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Famous Architects and Their Masterpieces - YAML

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