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Luis Barragan's Gardens of El Pedregal

Luis Barragán’s 1,250-acre Gardens of El Pedregal, begun in 1945 on the lava fields south of Mexico City, were dotted with houses and plazas, fountains and ponds, cacti and pepper trees.

Luisa FONTANAtelier

The Italian practice FONTANAtelier employs a unique approach to architectural design, combining form, technology and materials to achieve a new bond of solidarity between humankind and the environment. On-site experimentation and research open the ...

Luxembourg Expo Pavillon Shanghai

With the Luxembourg Pavilion for EXPO 2010 in Shanghai, the internationally renowned practice of Hermann & Valentiny and Partner has most impressively demonstrated what a contemporary alliance of architecture and art looks like. Its striking design ...

Marina City

The first history of Marina City, a Chicago icon. Authors Igor Marjanovic and Katerina Rüedi Ray present newly available archive photographs and drawings in lively essays that explore not only the building’s architectural achievements, but also the ...

Marmol Radziner + Associates

Praised as “modernist savants” by the New York Times, Marmol Radziner + Associates have redefined the indoor-outdoor California lifestyle made famous by legendary mid-century modernists such as Richard Neutra and Albert Frey. ...

Mary Colter

Mary Colter may well be the best-known unknown architect in the world: her buildings at the Grand Canyon National Park – which include Lookout Tower, Hopi House, Bright Angel Lodge and many others – are admired by almost five million visitors a ...

Material Immaterial

Material Immaterial: The New Work of Kengo Kuma presents more than 30 of the architect’s recent works, including high-profile commissions such as the Suntory Museum in Tokyo and the Ondo Civic Center in Kure; the exquisite Lotus House in Zushi; ...

Max Burchartz, 1887–1961

Mehrdad Yazdani

Architect Mehrdad Yazdani has won the respect of critics and clients alike for his imaginative approach to the design of public and institutional buildings.

Michelangelo: Architect