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 COLLABORATION WITH LEBOND WATCHES HAS RESULTED IN THE “LEBOND SIZA” WATCH EDITION.
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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 COLLABORATION WITH LEBOND WATCHES HAS RESULTED IN THE “LEBOND SOUTO MOURA” WATCH EDITION.
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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 WATCHES INTRODUCED THE “LEBOND ATTRACTION” EDITION, A TRIBUTE TO A MASTER OF THE EXTRAORDINARY.
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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 WATCHES HAS RESULTED IN THE “LEBOND CHIPPERFIELD” WATCH EDITION, WHICH WILL BE RELEASED SOON!
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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 WATCHES HAS LED TO THE CREATION OF THE “LEBOND BIG” WATCH EDITION, LAUNCHING SOON!
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