The ABC of Architects / Federico Gonzalez and Andrea Stinga

Frederico Gonzalez and Andrea Stinga of Ombú Architecture created this fetching motion graphic of the ABCs of starchitects. We know they couldn’t include every starchitect but how did they leave out Rem? Anyway, this is still pretty fresh.

Who thought architecture could be so adorable and cute?

Check out the list of architects at the end of this post…

–@teemunny

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The Alphabetical List

Alvar Aalto: Säynätsalo Town Hall – Säynätsalo, Finland
Luis Barragán: Torres de Satélite – Mexico City
Santiago Calatrava: Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry  – Lyon, France
Luís Domènech i Montaner: Fundació Antoni Tàpies – Barcelona, Spain
Eduardo Souto de Moura: Casa das Histórias, Museu Paula Rego  – Cascais, Portugal
Norman Foster: London City Hall – London, England
Frank Gehry: Guggenheim Bilbao – Bilbao, Spain
Herzog & de Meuron: Beijing National Stadium – Beijing, Cina
Arata Isozaki: Palau Sant Jordi – Barcelona, Spain
Philip Johnson: The Glass House  – New Canaan, Connecticut
Louis Kahn: Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban (National Parliament of Bangladesh) – Dhaka City, Bangladesh
Le Corbusier: Villa Savoye – Poissy, France
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Barcelona Pavilion – Barcelona, Spain
Oscar Niemeyer: National Congress of Brazil – Brasília, Brazil
Joseph Maria Olbrich: Secession Building – Vienna, Austria
César Pelli: Petronas Towers – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Giacomo Quarenghi: Smolny Institute – St. Petersburg, Russia
Renzo Piano + Richard Rogers: Centre Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
Álvaro Siza: Iberê Camargo Foundation – Porto Alegre, Brazil
Kenzo Tange: Tokyo Olympic Stadium – Tokyo, Japan
Jørn Utzon: Sydney Opera House – Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
William Van Alen: Chrysler Building – New York City
Frank Lloyd Wright: Guggenheim New York – New York City
Iannis Xenakis: Philips Pavilion – Expo ’58 – Brussels
Minoru Yamasaki: World Trade Center – New York City
Zaha Hadid: Pierres Vives Building – Montpellier, France