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THE ARCHITECTS SERIES

The Architects Series – A Documentary on: UNSTUDIO
The next episode of The Architects Series will be presented in London on Thursday 19th May at 7pm.
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Richard Meier
One of the leading figures in the world of contemporary architecture, Richard Alan Meier (1934) graduated from the University of Ithaca in 1957. He continued his training until 1963, working at important companies and firms in New York, including Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) and Marcel Breuer. The architect opened his own firm in New York in 1963 and his Pasadena office in 1986. Today Richard Meier & Partners Architects LLP has branches in New York and Los ....
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Carlos Castanheira
Born in Lisbon, Carlos Castanheira (1957) is part of a generation of Portuguese architects considered the professional progeny of Alvaro Siza, with whom Castanheira worked for fourteen years and with whom he has collaborated on several occasions, including in recent years. Graduating in architecture from the School of Fine Arts, Porto (1981), Castanheira lived in Amsterdam for almost the whole of the Eighties. He launched his professional career whilst continuing to study at the ....
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Odile Decq & Benoit Cornette
Odile Decq & Benoit Cornette French architect and town planner, Odile Decq (1955) is internationally acclaimed for numerous eclectic projects carried out with Benoît Cornette (1953-1998), until his tragic death in a car accident, which also involved Decq. Born in Laval, Odile Decq studied architecture at the University of Rennes and completed her studies at the University of Paris VI in 1978, followed by a post-graduate course in urban ....