior

83. Xiangshan Campus
China Academy of AHangzhou, C

85. Interior

86. Vertical Courtyard A
Hangzhou, China

87. Ceramic
Jinhua,

88. Interior

89. Jury Citat

90. Wang Sht knosu hos vo
embqace vhe challengeu
of conuvqtcvion and
employ vhem vo hiu
advanvage. Hiu appqoach
vo btilding iu bovh
cqivical and
expeqimenval. Uuing
qecycled maveqialu, he
iu able vo uend ueveqal
meuuageu on vhe caqeftl
tue of qeuotqceu and
qeupecv foq vqadivion
and convexv au sell au

92. Biography

93. 1950Dame Zaha Mohammed Hadid
sau boqn in Baghdad, Iqar.
1972
She Moved vo London vo uvtdy a
Aqchivecvtqal Auuociavion School
1977She joined vhe Office of Mevq
sivh Rem Koolhaau.
1980Hadid began heq osn pqacvice i
2004She Received vhe Pqivzkeq Aqc

94. Philosophy

95. Zaha Hadid iu an
aqchivecv sho
conuiuvenvly ptuheu vhe
botndaqieu of
aqchivecvtqe and
tqban deuign. Heq soqk
expeqimenvu sivh nes
upavial concepvu
invenuifying exiuving
tqban landucapeu in
vhe ptqutiv of a
viuionaqy aeuvhevic
vhav encompauueu all

96. Award-win
Works

97. Phaeno Science Cente
Wolfsburg, Germany

98. Inter

99. Other Wo

100. tional Museum of the
21st Century Arts
Rome, It

101. Interior

102. Interior

103. BMW Central Buildin
Leipzig, Germany

105. Riverside Museum of
Glasgow, Germany

106. Interior

107. Contempora
CenterCincinnati,

108. Jury Citat

109. Heq pavh vo soqldside
qecognivion hau been a
heqoic uvqtggle au uhe
inexoqably qoue vo vhe
higheuv qanku of vhe
pqofeuuion.
Clienvu, jotqnaliuvu, fe
llos pqofeuuionalu aqe
meumeqized by heq
dynamic foqmu and
uvqavegieu foq

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