Faces Behind the Buildings

Portraits of the greatest architects. I do not intend to draw every significant architect. It’s a private project mainly for myself.

I wanted to practice portrait drawing, and I have challenged myself by these great people. It is a kind of tribute for them. (2016)

Renzo Piano - Architect

Kansai International Airport, Osaka, Japan / The Shard, London, UK / The New York Times Building, New York, USA / . . .

Peter Zumthor - Architect

St. Benedict Chapel, Sumvitg, Switzerland / Therme Vals, Switzerland / Steilneset Memorial for the Victims of the Witch Trials, Vardø, Norway / . . .

Carlo Scarpa - Architect

Restoration of the Museum of Castelvecchio, Verona, Italy / Olivetti Showroom, Venice, Italy / Brion Tomb, Brion Cemetery, Altivole, Italy / . . .

Norman Foster - Architect

30St Mary Axe, London, UK / Hearst Tower, New York, USA / Millau Viaduct, France / . . .

Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris) - Architect

Villa Savoye, Poissy, France / Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, France / Ville Contemporaine, unrealized project / . . .

Zaha Hadid - Architect

Heydar Aliyev Center, Baku, Azerbaijan / Phaeno Science Center, Wolfsburg, Germany / Bergiselschanze (The Bergisel Sprungschanze Stadion), Innsbruck, Austria / . . .

Jean Nouvel - Architect

Torre Agbar, Barcelone, Spain / Arab World Institue Building, Paris, France / Cartier Foundation for contemporary art, Paris, France / . . .

Álvaro Siza - Architect

New Orleans, Rotterdam, Netherlands / Porto School of Architecture, Portugal / Santa Maria Church (Marco de Canaveses), Portugal / . . .

Steven Holl - Architect

Kiasma (contemporary art museum), Helsinki, Finland / Daeyang Gallery and House, Kangbuk, South Korea / Simmons Hall, Cambridge, USA / . . .

Kazuyo Sejima - Architect

House in a Plum Grove, Tokyo, Japan / New Museum, New York, USA / Rolex Learning Center, Lausanne, Switzerland / . . .

Tadao Ando - Architect

Church of the Light, Kitakasugaoka, Japan / Row House in Sumiyoshi, Japan / Chichu Art Museum, Kagawa-gun, Japan / . . .

Alvar Aalto (Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto) - Architect

Villa Mairea, Noormarkku, Finland / Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland / Paimio Sanatorium, Paimio, Finland / . . .

Frank Owen Gehry - Architect

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain / Dancing House, Praha, Czech Republic / Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, USA / . . .

Rem Koolhaas (Remment Lucas Koolhaas) - Architect

Casa da Música, Porto, Portugal / De Rotterdam, Netherlands / CCTV Headquarters, Beijing, China / . . .

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