L.I.N.K.S. (12): The Twelve Most Daring Architects in the World

Welcome to the 12th edition of L.I.N.K.S. (Lure, Intrigue, Nurture, Kindle, or Stimulate), in which we contemplate

The Twelve Most Daring Architects in the World

I have assembled a list of a dozen daring and influential architects from a variety of sources. The links I provide herein for your perusal include 

• one link to each architect's professional website and 
• one link to the Wikipedia entry on the architect. 

The Architects are in alphabetical order and no ranking should be inferred. 

• Tadao Ando: Professional website; Wikipedia entry
• Shigeru Ban: Professional website; Wikipedia entry
• Santiago Calatrava: Professional website; Wikipedia entry
• David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill: Professional website; Wikipedia entry
• Norman Foster: Professional website; Wikipedia entry
• Frank Gehry of Gehry Partners, LLP: Professional website; Wikipedia entry
• Zaha Hadid: Professional website; Wikipedia entry
• Jean Nouvel: Professional website; Wikipedia entry
• Rem Koolhaas of OMA: Professional website; Wikipedia entry
• Michael Maltzan of Michael Maltzan Architecture, Inc.: Professional website; Wikipedia entry
• Renzo Piano: Professional website; Wikipedia entry
• Jacob Van Rijs, the VR of MVRDV: Professional website; Wikipedia entry

What do you think of this list? Would you have chosen different architects? Tell us who you would add or delete in the comments. Perhaps you would have chosen different links? Feel free to share your comments.

Here are "links" to previous entries in the L.I.N.K.S. series. Enjoy them all!
L.I.N.K.S. 1: http://philosfx.blogspot.com/2010/12/links-that-lure-intrigue-nurture-kindle.html
L.I.N.K.S. 2: http://philosfx.blogspot.com/2011/01/links-that-lure-intrigue-nurture-kindle.html
L.I.N.K.S. 3: http://philosfx.blogspot.com/2011/03/links-that-lure-intrigue-nurture-kindle.html
L.I.N.K.S. 4: http://philosfx.blogspot.com/2011/05/links-that-lure-intrigue-nurture-kindle.html

L.I.N.K.S. 5: http://philosfx.blogspot.com/2013/10/links-5-is-alcohol-good-for-you.html
L.I.N.K.S. 6: http://philosfx.blogspot.com/2013/11/links-that-lure-intrigue-nurture-kindle.html
L.I.N.K.S. 7: http://philosfx.blogspot.com/2013/12/links-that-lure-intrigue-nurture-kindle_26.html
L.I.N.K.S. 8: http://philosfx.blogspot.com/2014/01/links-mood-memory-movement.html
L.I.N.K.S. 9: http://philosfx.blogspot.com/2014/05/links-9-napomo-2014-recap.html
L.I.N.K.S. 10: http://philosfx.blogspot.com/2015/05/links-that-lure-intrigue-nurture-kindle.html
L.I.N.K.S. 11: http://philosfx.blogspot.com/2015/07/links-11-mate-value.html