Eminent Architects

Ivorypress Space hosts the launch ofEminent ArchitectsSeen by Ingrid von KruseDate: 21 February 2013 at 7 p.m.Place: Ivorypress Space C/ Comandante Zorita 48 (Madrid)The book launch will be carried out by photographer Ingrid von Kruse; author of the foreword andexecutive director of the Pritzker Prize Martha Thorne, and architect Rafael Moneo.

On 21 January at 7 p.m. Ivorypress will host the launch of the book Eminent Architects. Seen by Ingridvon Kruse. A title that compiles over thirty portraits of the most renowned architects of the last twocenturies taken by this German photographer. Aside from the artist, the event will also be attendedby Marta Thorne, executive director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize and associate dean at the IEUniversity School of Architecture, author of the foreword; and architect Rafael Moneo, 1996 PritzkerPrize-winner and winner of the Príncipe de Asturias award for the Arts in 2012, who is one of the figuresportrayed by Von Kruse.With a meticulous, demanding and intuitive observation, Ingrid von Kruse has photographed the peopleresponsible for the most outstanding projects in the world. Norman Foster, Oscar Niemeyer, RichardMeier or Zaha Hadid are some of the professionals that have stood before Von Kruse’s personal lens.The photographer always works with her analogical Hasselblad camera, and only uses natural lighting.The good climate of each of the photographic sessions in personal settings, workspaces, or the architects’recent constructions are reflected in each portrait. The result is a deep and intimate insight into each ofthe characters portrayed and their work.The portraits in the book are complemented by statements and reflections by some of the architects init. A selection of sketches, drawings and mockups completes the particular vision of this German artist.A selection of these portraits will be exhibited at Ivorypress on the day of the presentation.Among the architects captured by Von Kruse’s lens are Tadao Ando, Gottfried Böhm, Mario Botta,Santiago Calatrava, David Chipperfield, Peter Eisenman, Frank O. Gehry, Meinhard von Gerkan, HansHollein, Bjarke Ingels, Helmut Jahn, Rem Koolhaas, Phyllis Lambert, Daniel Libeskind, Volkwin Marg,Rafael Moneo, Ryue Nishizawa, Ieoh Ming Pei, Dominique Perrault, Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers,Kazuyo Sejima, Álvaro Siza, Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, Albert Speer, Oswald Mathias Ungersand Peter Zumthor.Ingrid von Kruse was born in Hamburg and studied photography at the Polytechnic University in Essen(1978-1981). During the following years she began to focus more and more on portraiture. Her bookshave been the subject of several international exhibitions, such as Europe Taken Literally, Time andMoments and Venice — Voices between the Stone and the Sea. Her work has become an important partof various public and private collections.For more information, images and interviews:Ivorypress Press OfficeCristina Ruiz and Aleyda DomínguezT: +34 91 831 69 40 / 91 128 97 71C: +34 67 230 08 96 / 67 230 08 97press@ivorypress.comIvorypress BookshopValerie MaasburgT: +34 91 449 09 61F: +34 91 570 98 64vmaasburg@ivorypress.comwww.ivorypress.com