- Architecture Visionaries by Richard Weston, Laurence King Publishing, 312 pages, $54.
The top 75 architects of the modern age are featured in this collection that looks at their significant works and the impact their designs had.
Weston presents them in chronological order according to their birth date. Viewing them in this order allows for some interesting contrasts between styles.
Each architect is examined with a timeline that shows their most important buildings, many of which appear in the accompanying photographs.
The range of talent is incredible with Antoni Gaudi starting the book and Shigeru Ban closing it out.
Notables like Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, Jorn Utzon's Sydney Opera House and Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao are instantly recognizable, while others like Zaha Hadid, creator of the organically shaped Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center in Baku, may not be as well known.
All of these architects have designed buildings that have shaped the cities they're built in and for many they are continuing to push the boundaries of what the future will look like.
