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[edit ]- Henry Tsang (architect) Dr. Henry Tsang is a Canadian architect, professor and the Chair of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Centre for Architecture at Athabasca University. [1]; [2]; [3]; [4]; [5]; [6]. Tsang is the principal of Henry Tsang Architect, and is responsible for the design of the award-winning Calgary Japanese Community Centre [7]; [8]; [9];[10]; [11]; [12]; [13]. Tsang also designed the University of Indonesia Hospital [14] while an architect for the Japanese firm Nihon Sekkei. Tsang is a researcher and author on topics related to sustainability, accessibility and health in the built environment, published in major academic journals. [15], [16]; [17]; [18]; [19]; [20]. His research also focuses on issues of culture and identity in Chinatowns, which was the winning project for the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's foundation bursary award for research. [21]; [22]. Tsang was inducted into the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's College of Fellows in 2023 [23]. Tsang was awarded an ASTech (Alberta Science, Technology, and Leadership Awards) regional innovation award in 2025 [24]. Tsang is an appointed advisor to professional practice to the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada [25]. Tsang is named Construction Canada's Emerging Leader in two categories [26]; [27]. Tsang served on juries for numerous international and national architecture competitions. [28]; [29]. Tsang serves on the board of the Rick Hansen Foundation [30]. Tsang serves on the council of the Alberta Association of Architects [31]. Tsang is an alumni of McGill University and the winner of the Robert Fung International Award of Distinction [32]; [33]. While an instructor at Herzing College, Tsang received the Educator of the Year Award by the National Association of Career Colleges [34]. Tsang was selected as Calgary's Asian Changemaker by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 2023 [35]; [36]. In 2026, Tsang won the City of Calgary International Achievement Award [37] [38].
- Philip D. Plowright (design theorist and architectural academic) (https://www.routledge.com/authors/i7626-philip-plowright; https://www.semanticscholar.org/author/Philip-D.-Plowright/66679996; https://play.google.com/store/info/name/Philip_D_Plowright?id=12mjw2tj3&pli=1; https://topline.com/people/philip-plowright-91cdf1bfda; https://newbooksnetwork.com/making-architecture-through-being-human; https://ltu.edu/faculty/plowright-philip/)
- Iman Ansari - architect, urbanist; founding principal, AN.ONYMOUS; [39]; [40]; [41]; [42]; [43]; [44]; [45]; [46]; [47]; [48]; [49]; [50]
- Elizabeth Brink is a design strategist and Co-CEO of Gensler, the world’s top architecture firm according to rankings published by Architectural Record, Building Design + Construction, and Interior Design. She has served co-CEO with Jordan Goldstein since 2024. Brink is a member of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Governors and the UCLA Anderson Forecast Board of Advisors. The Los Angeles Business Journal named Brink to its Women of Influence list in 2023 and 2021. She was also a 2020 nominee for the LABJ Women's Leadership Series & Awards. Brink earned her [Bachelor of Arts] from Princeton University and her [Master of Architecture] from UCLA Architecture and Urban Design.
- Antonio Contino, co-builder of the Rialto Bridge and architect of the Bridge of Sighs, both historically influential bridges in Venice
- Willem Diehl (nl:Willem Diehl), Dutch architect (beginning of the 20th century)
- Guy Geier - Gerard F.X. "Guy" Geier, II (b. 1954), 2018 President-Elect of American Institute of Architects New York Chapter, Managing Partner of FXFOWLE Architects, and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. American architect and interior designer, Partner-in-Charge for LEED Platinum SAP SE North America Headquarters and LEED Platinum National Audubon Society Headquarters [[51]]. [[52]][[53]][[54]][[55]][[56]]
- Jordan Goldstein is an architect and Co-CEO of Gensler, the world’s top architecture firm according to rankings published by Architectural Record, Building Design + Construction, and Interior Design. He was named as the incoming Co-CEO in 2023 and has served in partnership with Co-CEO Elizabeth Brink since 2024. Goldstein’s major projects include Marriott International’s global headquarters, Under Armour’s global headquarters, the Motion Picture Association’s headquarters, and the campus of Duke Kunshan University in China. Goldstein was elevated to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects in 2019 and the International Interior Design Association in 2020. He earned his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Maryland’s School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design.
- Guo Maolin (Guo is his surname/family name) aka Morin Kaku (Q11643310) - Taiwanese born, Japanese architect and urban planner, introduced skyscrapers in Japan (1920-2012)
- Victor Hornbein - Denver, Colorado, architect; [57]; [58]
- Sara Lopergolo - founder of Lopergolo + Bartling Architects and former Partner at Selldorf Architects, Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. [59] [60] [61] [62] [63]
- David Martyn (architect) - Through his company Tenfold Engineering, Martyn designs and builds portable buildings that can self-assemble in 10 minutes. [64]; [65]; [66]; [67]; [68]; [69]; [70]; [71]
- Jeremy McLeod - Architect, Sustainability Activist [72], Founder & Director of Nightingale Housing [73] & Breathe Architecture [74]
- Anthony Musolino (Italian-American architect known for many projects in Northern Virginia.) [75] [76]
- Heinrich Portscheller - German who immigrated to Mexico in 1866 & worked in South Texas; 2016 book: Master Builder of the Lower Rio Grande: Heinrich Portscheller by W. Eugene George, compiled and edited by Mary Carolyn Hollers George, Texas A&M University Press
- Nili Portugali (Israel) Well-known practicing Architect; senior lecturer; Researcher, published author&film director. Her multidisciplinary work both in practice and theory is closely connected to the holistic-phenomenological school of thought. website
- Bridget Puszka - Architect; known for designing uniquely beautiful homes built using different materials, energy-efficient healthy homes with good indoor air quality; Founder of BP Architects [77]
- Henry R. Shepley - Architect who received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal [78], [79]
- Sally Swanson - architect, urban planner; founding principal of Sally Swanson Architects, Inc. an Architectural and ADA Access Compliance firm; designer of the J. O. Ford Elementary School, Richmond, California and many other educational and civic projects [[80]] [[81]] [[82]] [[83]] [[84]] [[85]] [[86]] [[87]]
- W. C. Vahland - local Bendigo architect; founding father of Bendigo; [88]; [89]; [90]
- Timothy Gillespie Vaulkhard (Architect) (Director of Triad Architects Nairobi Kenya. Led the delivery of Kericho Sacred Heart Cathedral. Deceased 14th February 2019) (http://buildesign.co.ke/tim-vaulkhard/ http://triad.co.ke/kericho-catholic-cathedral/ Triad Architects)Domskitect (talk) 18:06, 7 January 2020 (UTC) reply
- Francis Ventre - Architect credited with creating the term "Dingbat" to describe the frequently criticized soft-story apartment buildings popular in the Sun Belt of the United States. Longtime professor of architecture at Virginia Tech. [91]
- Roberto Bedoya - A thought leader on creative placekeeping vs. placemaking, focused on creating a sense of belonging rather than solely on altering the built environment.([92]; [93]; [94])
Architectural firms and organisations
[edit ]- Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) - nonprofit, membership association comprising of 12 charter member universities; founded in 1912 to advance the quality of architectural education[1] [2] [3] [4]
- 5+design - California-based international architecture firm; has designed projects around the world, including The China World Trade Center, the Dubai International Financial Centre and Wuhan, China's first lifestyle center; 5plusdesign
.com ; [95]; [96]; [97]; [98] - Carpenter Sellers Del Gatto Architects (Carpenter Sellers Del Gatto Architects (CSD) is a full service architecture and interior design firm established in Las Vegas, NV in 1986.) (https://www.csdarchitecture.com/, publications: https://www.csdarchitecture.com/publications)* Pace, Architecture, Engineering + Planning - Kuwaiti-based international architecture and engineering firm founded in 1986 by Hamid Abdulsalam Shuaib. Projects include The Avenues (Kuwait) and Central Bank of Kuwait. ([99]) ([www.pace-me.com]) ([100])}
- KOO (architectural firm) (originally Koo and Associates) - Chicago-based architecture, interior design and planning firm; founded by Jackie Koo in 2005 ([101]) after she spent fifteen years working for large corporate firms; has completed numerous projects throughout the city in markets including hospitality, residential and institutional; the firm's debut project, theWit Hotel, opened in 2009 to much acclaim ([102]), and has become a highly recognizable building in Chicago due the signature zig-zagging chartreuse glass running down its center; in 2012, the firm was chosen as master planner, architect, and designer for the historic restoration of the Purple Hotel site in Lincolnwood, Illinois; though never seen to fruition, the design incorporated adjacent sites to the complex, adding retail and office space and re-focusing the entrance to the hotel complex off a redesigned courtyard; the 200-room hotel included three restaurants, a lounge, spa, and 20,000 square feet of banquet space, bringing the hotel back to its former glory ([103]; [104]); other hotel projects include the renovation of Fairfield Inn & Suites ([105]), the Out Chicago ([106]), and the Autograph Streeterville Hotel ([107]); has completed award winning multi-family residential projects and large-scale institutional renovations
- Norm Architects - Copenhagen based international architecture and design studio founded in 2008 by Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen and Kasper Rønn Von Lotzbeck ([108] [109]). The studio works in the fields of industrial and furniture design, residential architecture, commercial interiors, photography and art direction ([110] [111]). Norm's projects are influenced by Scandinavian and Japanese minimalism and functionalism ([112]). In the 2016 Danish Design Awards, Norm Architects was awarded as "Designer of the Year" by HMS Crown Princess Mary ([113]) and In september 2013, the Danish restaurant Höst, designed by Norm Architects, won the "World's Best Design Restaurant" in the Bar & Restaurant Design Awards in London ([114]). Norm has released several publications with collaborating studios, among others "The Touch", by Kinfolk and Norm Architects ([115]) and "The Reinvention of Forms" by Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen ([116]). Collaborating furniture and product manufacturers include Ariake ([117]) and Karimoku ([118]) in Japan, Inbani ([119]) in Spain, Fogia ([120]) in Sweden and &Tradition ([121]) and MENU ([122]) in Denmark. The studio's work is often portrayed in the online-based magazines Dezeen and ArchDaily, in which their latest architecture project, the Archipelago House, was nominated in the 2021 Building of the Year Awards. ([123] [124] [125] [126] [127] [128] [129] [130] [131] [132] [133]).
- Raunak Group - raunakgroup
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.rzlbd ; [134]; [135]; [136]; [137]; [138] (advertisement removed) DGG ( talk ) 16:11, 4 July 2017 (UTC) reply.com - Stevens & Wilkinson (originally Burge & Stevens) - [139]; Atlanta-based architecture, engineering, and interior design firm; founded 1919; designed the first public housing project in the United States, Techwood Homes, and is responsible for bringing modernist architecture to K–12 schools in the Southeast, beginning with the E. Rivers School in 1951 [140]; designed the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in the 1970s; collaborated with Marcel Breuer for the design of the Atlanta Central Library ([141]) and Robert A. M. Stern for a forthcoming Judicial Center adjacent to the Georgia State Capitol
- Stonehill Taylor [142]
- Tamayouz Excellence Award (International Architecture Award established in 2012, now one of the most important architectural programmes in the middle east) ([143], [144], [145])
- Tipton Associates, APAC (Tipton Associates, APAC, is the present-day organization of Baton Rouge's oldest architecture firm, founded by Benjamin H. Goodman in 1879. The architecture, interiors, and planning firm has worked at Louisiana State University since the 1950s and today specializes in higher education and student life work.)([146])
Buildings
[edit ]- AFRICA
- ASIA
- EUROPE
- Gaswerk Frankfurt (Oder) - de:Gaswerk Frankfurt (Oder)
- Notre Dame des Champs (Avranches) (fr:Église Notre-Dame-des-Champs d'Avranches) - A major Gothic Revival style church in Avranches, France.
- Párizsi udvar - the 19th-century arcade building in Budapest is mentioned repeatedly in an article which is in DYK and thus may be on the front page in a few days' time. Commons:category:Párizsi udvar. Background: [147], [148] (English) and [149] (French). If you can read Hungarian, there is an extensive Hungarian article, and shorter French and Dutch ones. Notability source in English: [150]. More images with open licenses [151]en)
- Venco Campus - Sustainable building in the Netherlands; [152]; [153]
- NORTH AMERICA
- 725 Granville Street – office building above Pacific Centre on Granville Street in Vancouver; [5] ; [154]; [155]; [156]; [157]; [158]; [159]
- All Saints Catholic Church, St. Peters, MO. Catholic Church built in 1856 by French / French-Canadian settlers about 32 miles from St. Louis, MO.
- Aspen Hall (Harrodsburg, Kentucky) – historic home in an historic neighborhood in Harrodsburg, Kentucky; now converted to a bed and breakfast inn
- Hilton Chicago O'Hare Airport Hotel
- Chevalier Theatre Historic theater in Medford, Massachusetts. Named after veteran and flight pioneer Godfrey Chevalier [160], [161]
- Clearview Mall [6]
- Fisher Flour Mills / Harbor Island Studios - early 20th-century flour mill on Harbor Island, Seattle recently converted into a film studio. [162] [163] [164], more can easily be found with Google.
- Libby's Hotel & Baths a.k.a. simply Libby's Hotel - shortlived but grand Jewish hotel in Manhattan. [165], [166], no shortage of other restaurants
- One Yonge Sky Tower - future biggest building in Toronto and Canada being built.
- Parroquia de San Jose Obrero Example of Gothic revival architecture in Mexico located in Arandas, Jalisco [7] [8]
- Cecil Hotel (Calgary, Canada) - A historic hotel in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
- 1355 Market Street, historic San Francisco building that serves as Twitter's headquarters
- St. John's Methodist Church (St. Louis, Missouri), historic church building
- Culture House DC, also known as The Technicolor Church, a former church turned into an arts venue in Washington D.C.
- LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN
Codes, regulations, and standards
[edit ]- Building Code of Australia
- Building Code of New Zealand
- Facilities Accessibility Design Standards (FADS) - ground-breaking accessibility standards developed by City of London, Ontario; [167]
General concepts and styles
[edit ]- Chinese Buddhist architecture - Detailing the historical development of architectural styles of Buddhist temples in China as well as common features in their design, similar to the page at Japanese Buddhist architecture
- Jungalow Style - A design movement founded by Justina Blakeney that includes decorating with color, pattern and plants. ([[176]] [[177] [178])
- open levee (a.k.a. "Kasumi-tei". ja:霞堤)
- Prairie house (Old West) – widespread style from the old American West
- Pure water ridge - zh:清水脊
- rambling home - a house that has lots of extensions added over generations, producing a "rambing" look; see The House of the Seven Gables
- remarkable block structures demonstrating Cantilevered Architecture - [179]
- sala terrena - found in Baroque and rococo palaces, ties the garden to the entrance and main stairway; see fr:Sala terrena, alt. naming is sala terrana or de:GartenSaal
- Semper-Nicolai School - de:Semper-Nicolai-Schule
- Super skinny skyscraper - buildings far exceeding the standard skinny width to height ratio of 1:7. Examples include 432 Park Avenue, 125 Greenwich Street and 111 West 57th Street, see also [180]
- Sydney style - [181]
- Urban signage pt:Sinalização urbana
- Witch's crook - an intentional bend in a home chimney
Architecture of [country]
[edit ]- A–F
- Architecture of the Bahamas
- Architecture of Belize
- Architecture of Benin
- Architecture of Botswana
- Architecture of Brunei
- Architecture of Burkina Faso
- Architecture of Burundi
- Architecture of Cameroon
- Architecture of the Central African Republic
- Architecture of Chad
- Architecture of Comoros
- Architecture of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Architecture of Republic of the Congo
- Architecture of the Cook Islands
- Architecture of Czechoslovakia
- Architecture of Djibouti
- Architecture of East Timor
- Architecture of Ecuador - [182] [183] [184] [185] [186] [187] [188] [189]
- Architecture of Eswatini
- Architecture of Equatorial Guinea
- Architecture of Eritrea
- Architecture of the Federated States of Micronesia
- G–N
- Architecture of Gabon
- Architecture of The Gambia
- Baroque architecture in Germany
- Architecture of Grenada
- Architecture of Guinea
- Architecture of Guinea-Bissau
- Architecture of Guyana
- Architecture of Honduras
- Architecture of Ivory Coast
- Architecture of Jamaica
- Architecture of Kenya
- Architecture of Kiribati
- Architecture of Lesotho
- Architecture of Liberia
- Architecture of Liechtenstein
- Architecture of Lithuania - at December 2022, redirects to Culture of Lithuania#Architecture and housing
- Architecture of Malawi
- Architecture of the Maldives
- Architecture of the Marshall Islands
- Architecture of Mauritania
- Architecture of Mauritius - at December 2022, redirects to Mauritius#Architecture
- Architecture of Moldova - at December 2022, redirects to Moldova#Architecture
- Architecture of Mozambique
- Architecture of Namibia
- Architecture of Nauru
- Architecture of Nicaragua
- Architecture of Niger
- Architecture of Niue
- Architecture of North Korea - at December 2022, redirects to Culture of North Korea#Architecture and city planning
- Architecture of Northern Cyprus
- O–Z
- Architecture of Oman
- Architecture of Palau
- Architecture of Panama
- Architecture of Papua New Guinea
- Baroque architecture in Russia - at December 2024, redirects to Russian Baroque
- Architecture of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Architecture of Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Architecture of Saint Lucia
- Architecture of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Architecture of San Marino
- Architecture of São Tomé and Príncipe
- Architecture of Seychelles
- Architecture of Sierra Leone
- Architecture of the Solomon Islands
- Architecture of Somaliland - at December 2022, redirects to Somali architecture
- Architecture of South Africa - at December 2022, redirects to Culture of South Africa#Architecture
- Architecture of South Sudan
- Architecture of the Soviet Union - at December 2022, redirects to Soviet architecture (a disambiguation page)
- Architecture of Syria - at December 2022, redirects to Culture of Syria#Architecture
- Architecture of Tajikistan
- Architecture of Tanzania
- Architecture of Togo
- Architecture of Tonga
- Architecture of Turkmenistan
- Architecture of Tuvalu - at December 2022, redirects to Tuvalu#Architecture
- Architecture of Uganda
- Architecture of Vanuatu
- Architecture of the Vatican City
- Architecture of Venezuela - at December 2022, redirects to Culture of Venezuela#Architecture
- Architecture of Western Sahara
- Architecture of Zambia
Other
[edit ]Landscape architecture
[edit ]- SWA Group (Landscape Architecture, Planning, and Urban Design firm founded in 1957, previously known as Sasaki and Walker Associates. 100% employee-owned since 1973, with eight offices across the USA and China. Completed projects include Hunter's Point South Park, The Clearings: Sandy Hook Memorial, Burj Khalifa, and Stanford University.) ([190], [191], [192], [193])
Urban studies and planning
[edit ]- New Cities Foundation - newcitiesfoundation
.org ; an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to making cities across the world more inclusive, dynamic and creative; promotes urban innovations through partnerships between government, business, academia and civil society; hosts a number of events throughout the year, including its annual flagship event, the New Cities Summit, hosted this year from June 17-19 in Dallas, Texas; summit fosters cross-sector collaboration through network building, forums and discussion; summit also features AppMyCity!, a contest for the world's best urban app; foundation co-chairs the Global Cultural Districts Network, a federation of global centers of arts and culture; [194]; [195]; [196]
References
[edit ]- ^ https://www.jstor.org/publisher/acsa
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=hMuMEAAAQBAJ&dq=Association+of+Collegiate+Schools+of+Architecture&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjD8-aO-rmKAxX6LkQIHT7nIt4Q6AF6BAgKEAM
- ^ https://power.buellcenter.columbia.edu/resources/organizations/association-collegiate-schools-architecture
- ^ https://careers.usc.edu/organizations/association-of-collegiate-schools-of-architecture-acs/
- ^ Duggan, Evan (1 March 2016). "Commercial real estate: Vancouver's Granville Street ripe for a reboot". The Vancouver Sun . Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ^ "Clearview Mall".
- ^ https://www.academia.edu/1982574/El_templo_de_San_Jos%C3%A9_en_Arandas_Jalisco._un_ejemplo_del_neog%C3%B3tico_mexicano_inconcluso_y_monumental_1879-2011_
- ^ https://www.alamy.com/the-san-jos-obrero-parish-built-in-the-neogothic-style-in-arandas-jalisco-mexico-image223524909.html
- ^ https://www.periodicocubano.com/la-construccion-del-hotel-de-lopez-callejas-ya-trae-problemas-para-los-transeuntes-de-la-calle-23-en-la-habana/