Swarovski Crystal Principles - Architects

Herzog & de Meuron

Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron from Basel (both born in 1950) are among the Swiss architects with international charisma and presence.

Tokujin Yoshioka

Born in Japan in 1967, Tokujin Yoshioka graduated from Kuwasawa Design School in 1986, and learned design from Shiro Kuramata and Issey Miyake.

Richard Buckminster Fuller

Richard Buckminster Fuller was born on 12 July 1895 in Massachusetts, USA. In 1912 he began to study at Harvard but was thrown out of the university and became a marine.

Fumihiko Maki

Fumihiko Maki, chosen as the 1993 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, is the second architect from Japan to be so honored - the first being Kenzo Tange in 1987.

Rem Koolhaas

Rem Koolhaas, born on 17 November 1944 in Rotterdam, is a Dutch architect and one of the most famous representatives of pioneering contemporary architecture.

Bruno Taut

Bruno Taut, born on 4 May 1880 in Königsberg, now Kaliningrad; died on 24 December 1938 in Istanbul, was a German architect and urban planner.