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overall “serene” outlook of his structures.

Jean Nouvel
Jean Nouvel is a French architect with an impressive career over the

span of several decades. He has also won several prestigious awards, such
as the Aga Khan Award for Architecture or the Pritzker Prize in 2008. The
Arab World Institute in Paris and the Torre Agbar in Barcelona are two of

his most talked about works in the field of architecture when it comes to
mentioning his name.
Other extremely notable works include the Dentsu Building in Tokyo
which is an example of sustainable architecture, and the Guthrie Theater in

Minneapolis.

Tom Wright
He is a British architect born in 1957, and he has a well-deserved
place on this list of some of the world’s most renowned architects. Wright
is worldwide known for designing the wonderful Burj Al Arab in Dubai,

UAE.
He has been assigned to create a symbol for Dubai, just in the same
way the Eiffel Tower is a symbol for France, or the way the Sydney Opera

is world renowned landmark for Australia.
The Tower of the Arabs is basically a symbol for moving forward into
the future, and this is symbolized with the help of the shape of the tower
itself, which is a yacht sail with an extremely stylish and modern outlook.

Tom Wright shares with the readers of his website the following won-
derful and inspiring quote, which is his own:
“If you can draw a building with a few sweeps of the pen and every-

one recognizes not only the structure but also associates it with a place on
earth, you have gone a long way towards creating something
iconic” (Tom Wright, 2000).….and he is so right.

Andrea Palladio
He was an Italian architect belonging to the Renaissance period, in the
th
16 century. His main works can be seen in the beautiful city of Venice,
Italy. He is considered by many critics and arts people in the field as one
of the most influential architects of Western style architecture.
The majority of his projects did not require very expensive materials,

which has made him a favored architect even among those who did not
have huge financial possibilities. Brick and stucco were two materials fa-

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