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Famous Architects and Their Masterpieces - XML

A comprehensive dataset of renowned architects who have left their mark on architectural history and their masterpieces. This collection includes the three great masters of modern architecture—Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, and Mies van der Rohe—as well as contemporary architects such as Tadao Ando and Renzo Piano, featuring their innovative architectural works that represent each era.

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    <code>001</code>
    <slug>frank-lloyd-wright-fallingwater</slug>
    <name>Frank Lloyd Wright - Fallingwater</name>
    <description>The greatest residential architecture of the 20th century, built over a waterfall embodying organic architecture.</description>
    <architect_birthYear>1867</architect_birthYear>
    <architect_deathYear>1959</architect_deathYear>
    <architect_nameEn>Frank Lloyd Wright</architect_nameEn>
    <architect_nameJa>フランク・ロイド・ライト</architect_nameJa>
    <architect_nationality>United States</architect_nationality>
    <work_location>Pennsylvania, USA</work_location>
    <work_nameEn>Fallingwater</work_nameEn>
    <work_nameJa>落水荘</work_nameJa>
    <work_style>Organic Architecture</work_style>
    <work_worldHeritage>true</work_worldHeritage>
    <work_year>1935</work_year>
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    <code>002</code>
    <slug>le-corbusier-villa-savoye</slug>
    <name>Le Corbusier - Villa Savoye</name>
    <description>The masterpiece of 20th-century residential architecture perfectly embodying the Five Points of Architecture.</description>
    <architect_birthYear>1887</architect_birthYear>
    <architect_deathYear>1965</architect_deathYear>
    <architect_nameEn>Le Corbusier</architect_nameEn>
    <architect_nameJa>ル・コルビュジエ</architect_nameJa>
    <architect_nationality>France (born in Switzerland)</architect_nationality>
    <work_location>Poissy, France</work_location>
    <work_nameEn>Villa Savoye</work_nameEn>
    <work_nameJa>サヴォア邸</work_nameJa>
    <work_style>International Style</work_style>
    <work_worldHeritage>true</work_worldHeritage>
    <work_year>1931</work_year>
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    <code>003</code>
    <slug>mies-van-der-rohe-barcelona-pavilion</slug>
    <name>Mies van der Rohe - Barcelona Pavilion</name>
    <description>The greatest masterpiece of modern architecture embodying &apos;Less is more.&apos;</description>
    <architect_birthYear>1886</architect_birthYear>
    <architect_deathYear>1969</architect_deathYear>
    <architect_nameEn>Ludwig Mies van der Rohe</architect_nameEn>
    <architect_nameJa>ミース・ファン・デル・ローエ</architect_nameJa>
    <architect_nationality>Germany (later United States)</architect_nationality>
    <work_location>Barcelona, Spain</work_location>
    <work_nameEn>Barcelona Pavilion</work_nameEn>
    <work_nameJa>バルセロナ・パビリオン</work_nameJa>
    <work_style>Minimalism</work_style>
    <work_worldHeritage>false</work_worldHeritage>
    <work_year>1929</work_year>
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    <code>004</code>
    <slug>tadao-ando-church-of-light</slug>
    <name>Tadao Ando - Church of the Light</name>
    <description>Tadao Ando&apos;s masterpiece featuring exposed concrete and a cross of light.</description>
    <architect_birthYear>1941</architect_birthYear>
    <architect_deathYear></architect_deathYear>
    <architect_nameEn>Tadao Ando</architect_nameEn>
    <architect_nameJa>安藤忠雄</architect_nameJa>
    <architect_nationality>Japan</architect_nationality>
    <work_location>Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan</work_location>
    <work_nameEn>Church of the Light</work_nameEn>
    <work_nameJa>光の教会（茨木春日丘教会）</work_nameJa>
    <work_style>Exposed Concrete</work_style>
    <work_worldHeritage>false</work_worldHeritage>
    <work_year>1989</work_year>
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    <code>005</code>
    <slug>renzo-piano-centre-pompidou</slug>
    <name>Renzo Piano - Centre Pompidou</name>
    <description>A pioneer of high-tech architecture with exposed structure and services.</description>
    <architect_birthYear>1937</architect_birthYear>
    <architect_deathYear></architect_deathYear>
    <architect_nameEn>Renzo Piano</architect_nameEn>
    <architect_nameJa>レンゾ・ピアノ</architect_nameJa>
    <architect_nationality>Italy</architect_nationality>
    <work_location>Paris, France</work_location>
    <work_nameEn>Centre Pompidou</work_nameEn>
    <work_nameJa>ポンピドゥー・センター</work_nameJa>
    <work_style>High-Tech Architecture</work_style>
    <work_worldHeritage>false</work_worldHeritage>
    <work_year>1977</work_year>
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    <code>006</code>
    <slug>rudolf-steiner-goetheanum</slug>
    <name>Rudolf Steiner - Goetheanum</name>
    <description>The true masterpiece of expressionist architecture embodying anthroposophy.</description>
    <architect_birthYear>1861</architect_birthYear>
    <architect_deathYear>1925</architect_deathYear>
    <architect_nameEn>Rudolf Steiner</architect_nameEn>
    <architect_nameJa>ルドルフ・シュタイナー</architect_nameJa>
    <architect_nationality>Austria</architect_nationality>
    <work_location>Dornach, Switzerland</work_location>
    <work_nameEn>Goetheanum</work_nameEn>
    <work_nameJa>ゲーテアヌム（第二ゲーテアヌム）</work_nameJa>
    <work_style>Expressionist Architecture</work_style>
    <work_worldHeritage>false</work_worldHeritage>
    <work_year>1928</work_year>
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