Rollin’ on the river. William Donald Scherzer (January 27, 1858 – July 20, 1893) was an American engineer and inventor who invented the rolling lift bridge. In 1893, he suffered…
Opening of the Sendai Médiatheque on 26 January 2001. Sendai Mediatheque is a library in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It was designed by Toyo Ito in 1995 and completed in…
Ben van Berkel (Utrecht, 25 January 1957) is a Dutch architect. He studied at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and graduated cum laude from the Architectural Association in London in…
Alberto de Palacio y Elissague (b. 24/01/1856- d. 11/05/1939) was a Spanish engineer and architect. He studied architecture in Barcelona and completed his education in Paris, studying mathematics, engineering, astronomy…
Steel and shade – the architecture of Donald Allan Wexler. Donald Allan Wexler (b. 23/01/1926 and d. 26/06/2015) was born in Sioux Falls SD. Wexler graduated from the University of…
Jon Jerde (b. 22 January 1940 – d. 15 february 2015),is an american architect who designed the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, the Fremont Street Experience
Art or kitsch? Jeffrey Koons (born January 21, 1955) is an American artist recognized for his work dealing with popular culture and his sculptures depicting everyday objects, including balloon animals…
Liesbeth van der Pol (Amsterdam, 20 January 1959) is a Dutch architect and served as Rijksbouwmeester from 2008 to 2011. Liesbeth van der Pol graduated from TU Delft in 1988.…
Thom Mayne, (born January 19, 1944,) is an American architect, whose bold and unconventional works were noted for their offset angular forms, layered exterior walls, incorporation of giant letter and…
James Beaumont Neilson (22 June 1792 – 18 January 1865) was a Scottish inventor whose hot-blast process greatly increased the efficiency of smelting iron. While trying to solve a problem…