if you are not architecturally educated, this short animation serves as a crash course into some of the most important architects and their signature structures, and if you are, prepare yourself for a nostalgic stroll down memory lane. animated to mimic the feel of a 1930’s reel projector video you would expect to see in an architecture 101 class (except with color) accompanied by matching whimsical instrumental music, the ‘ABC of architects’ by colombian graphic designer and visual artist federico gonzalez and andrea stinga presents an entertaining animated info-graphic slideshow highlighting one important architect for each letter of the alphabet and their most notable project.

 

 

‘the ABC of architects’video © federico gonzalez and andrea stinga

 

 

the ABC of architects animation by federico gonzalez and andrea stinga - 2bright colors and 2D effects are vignetted like an old film, complete with fake film scratches and noiseimage © federico gonzalez and andrea stinga

 

 

the ABC of architects animation by federico gonzalez and andrea stinga - 3each slide illustrates a letter, the architect, his building, and his nationality, along with the graphic of the structureimage © federico gonzalez and andrea stinga

 

 

the ABC of architects animation by federico gonzalez and andrea stinga - 4the list covers everyone from the classics to the contemporariesimage © federico gonzalez and andrea stinga

 

 

the ABC of architects animation by federico gonzalez and andrea stinga - 5swift visual transitions between buildings add a highly artistic qualityimage © federico gonzalez and andrea stinga

 

 

below is the complete list of the architects and projects covered, for your quick perusing:

 

alvar aalto: säynätsalo town hall – finlandluis barragán: satellite towers – mexico citysantiago calatrava: lyon – satolas airport railway station – lyon franceluís domènech i montaner: antoni tàpies foundation – barcelonaeduardo souto de moura: paula rego’s house of stories, cascais, portugalnorman foster: london city hall, englandfrank gehry: guggenheim bilbao, spainherzog & de meuron: beijing national stadium, chinaarata isozaki: palau sant jordi, barcelonaphilip johnson: the glass house, new canaan, united statelouis kahn: national parliament of bangladesh, dhaka cityle corbusier: villa savoye, poissy, francialudwig mies van der rohe: barcelona pavilion, spainoscar niemeyer: national congress of brazil, brasíliajoseph maria olbrich: secession building, vienna – austriacésar pelli: petronas twin tower, kuala lumpur, malaysia giacomo quarenghi: the smolny institute, st. petersburg, russiarenzo piano + richard rogers: pompidou centre, paris, franciaálvaro siza: ibere camargo foundation, porto alegre, brazilkenzo tange: tokyo olympic stadium – japanjørn utzon: sydney opera house, australiawilliam van alen: chrysler building, new york cityfrank lloyd wright: guggenheim new york, united stateiannis xenakis: philips pavilion, expo ’58 in brusselsminoru yamasaki: world trade centerzaha hadid: the pierres vives building, montpellier, france