COMPLIMENTARY WORLDWIDE SHIPPING
BORN IN 1933 IN MATOSINHOS, PORTUGAL, ALVARO SIZA VIEIRA IS WIDELY REGARDED AS ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY RENOWNED ARCHITECTS OF HIS GENERATION. HIS SCULPTURAL WORKS HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS “POETIC MODERNISM,” AND HIS DESIGNS HAVE LEFT A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE WORLD OF ARCHITECTURE.
IN 1992, SIZA WAS AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS PRITZKER PRIZE , AND WAS CONSIDERED A SUCCESSOR TO EARLY MODERNISTS. THE JURY CITATION PRAISED SIZA’S SHAPES, MOLDED BY LIGHT, FOR THEIR DECEPTIVE SIMPLICITY AND HONESTY.
SIZA’S COLLABORATIONS WITH LEBOND HAS RESULTED IN THE “LEBOND SIZA WATCH” AND THE “LEBOND SIZA PEN”.
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BORN IN 1952 IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, EDUARDO SOUTO DE MOURA IS A PRESTIGIOUS ARCHITECT KNOWN FOR COMBINING THE CLEAN LINES OF ABSTRACT MINIMALISM WITH THE USE OF LOCAL MATERIALS AND BUILDING TECHNIQUES.
DUE TO HIS ARCHITECTURE THAT APPEARS EFFORTLESS, SERENE AND SIMPLE, AND FOR THE CARE AND POETRY THAT PERMEATES EACH PROJECT, EDUARDO SOUTO DE MOURA RECEIVED THE PRITZKER PRIZE IN 2011. OFTEN DESCRIBED AS A “MIESIAN ARCHITECT”, THE PRITZKER JURY ACKNOWLEDGED THIS INFLUENCE WITH THE WORDS, “HE HAS THE CONFIDENCE TO USE STONE THAT IS A THOUSAND YEARS OLD, OR TO TAKE INSPIRATION FROM A MODERN DETAIL BY MIES VAN DER ROHE”.
HIS COLLABORATIONS WITH LEBOND HAS RESULTED IN THE “LEBOND SOUTO MOURA WATCH” AND THE “LEBOND SOUTO MOURA PEN”.
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BORN IN 1937 IN TUDELA, SPAIN, RAFAEL MONEO IS A DISTINGUISHED ARCHITECT KNOWN FOR UNITING HISTORICAL MEMORY WITH RIGOROUS MODERNITY THROUGH A PROFOUND RESPECT FOR MATERIALS, CONTEXT AND THE CULTURE OF EACH PLACE.
FOR THE INTELLECTUAL DEPTH OF HIS WORK AND HIS RARE ABILITY TO RENEW ARCHITECTURE WITHOUT EVER REPEATING HIMSELF, RAFAEL MONEO RECEIVED THE PRITZKER PRIZE IN 1996. OFTEN DESCRIBED AS AN ARCHITECT OF TREMENDOUS RANGE, THE PRITZKER JURY ACKNOWLEDGED THIS WITH THE WORDS, “EACH OF HIS BUILDINGS IS UNIQUE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UNIQUELY RECOGNIZABLE AS BEING FROM HIS PALETTE”.
HIS COLLABORATION WITH LEBOND HAS RESULTED IN THE “LEBOND MONEO PEN”.
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BORN IN 1852 IN REUS, CATALONIA, ANTONI GAUDI IS A LEGENDARY ARCHITECT KNOWN FOR HIS VISIONARY AND EXPRESSIVE APPROACH TO DESIGN.
FAMED FOR ICONIC WORKS LIKE THE SAGRADA FAMÍLIA AND PARK GÜELL, GAUDÍ MASTERFULLY BLENDED NATURE, SPIRITUALITY, AND CRAFTSMANSHIP INTO ARCHITECTURE THAT DEFIED CONVENTION.
WILDLY IMAGINATIVE AND DEEPLY GROUNDED IN CATALAN CULTURE, HIS LEGACY REMAINS UNMATCHED A CENTURY AFTER HIS PASSING IN 1926.
IN HONOR OF THE 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH, LEBOND INTRODUCED THE “LEBOND ATTRACTION WATCH”, A TRIBUTE TO A MASTER OF THE EXTRAORDINARY.
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BORN IN 1935 IN MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM, NORMAN FOSTER IS WIDELY REGARDED AS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ARCHITECTS OF HIS GENERATION. HIS WORK IS DEFINED BY HIGH-TECH INNOVATION, STRUCTURAL CLARITY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND HIS DESIGNS HAVE LEFT A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE WORLD OF ARCHITECTURE.
IN 1999, FOSTER WAS AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS PRITZKER PRIZE, AND WAS PRAISED FOR HIS ABILITY TO UNITE ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, AND SUSTAINABILITY WITH PRECISION AND ELEGANCE.
FOSTER’S COLLABORATION WITH LEBOND HAS RESULTED IN THE “LEBOND NORMAN FOSTER WATCH”, DESIGNED BY NORMAN FOSTER FROM THE NORMAN FOSTER FOUNDATION.
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BORN IN 1941 IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, AND RAISED IN JAPAN, TOYO ITO IS AN INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ARCHITECT CELEBRATED FOR HIS ORGANIC APPROACH TO DESIGN. HIS WORK IS DEFINED BY FLUID FORMS, LIGHTNESS, AND A CONSTANT EXPLORATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NATURE, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
ITO RECEIVED THE PRITZKER PRIZE IN 2013. THROUGH LANDMARK PROJECTS SUCH AS THE SENDAI MEDIATHEQUE, HE HAS REDEFINED CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE BY CREATING OPEN, FLEXIBLE SPACES THAT INSPIRE BOTH MOVEMENT AND HUMAN CONNECTION.
ITO’S COLLABORATION WITH LEBOND HAS RESULTED IN THE “LEBOND ITO PEN”.
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BORN IN 1953 IN LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, DAVID CHIPPERFIELD IS A HIGHLY RESPECTED ARCHITECT KNOWN FOR HIS ELEGANT AND MINIMALIST APPROACH TO DESIGN.
CHIPPERFIELD HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, INCLUDING THE PRITZKER PRIZE IN 2023. SUBTLE YET POWERFUL, SUBDUED YET ELEGANT, HE IS A PROLIFIC ARCHITECT WHO IS RADICAL IN HIS RESTRAINT, DEMONSTRATING HIS REVERENCE FOR HISTORY AND CULTURE WHILE HONORING THE PREEXISTING BUILT AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS.
CHIPPERFIELD’S COLLABORATION WITH LEBOND HAS RESULTED IN THE “LEBOND CHIPPERFIELD WATCH”.
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FOUNDED IN 2005 IN COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, BJARKE INGELS GROUP (BIG) IS A GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED ARCHITECTURE FIRM RENOWNED FOR ITS BOLD, INNOVATIVE, AND PLAYFUL APPROACH TO DESIGN.
LED BY DANISH ARCHITECT BJARKE INGELS, THE STUDIO HAS GARNERED INTERNATIONAL PRAISE FOR ITS VISIONARY PROJECTS THAT MERGE TECHNOLOGY, ECOLOGY, AND SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS INTO FUTURISTIC YET FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE.
ICONIC YET HUMAN-CENTERED, DARING YET DEEPLY CONTEXTUAL, BIG’S WORK CHALLENGES CONVENTIONAL NORMS, PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT ARCHITECTURE CAN ACHIEVE WHILE EMBRACING SUSTAINABILITY, FORM, AND FUN.
BIG’S RECENT COLLABORATION WITH LEBOND HAS LED TO THE CREATION OF THE “LEBOND BIG WATCH”.
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