use of synthetic materials, and created the first plastic house in 1956. France Rudolph Schindler (né Rudolf Michael Schlesinger) (10 September 1887, Vienna, Austria-Hungary–22 August 1953, Los Angeles, CA), was a Modernist architect known for his private houses in Los Angeles. United States Patrik Schumacher (1961–) is an architect and director of Zaha Hadid Architects who coined the term Parametricism for an avant-garde architectural style. United Kingdom Amnon Schwartz is a successful Israeli architect and co-designer with Amnon Niv of the Moshe Aviv Tower. Israel Frederic Schwartz (1 April 1951, New York, NY–28 April 2014, New York, NY), was an award-winning American architect, author and city planner whose work includes Empty Sky, the New Jersey 9-11 Memorial, dedicated in Liberty State Park on 11 September 2011. United States Martha Schwartz (21 November 1950, Philadelphia, PA–), is a landscape architect and educator; founding principal of Martha Schwartz Partners, an architecture firm based in London, New York City, and Shanghai. United States Simon I. Schwartz (1877–1956), was a partner of Schwartz and Gross, designer of pre-WWII Manhattan apartment buildings. United States Denise Scott Brown (née Lakofski) (3 October 1931, Nkana, Northern Rhodesia–), is an architect, city planner and partner/spouse of architect Robert Venturi. United States. Harry Seidler AC OBE (25 June 1923, Vienna, Austria—9 March 2006, Sydney, Australia), was the first architect to fully express the principles of the Bauhaus in Australia. Australia. Richard Seifert (25 November 1910, Zurich, Switzerland–26 October 2001), was an architect best known for designing the Centrepoint tower and Tower 42 or the NatWest Tower, formerly the tallest building in the City of London. United Kingdom Werner Seligmann (30 March 1930, Osnabrück, Germany–12 November 1998, United States), was an architect, urban designer and educator. United States Abram Shapiro (ru) (Russian: Абрам Генрихович Шапиро) (1927, Lugansk, USSR–1995, Moscow, Russia), was a successful Soviet architect. USSR Arieh Sharon (né Ludwig Kurzmann) (Hebrew: אריה שרון‎‎) (28 May 1900, Jarosław, Austria-Hungary–24 July 1984, Paris, France), was an Israeli architect and winner of the Israel Prize for architecture in 1962, the first in this discipline. Germany, Erez Israel, Israel. Derek Joseph Sharp is a British architect who formed the Derek Sharp Partnership and later became a partner in Comprehensive Design Group. United Kingdom Zadok Sherman (1944, USSR–), is a successful Israeli architect. Israel Viktor Shifrin (Russian: Виктор Моисеевич Шифрин) (1931, Moscow, USSR–), is a successful Soviet and Israeli architect. USSR, Israel Zaki Shlush