Greatest Living Architects
Greatest Living Architects is a structured people dataset with 16 entries. Its fields include Name, Nationality, Born. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 16 rows
- Fields
- 6 columns
- Source
- Community curated
- Data updated
- Apr 9, 2026
Included fields: Name, Nationality, Born, Firm, Signature Work, and 1 more.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Pritzker Prize span
- 1989 to 2023
- Across 12 preview rows
- Born range
- 1,929 to 1,974
- Across 16 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Name, Nationality, and Born across people entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 16 downloadable records
Name↕ | Nationality↕ | Born↕ | Firm↕ | Signature Work↕ | Pritzker Prize↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Gehry | Canadian-American | 1,929 | Gehry Partners | Guggenheim Bilbao (1997), Walt Disney Concert Hall (LA, 2003) | 1989 |
Tadao Ando | Japanese | 1,941 | Tadao Ando Architect & Associates | Church of the Light (Osaka, 1989), Naoshima art sites | 1995 |
Renzo Piano | Italian | 1,937 | Renzo Piano Building Workshop | The Shard (London, 2012), Whitney Museum (NYC, 2015) | 1998 |
Norman Foster | British | 1,935 | Foster + Partners | 30 St Mary Axe (London, 2003), Reichstag dome (Berlin, 1999) | 1999 |
Rem Koolhaas | Dutch | 1,944 | OMA | CCTV Headquarters (Beijing, 2012), Seattle Central Library (2004) | 2000 |
Jean Nouvel | French | 1,945 | Ateliers Jean Nouvel | Louvre Abu Dhabi (2017), Institut du Monde Arabe (Paris) | 2008 |
Peter Zumthor | Swiss | 1,943 | Atelier Peter Zumthor | Therme Vals (1996), Bruder Klaus Field Chapel (2007) | 2009 |
Kazuyo Sejima | Japanese | 1,956 | SANAA | Rolex Learning Center (Lausanne, 2010), New Museum (NYC, 2007) | 2010 |
Shigeru Ban | Japanese | 1,957 | Shigeru Ban Architects | Cardboard Cathedral (Christchurch, 2013), Centre Pompidou-Metz (2010) | 2014 |
Alejandro Aravena | Chilean | 1,967 | Elemental | Quinta Monroy social housing (Iquique, 2004), UC Innovation Center | 2016 |
David Chipperfield | British | 1,953 | David Chipperfield Architects | Neues Museum restoration (Berlin, 2009), America's Cup Building (Valencia) | 2023 |
Bjarke Ingels | Danish | 1,974 | BIG | VIA 57 West (NYC, 2016), CopenHill ski-slope power plant (2019) | Not yet |
Thomas Heatherwick | British | 1,970 | Heatherwick Studio | Vessel (Hudson Yards NYC, 2019), Little Island (NYC, 2021) | Not yet |
Jeanne Gang | American | 1,964 | Studio Gang | Aqua Tower (Chicago, 2009), St. Regis Chicago (2020) | Not yet |
Santiago Calatrava | Spanish | 1,951 | Santiago Calatrava Architects | City of Arts and Sciences (Valencia), WTC Oculus (NYC, 2016) | Not yet |
Francis Kere | Burkinabe-German | 1,965 | Kere Architecture | Gando Primary School (Burkina Faso, 2001), Serpentine Pavilion (2017) | 2022 |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Greatest Living Architects organized?
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This dataset contains 16 entries, and every row is available in the table and in the downloadable files.
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