Starchitects?
Who designed that CrazySexyCool building?
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Doha, Qatar
Doha Tower
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Jean Nouvel
Santiago Calatrava
Renzo Piano
Norman Foster
Nouvel also designed the Louvre in Abu Dhabi and the National Museum of Qatar.
Right!
Actually, it's France’s Jean Nouvel.
Wrong.
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Creissels, France
Millau Viaduct
Michael Graves
Bjarke Engels
Zaha Hadid
You may know some of the Englishman's other projects like Apple’s “spaceship” HQ in Cupertino, California.
Yes!
It’s English architect Norman Foster.
Moshe Safdie
Bjarke Ingels
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Singapore Airport Republic of Singapore
Jewel Shangi
IM Pei
Elizabeth Diller
This Israeli-Canadian’s design includes a “rain vortex”, the world’s largest indoor waterfall.
It is Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie.
Sorry.
I.M. Pei
04
World Trade Center Station New York, USA
The Oculus
It was Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
Nope.
Right.
Calatrava has also applied his winged aesthetic to the Milwaukee Art Museum.
Tadao Ando
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New York, USA
Via 57 West
Rem Koolhaas
It’s Danish designer Bjarke Ingels, who was in his early 40s when he completed one of New York’s most high-profile buildings.
Guess again.
Danish architect Bjarke Ingels was born in 1974.
Ja!
Bjarn Ingels
Rem Koolhaus
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Bizkaia, Spain
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Frank Gehry
You’re a star. And so is he. Gehry’s swooping, curving visions can be seen in L.A.’s Walt Disney Concert Hall.
It’s Frank Gehry, whose titanium curves and high-profile inspired the word "starchitect".
No!
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Bakı, Azerbaijan
Heydar Aliyev Centre
This was designed by the late, great Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, the first woman to win the Pritzker Prize.
Bravo!
Sorry, Charlie.
This museum was designed by the late, great Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid.
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Hudson Yards New York, USA
The Vessel
Thomas Heatherwick
I. M. Pei
It’s English architect Thomas Heatherwick.
Not a chance.
The ever-Instagrammable Vessel put the 49-year old Heatherwick in the starchitect universe.
Well done.
David Chipperfield
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Paris, France
Centre Pompidou
It’s Italian legend Renzo Piano.
Stupido!
Piano recently submitted a plan to design a bridge to replace the one that collapsed in his hometown of Genoa.
Correcto!
Moshe Sadfie
Los Angeles, USA
The Broad Museum
It’s Elizabeth Diller and her firm, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, which designed the Broad, what some call “the veil and the vault.”
Nah.
We would have also accepted Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the New York firm which designed the Shed in New York's Hudson Yards and The High Line.
Yes
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That’s pretty pathetic.
0-3
correct
Your dream house is a McMansion in Boca Raton.
Images: Suhaimi Abdullah (Jewel Shangi Airport), Sasaki Makoto (Doha Tower),Sebastien Souchon, EyeEm (Millau Viaduct), DEA, C. SAPPA (Centre Pompidou), NurPhoto (Oculus), Ted Soqui (Broad Museum), Barry Winiker (57 West), Luis Cagiao Photography (Guggenheim Museum, Spain), Pacific Press (Heydar Aliyev Center), VIEW press (The Vessel), Insights (Louvre Pyramid), Image Source (House), Konstantinos Zouganelis (background),dowell (nyc skyline),fiftymm99 (Marina Bay Sands), Tetra Images (Empire State), Eric Fougere (Nouvel small), AMMAR ABD RABBO (Nouvel large), Brian Ach (Foster), Franco Origlia (Piano), Spencer Platt (Calatrava), Michael Loccisano (Diller), Sean Mathis (Ingels), JB Lacroix (Gehry small) John Lamparski(GEHRY large), JOCHEN LUEBKE (Zaha Hadid), South China Morning Post (Safdie), David M. Benett (Heatherwick), Duffy-Marie Arnoult (I.M. Pei), Ron Galella (Graves), Al Seib, Los Angeles Times (Koolhaas)/Getty Images
Good, but still basic.
4-6
You probably think Philip Johnson is the guy who invented the Q-Tip.
Must try harder
You're a cool cat.
7-9
Did I see your house on Curbed?
You know a balustrade from a bay window but you think Philip Johnson was one of the guys who invented the Q-Tip.
We’re not worthy.
But also, what’s wrong with you?
