LE CORBUSIER.
Charles Edouard Jenneret-Gris, best known as Le Corbusier was born in Switzerland on October 6, 1887. In 1917, he moved to Paris and assumed the pseudonym Le Corbusier. In his architecture, he chiefly built with steel and reinforced concrete and worked with elemental geometric forms. Le Corbusier's painting emphasized clear forms and structures, which corresponded to his architecture. He belonged to the first generation of the so-called International school of architecture.
RELEVANT WORKS: 
Heidi Weber Pavilion-Center Le Corbusier, Zurich, 1967.
FRANK GEHRY.
Frank Gehry is an American-Canadian architect known for postmodern designs, including The Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain.
Was born in Toronto, Canada on February 28, 1929. He studied at the University of Southern California and Harvard University. Gehry, based in Los Angeles since the 1960s, is among the most acclaimed architects of the 20th century, and is known for his use of bold, postmodern shapes and unusual fabrications.
RELEVANT WORKS: 
Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA, U.S Guggenheim Museum, NY, U.S.
"Fred and Ginger", Prague. Biodiversity Museum in Panama.
ANTONI GAUDÍ.
Antoni Gaudí was a Barcelona-based Spanish architect whose free-flowing works were greatly influenced by nature.
The son of a coppersmith, Antoni Gaudí was born on June 25, 1852, and took to architecture at a young age. He attended school in Barcelona, the city that would become home to most of his great works. Gaudí was part of the Catalan Modernista movement, eventually transcending it with his nature-based organic style. Gaudí died on June 10, 1926, in Barcelona, Spain.
RELEVANT WORKS: 
Sagrada Familia, Barcelona. Casa Batlló, Barcelona, Spain.
Teresian College, Barcelona, Spain.
Park Güel, Barcelona, Spain.
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