This text provides a reference for the scholar, student, architect or general reader interested in the architects who initiated, developed or advanced modern architecture. It features prominent and influential people in 20th-century modernist architecture, including Wright, Eisenman, Mies van der Rohe and Kahn. It describes the milieu in which they practised their art, and directs readers to information on the life and creative activities of these founding architects and their disciples. The profiles of individual architects include critical analysis of their major buildings and projects.