Who is the Greatest Architect of Modern Times?

[Kirk Gittings]

My favourites? Luis Barragan, Mies van der Rohe and maybe The Ant Farm.

[Hector Pena]

Kirk is absolutelly right.
Luis Barragan.

[Ole Tjugen]

Snøhetta group.

They designed the new Library in Alexandria, among other things.

Besides they are still very much active, so COULD draw you a nice house.


http://www.snoarc.no/

[Armin Seeholzer]

Hi

It can be just one there are many: Santiago Calatrava, Norman Foster, Wright, Mario Botta, Le Corbusier, Alvar Aalto, Pian0 Renzo, Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel, Eero Saarinen, Zaha Hadid, Oscar Niemeyer and many more!
But thies is my favorite list!

[Rainer]

Richard Neutra, Raimund Abraham.

Both are Austrian (i need to mention this, because this country was and still is full of fantastic architects) and I really, really like their work.

But of course there are lots of others, many already listed above.

[robert_4927]

Not one mention of Daniel Burnham and John Root. The were only the architechs of the first American skyscrapers. Burnham, after the Chicago fire , greatly influenced how the Chicago skyline looks today.

[robert_4927]

I was fortunate enough to work on I.M. Pei's Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame here in Cleveland, Ohio. And so many people who visit the rock hall don't realize that the building is designed like a turntable ( record player). the mall area leading to the entrance is the actual turntable. from there you'll begin to notice the turntable arm and counter weight. Very cutting edge design .( but what a pain in the ass to build)

[Michael Chmilar]

Gates? Windows has a leaky roof and high upkeep costs. It is also dank and claustrophobic. Not to mention the security problems.

Avie Tevanian has him beat hands-down as a software architect.

[Philip Hutson]

I wouldn't even consider Gates a software architect. A smart/ruthless business man. I don't think there were any original ideas from microsoft.

[Brian Ellis]

I'd use the architect who designed my remodeled kitchen. When he specified the sizes of the various spaces for the built-in appliances he forgot that he also was replacing the floor. The new floor was an inch higher than the old floor from which he made his measurements. So when the appliances were delivered none of them fit and most of the cabinet work had to be redone. Made me feel good that a trained architect made the same dumb mistake I would have made if I did it myself, plus he was good about bearing a large part of the extra cost.