Reputations

In the reputations series, The Architectural Review features a portrait of an architect, thinker or artist who has shaped building culture. Their legacy might be ripe for reassessment, or it has been long overlooked – the AR sets the record straight. The text is accompanied by an original illustration of the subject, incorporating elements of their work.

Hannah Arendt (1906 – 1975)

Sebastião Salgado (1944–2025) and Lélia Wanick Salgado (1946–)

Robert Moses (1888–1981)

Marcel Raymaekers (1933–)

Irene Barclay (1894–1989)

Suad Amiry (1951–)

Anne Lacaton (1955–)

Renée Gailhoustet (1929–2023)

Mien Ruys (1904–1999)

Pier Luigi Nervi (1891–1979)

Abdel Moneim Mustafa (1930–)

Iwona Buczkowska (1953–)

Angela Davis (1944–)

Lin Huiyin (1904–1955) and Liang Sicheng (1901–1972)

Donald Judd (1928–1994)

Herman Jessor (1894–1990)

Dicken Castro (1922–2016)

Carlo Scarpa (1906–1978)

James Maude Richards (1907–1992)

Kazuyo Sejima (1956–)

Phyllis Lambert (1927–)

Karl Marx (1818–1883)

Laurie Simmons (1949–)

Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928–2000)