Knowledge Sharing

“You can choose not to read bad books or listen to bad music, but you can’t avoid facing the ugly skyscraper outside your front door every single day.” — Renzo Piano

Richard Meier, American architect and a leading figure of the “Whites” movement in modern architecture.

Calatrava fuses structural mechanics with architectural aesthetics, drawing inspiration from the human skeleton and the forms of living organisms.

Norman Foster, a leading exponent of high-tech architecture, was knighted by the British monarch in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to the field—earning him the affectionate nickname “Sir Norman” among the public. Meanwhile, his bold and pioneering design philosophy has also earned him the reputation as a “trendsetter” in the architectural world.

Frank Owen Gehry (February 28, 1929 – December 2025), born in Toronto, Canada, was a renowned contemporary deconstructivist architect, laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, and Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science.

Ieoh Ming Pei (April 26, 1917 — May 16, 2019) was a male Chinese-American civil engineering specialist and architect. Born in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, he traced his ancestral roots to Lanxi, Zhejiang Province, and his original family home to Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and served as a design consultant at Pei Partnership Architects prior to his passing.