Architectural Interests
Theorists
Stewart Brand. (United States) Scholar and author. "How Buildings Learn"
James Marston Fitch. (United States) Architect, preservationist, scholar, author. Co-founder: historic preservation graduate program at Columbia University
Walter Gropius. (Germany) "To design such a building (both beautiful and good) is an authentic act of love."
J.B.Jackson. (France) "The Necessity of Ruins"
Architects
Kisho Noriaki Kurokawa. (Japan) Metabolist - organic architecture on a cellular level
Frie Otto. (Germany) Tensile architecture - organic architecture on a membranic level
Antoni y Gaudi Cornet. (Spain) Organic architecture - using extractions from the human form
Frank Lloyd Wright. (United States) Organic architecture - synthesis with surrounding environment
Dr. Thomas Story Kirkbride (United States) Developed architecture to facilitate the return of patients in insane asylums to sanity during the late 19th century
Jean Nouvel (France) Organic Architecture - synthesis with environment and amplification of natural light through design
Historic Preservation