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Now, at the beginning of I would like to present Philip Johnson. He was an American architect and art historian, longtime doyen of American architecture, in 1979 as the first architect awarded the Pritzker Prize, which is the Nobel of architecture. His major works include is:
-municipal
library
in
Boston,
-Kennedy
memorial
in
Dallas
-Crystal
Cathedral
in
Garden
Grove
in California
-City
Hall
in
Orlando-Celebration
in Florida
Another
architect
presented
is
Ieoh
Ming
Pei
is
an American
modernist
and
postmodernist
architect
of
Chinese origin,
he got Pritzker Prize.
Pei
taught
in
Hong Kong,
at
the age of
17,
he left
for
the
United States
to
study
architecture.
His major
works
of the
architect
are:
-John
Hancock
Tower
in
Boston
-Bank
of
China Tower
in
Hong Kong
-Museum
of
Islamic
Art
in
Doha
Next
architect
is
Richard
Alan
Meier
is
an
American
architect,
contemporary
white
representative
of
the characteristics
of
postmodern
and
modernistic architecture. Pritzker
Prize
winner
in
a
1984.
Meier
designed
almost
exclusively
for
private investors
residences,
located in a natural
context.
Meier
urban
projects
become
even more
contextual,
also
mark
their
presence
strong
form.
The
main his
works
are:
-Craft
Museum in
Frankfurt am Main
-Hall
of
the
library
in
The Hague
-Museum
of Burda
in
Baden-Baden
Another
is
an
architect
Oscar
Niemeyer,
this
Brazilian
architect
was
representative
of
the
world
of
modernist architecture.
He
grew up in
an
artistic environment.
In
1934
he
graduated from the
Escola
Nacional
de
Belas
Artes
in
Rio
de
Janeiro.
The
main his
works
are:
-Brazilian
pavilion
at
the World Exhibition
in
New York
-restaurant
and dance
hall
in
the
Casa
do
Baile
Pampulha
near
Belo
Horizonte
-National
Stadium in Rio
de
Janeiro
-UN
building
in
New York City
Eshkol-tower
in
Haifa
Conclusion:
I have presented several prominent architects, and showed some of their work.
Thank you for your attention