Even architecture is not immune to the compelling momentum created by our information-age society. This postindustrial mood is expressed in the designs of Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas. Koolhaas has always had different ways of engaging the modern than his colleagues -- most of whom (he feels) att

Deconstructivism, High tech architecture, Organic, Urban

Foster was born in Reddish, Stockport, England, to a working-class family. He was naturally gifted and performed well at school and took an interest in architecture, particularly in the works of Frank Lloyd Wright, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier. Leaving school at 16, he worked in the Man

Blob forms, Clean, High tech architecture, Sophisticated

Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside, CH, FRIBA, FCSD, is a British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs. He was born in Florence in 1933 and attended the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, before graduating from Yale School of Architecture

High tech architecture, Industrial

Renzo Piano is a world renowned Italian architect and recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize and AIA Gold Medal.

Baroque, High tech architecture, Mythic