The ten most creative people in architecture
BY Cliff Kuang
Tue Jun 9, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Which architects have the most unusual, influential visions for the field?
1. Will Alsop, ALSOP Architects
Few architects have been so dedicated to such an unusual design aesthetic as maximalist Will Alsop. And fewer still have been as successful at building their designs. His nearly completed “Chips” building was inspired by piled french fries; his extension for the Ontario College of Art and Design is one of the strangest, most exciting buildings in recent memory:
Few architects have been so dedicated to such an unusual design aesthetic as maximalist Will Alsop. And fewer still have been as successful at building their designs. His nearly completed “Chips” building was inspired by piled french fries; his extension for the Ontario College of Art and Design is one of the strangest, most exciting buildings in recent memory:
ALSOP Architects
Architects 2-10 via Fast Company
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2010 Shanghai Expo, ALSOP Architecture, Beijing, Beijing International Airport, Bird's Nest Olympic Stadium, Book Mountain Project, Cairo, CCTV Tower, Centre Pompidou Metz, Chips Building, Cliff Kuang, Erdos Museum, Expo City, Foster + Partners, Herzog & De Meuron, High-rise pig farm, Insuk Cho, Jacob van Rijs, Jacques Herzog and Pierre De Mueron, Kisu Park, Korean Pavilion, MAD Architects, MASS Studies, Morphosis Architects, MVRDV, Nathalie de Vries, Norman Foster, OMA, Phare Tower, Rem Koolhas, Shigeru Ban, Shigeru Ban Architects, Terminal 3, Thom Mayne, Will Alsop, Winy Maas, Yansong Ma, Zaha Hadid, Zaha Hadid Architects
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