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*[[Mimar Sinan]] (ca. 1490 - 1588) [[Turkey]] | *[[Mimar Sinan]] (ca. 1490 - 1588) [[Turkey]] | ||
*[[Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola]] (1507 - 1573), [[Italy]] | *[[Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola]] (1507 - 1573), [[Italy]] | ||
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*[[Andrea Palladio]] (1508 - 1580), [[Italy]] | *[[Andrea Palladio]] (1508 - 1580), [[Italy]] | ||
*[[Juan de Herrera]] (1530 - 1597), [[Spain]] | *[[Juan de Herrera]] (1530 - 1597), [[Spain]] | ||
*[[Inigo Jones]] (1573 - 1652) [[England]] | *[[Inigo Jones]] (1573 - 1652) [[England]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Neimeyer Cathedrale de Brasilia.jpg|thumb|300px|Cathedrale de [[Brasilia]] by Oscar Neimeyer.]] | ||
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*François Mansart (1598 - 1666), [[France]] | *François Mansart (1598 - 1666), [[France]] | ||
*[[Gianlorenzo Bernini]] (1598 - 1680), [[Italy]] | *[[Gianlorenzo Bernini]] (1598 - 1680), [[Italy]] | ||
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*Luis Le Vau (1612 - 1670), [[France]] | *Luis Le Vau (1612 - 1670), [[France]] | ||
*Andre Le Notre (1613 – 1700), [[France]] | *Andre Le Notre (1613 – 1700), [[France]] | ||
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*[[Gustave Eiffel]] (1832 - 1923), [[France]] | *[[Gustave Eiffel]] (1832 - 1923), [[France]] | ||
*[[Henry Hobson Richardson]] (1838 – 1886), [[US]] | *[[Henry Hobson Richardson]] (1838 – 1886), [[US]] | ||
| − | *[[Camillo Sitte]] (1843 - 1903), [[Austria]] | + | *[[Camillo Sitte]] (1843 - 1903), [[Austria]] |
*[[Daniel Burnham]] (1846 - 1912), [[US]] | *[[Daniel Burnham]] (1846 - 1912), [[US]] | ||
| + | [[Image:San Cataldo Cemetery Aldo Rossi, Modena.JPG|thumb|250px|San Cataldo Cemetery by Aldo Rossi, Modena, [[Italy]].]] | ||
*[[Antonio Gaudi]] (1852 – 1926), [[Spain]] | *[[Antonio Gaudi]] (1852 – 1926), [[Spain]] | ||
*[[Louis Sullivan]] (1856 - 1924), [[US]] | *[[Louis Sullivan]] (1856 - 1924), [[US]] | ||
*Albert Kahn (1869 - 1942), [[Germany]] | *Albert Kahn (1869 - 1942), [[Germany]] | ||
*Adolf Loos (1870 – 1933), [[Moravia]] | *Adolf Loos (1870 – 1933), [[Moravia]] | ||
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*Eliel Saarinen (1873 - 1950), [[Finland]] | *Eliel Saarinen (1873 - 1950), [[Finland]] | ||
*[[Walter Gropius]] (1883 – 1969), [[Germany]] | *[[Walter Gropius]] (1883 – 1969), [[Germany]] | ||
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*[[Le Corbusier]] (1887 - 1965), [[Switzerland]] | *[[Le Corbusier]] (1887 - 1965), [[Switzerland]] | ||
*[[Frank Lloyd Wright]] (1887 - 1959), [[US]] | *[[Frank Lloyd Wright]] (1887 - 1959), [[US]] | ||
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*Konstantín Mélnikov (1890 - 1974) [[Russia]] | *Konstantín Mélnikov (1890 - 1974) [[Russia]] | ||
*[[Richard Neutra]] (1892 - 1970), [[US]] | *[[Richard Neutra]] (1892 - 1970), [[US]] | ||
*Albert Irvin Cassell (1895 - 1969), [[US]] | *Albert Irvin Cassell (1895 - 1969), [[US]] | ||
*Carlos Raul Villanueva (1900 - 1975), [[Venezuela]] | *Carlos Raul Villanueva (1900 - 1975), [[Venezuela]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Toronto's CN Tower.jpg|thumb|CN Tower by John Andrews, [[Toronto]].]] | ||
*[[Louis Isadore Kahn]] (1901 - 1974), [[US]] | *[[Louis Isadore Kahn]] (1901 - 1974), [[US]] | ||
*Luis Barragan (1902 - 1988), [[Mexico]] | *Luis Barragan (1902 - 1988), [[Mexico]] | ||
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*[[Mario Pani]] (1911 - 1993), [[Mexico]] | *[[Mario Pani]] (1911 - 1993), [[Mexico]] | ||
*Jörn Utzon (1918 - 2008), [[Denmark]] | *Jörn Utzon (1918 - 2008), [[Denmark]] | ||
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*[[Pedro Ramírez Vázquez]] (1919 - ), [[Mexico]] | *[[Pedro Ramírez Vázquez]] (1919 - ), [[Mexico]] | ||
*[[Gottfried Boehm]] (1920 - ), [[Germany]] | *[[Gottfried Boehm]] (1920 - ), [[Germany]] | ||
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*[[Richard Rogers]] (1933 - ), [[England]] | *[[Richard Rogers]] (1933 - ), [[England]] | ||
*[[Cedric Price]] (1934 - 2003), [[England]] | *[[Cedric Price]] (1934 - 2003), [[England]] | ||
| + | [[File:Valencia - Città delle Arti e della Scienza.jpg|thumb|280px|The Hemispheric at the "Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències" in Valencia, Spain, by Santiago Calatrava.]] | ||
*Richard Meier (1934 - ), [[US]] | *Richard Meier (1934 - ), [[US]] | ||
*[[Norman Foster]] (1935 - ), [[England]] | *[[Norman Foster]] (1935 - ), [[England]] | ||
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*[[Jean Nouvel]] (1945 - ), [[France]] | *[[Jean Nouvel]] (1945 - ), [[France]] | ||
*[[Zaha Hadid]] (1950 - ), [[Iraq]] | *[[Zaha Hadid]] (1950 - ), [[Iraq]] | ||
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*Hafeez Contractor (1950 - ), [[India]] | *Hafeez Contractor (1950 - ), [[India]] | ||
*Santiago Calatrava (1951 - ), [[Spain]] | *Santiago Calatrava (1951 - ), [[Spain]] | ||
Revision as of 15:02, November 2, 2009
World Famous Architects
The Opera Garnier, Paris.
- Imhotep Egypt
- Callicrates (active fifth century BC), Greek
- Mnesicles (active fifth century BC), Greek
- Ictinus (active fifth century BC), Greek
- Phidias (ca. 480 BC – ca. 430 BC), Greek
- Paeonius (active ca. 340 BC to 250 BC), Greek
- Demetrios (active ca. 340 BC to 250 BC), Greek
- Vitruvius (ca. 80–70 BC - ca. 15 BC), Roman
- Vitruoya (active ca. 117 AD to 135 AD), Roman
- Filippo Brunelleschi (1377 - 1445), Italy
- Leon Battista Alberti (1404 – 1472), Italy
- Donato Bramante (1444 - 1514), Italy
- Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), Italy
- Mimar Sinan (ca. 1490 - 1588) Turkey
- Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507 - 1573), Italy
- Andrea Palladio (1508 - 1580), Italy
- Juan de Herrera (1530 - 1597), Spain
- Inigo Jones (1573 - 1652) England
Cathedrale de Brasilia by Oscar Neimeyer.
- François Mansart (1598 - 1666), France
- Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598 - 1680), Italy
- Luis Le Vau (1612 - 1670), France
- Andre Le Notre (1613 – 1700), France
- Christopher Wren (1618 - 1723), England
- Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, (1656 - 1723), Austria
- José Benito Churriguera (1665 - 1725), Spain
- Robert Adam (1728 - 1792), United Kingdom
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), US
- James Hoban (ca. 1758 - 1831), Ireland
- Charles Garnier (1825 - 1898), France
- Gustave Eiffel (1832 - 1923), France
- Henry Hobson Richardson (1838 – 1886), US
- Camillo Sitte (1843 - 1903), Austria
- Daniel Burnham (1846 - 1912), US
San Cataldo Cemetery by Aldo Rossi, Modena, Italy.
- Antonio Gaudi (1852 – 1926), Spain
- Louis Sullivan (1856 - 1924), US
- Albert Kahn (1869 - 1942), Germany
- Adolf Loos (1870 – 1933), Moravia
- Eliel Saarinen (1873 - 1950), Finland
- Walter Gropius (1883 – 1969), Germany
- Paul Williams (1884 - 1980), US
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886 - 1969), Germany
- Le Corbusier (1887 - 1965), Switzerland
- Frank Lloyd Wright (1887 - 1959), US
- Konstantín Mélnikov (1890 - 1974) Russia
- Richard Neutra (1892 - 1970), US
- Albert Irvin Cassell (1895 - 1969), US
- Carlos Raul Villanueva (1900 - 1975), Venezuela
CN Tower by John Andrews, Toronto.
- Louis Isadore Kahn (1901 - 1974), US
- Luis Barragan (1902 - 1988), Mexico
- Victor Gruen (1903 - 1980), Austrian-born, US
- Philip Johnson (1906 – 2005), US
- Oscar Neimeyer (1907 - ), Brazil.
- Felix Candela (1910 - 1997), Spain, Mexico
- Mario Pani (1911 - 1993), Mexico
- Jörn Utzon (1918 - 2008), Denmark
- Pedro Ramírez Vázquez (1919 - ), Mexico
- Gottfried Boehm (1920 - ), Germany
- Abraham Zabludovsky (1924 - 2003), Mexico
- Cesar Pelli (1926 - ), Argentina
- Teodoro González de León (1926 - ), Mexico
- Fumihiko Maki (1928 - ), Japan
- Frank Gehry (1929 - ), Canada US
- Aldo Rossi (1931 - 1997), Italy
- John Andrews (1933 - ), Australia
- Richard Rogers (1933 - ), England
- Cedric Price (1934 - 2003), England
- Richard Meier (1934 - ), US
- Norman Foster (1935 - ), England
- Renzo Piano (1937 - ) Italy
- Tadao Ando (1941 - ), Japan
- Thom Mayne (1944 - ), US
- Jean Nouvel (1945 - ), France
- Zaha Hadid (1950 - ), Iraq
- Hafeez Contractor (1950 - ), India
- Santiago Calatrava (1951 - ), Spain
- David Chipperfield (1953 - ), England
- Sheila O'Donnell (1953 - ), Ireland
- John Tuomey (1954 - ), Ireland
See also
- Architecture
- Architectural Sculpture Gallery
- World treasures
- Painting Galleries
- Famous American artists
- Famous American Architects
- Famous Mexican architects
- Contemporary architecture
External links
Torre Mexicana de Aviación by Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexico City.
CG House by Hafeez Contractor, India.
