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These portraits put architects beside the work that made their names, from drawings and scale models to construction sites and finished rooms. A model shows how a design fits together. A person inside the finished building shows how much space it takes up.

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Frank Lloyd Wright at the Guggenheim
Frank Lloyd Wright at the Guggenheim: Frank Lloyd Wright stands beside a concrete parapet at the Solomon R. Guggenheim…
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I. M. Pei at the Louvre Pyramid
I. M. Pei at the Louvre Pyramid: I. M. Pei stands beside the glass pyramid he designed for the Louvre in Paris. The grid of…
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Zaha Hadid at MAXXI
Zaha Hadid at MAXXI: Zaha Hadid stands beneath the sweep of the MAXXI museum at its 2010 opening in Rome. The sloping…
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Jørn Utzon Presenting the Sydney Opera House Model
Jørn Utzon Presenting the Sydney Opera House Model: Jørn Utzon, at left, presents a model of the Sydney Opera House at…
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Antoni Gaudí at the Sagrada Família
Antoni Gaudí at the Sagrada Família: Antoni Gaudí, the white-bearded man just right of center, joins a delegation visiting…
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Maya Lin With the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Model
Maya Lin With the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Model: Maya Lin stands with the model of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The…
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Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers at the Centre Pompidou
Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers at the Centre Pompidou: Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano, with engineer Peter Rice, pose on…
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Le Corbusier With the Palace of the Soviets Model
Le Corbusier With the Palace of the Soviets Model: Le Corbusier, left, works with an assistant on the model for his 1931…
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Oscar Niemeyer at the Cathedral of Brasília
Oscar Niemeyer at the Cathedral of Brasília: Oscar Niemeyer stands in front of the Cathedral of Brasília during…
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with the Seagram Building Model
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with the Seagram Building Model: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson sit beside a model of…
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Julia Morgan Reviewing Plans With William Randolph Hearst
Julia Morgan Reviewing Plans With William Randolph Hearst: Julia Morgan unrolls drawings beside William Randolph Hearst at…
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Walter Gropius at Gropius House
Walter Gropius at Gropius House: Walter Gropius leans on the curved stair rail of the house he built for his family in…
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Lina Bo Bardi at the Glass House
Lina Bo Bardi at the Glass House: Lina Bo Bardi sits beside the fireplace in the Glass House, the São Paulo residence she…
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Frank Gehry at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Frank Gehry at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao: Frank Gehry stands outside the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in October 2022, on…
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Balkrishna Doshi at Sangath
Balkrishna Doshi at Sangath: Balkrishna Doshi stands in front of the curved roofs of Sangath, the architecture studio he…
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Eero Saarinen With the Gateway Arch Model
Eero Saarinen With the Gateway Arch Model: Eero Saarinen appears beside a model of his Gateway Arch for St. Louis. The…
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Louis Kahn in the Kimbell Art Museum Auditorium
Louis Kahn in the Kimbell Art Museum Auditorium: Louis Kahn stands against the north wall of the Kimbell Art Museum…
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Moshe Safdie With the Habitat 67 Model
Moshe Safdie With the Habitat 67 Model: Moshe Safdie leans toward a model of Habitat 67. The model shows how the homes…
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Alvar Aalto With the Finnish Pavilion Model
Alvar Aalto With the Finnish Pavilion Model: Alvar Aalto leans over a scale model of the Finnish pavilion he designed for…
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Gae Aulenti at the Musée d’Orsay Construction Site
Gae Aulenti at the Musée d’Orsay Construction Site: Gae Aulenti visits the Musée d’Orsay during construction in 1986. She…
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Tadao Ando in the Full-Scale Church of the Light Replica
Tadao Ando in the Full-Scale Church of the Light Replica: Tadao Ando stands inside a full-scale replica of the Church of…

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