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[[Image:Paris Opera.jpg|thumb|400px|The Opera Garnier, [[Paris]].]]
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*[[Imhotep (Architect)|Imhotep]] [[Egypt]]
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*Callicrates (active fifth century BC), [[Greek]]
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*Mnesicles (active fifth century BC), [[Greek]]
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*Ictinus (active fifth century BC), [[Greek]]
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*[[Phidias]] (ca. 480 BC – ca. 430 BC), Greek
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*Paeonius (active ca. 340 BC to 250 BC), Greek 
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*Demetrios (active ca. 340 BC to 250 BC), Greek
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*Vitruvius (ca. 80–70 BC - ca. 15 BC), [[Roman]]
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*[[Vitruoya]] (active ca. 117 AD to 135 AD), [[Roman]]
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*[[Filippo Brunelleschi]] (1377 - 1445), [[Italy]]
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*[[Leon Battista Alberti]] (1404 – 1472), [[Italy]]
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*[[Donato Bramante]] (1444 - 1514), [[Italy]]
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*[[Michelangelo|Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475-1564), Italy
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*[[Mimar Sinan]] (ca. 1490 - 1588) [[Turkey]]
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*[[Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola]] (1507 - 1573), Italy
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*[[Giorgio Vasari]] (1511 – 1574), Italy
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*[[Andrea Palladio]] (1508 - 1580), Italy
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*[[Juan de Herrera]] (1530 - 1597), [[Spain]]
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*[[Inigo Jones]] (1573 - 1652) [[England]]
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[[Image:Neimeyer Cathedrale de Brasilia.jpg|thumb|300px|Cathedrale de [[Brasilia]] by Oscar Neimeyer.]]
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*François Mansart (1598 - 1666), [[France]]
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*[[Gianlorenzo Bernini]] (1598 - 1680), Italy
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*Luis Le Vau (1612 - 1670), [[France]]
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*Andre Le Notre (1613 – 1700), [[France]]
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*[[Christopher Wren]] (1618 - 1723), [[England]]
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*[[Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach]], (1656 - 1723), [[Austria]]
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*[[José Benito Churriguera]] (1665 - 1725), [[Spain]]
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*[[Robert Adam]] (1728 - 1792), [[United Kingdom]]
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*[[Thomas Jefferson]] (1743 - 1826), [[US]]
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*[[James Hoban]] (ca. 1758 - 1831), [[Ireland]]
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*[[Charles Garnier]] (1825 - 1898), France
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*[[Gustave Eiffel]] (1832 - 1923), France
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*[[Henry Hobson Richardson]] (1838 – 1886), [[US]]
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*[[Camillo Sitte]] (1843 - 1903), [[Austria]]
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[[Image:San Cataldo Cemetery Aldo Rossi, Modena.JPG|thumb|250px|San Cataldo Cemetery by Aldo Rossi, Modena, Italy.]]
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*[[Daniel Burnham]] (1846 - 1912), [[US]]
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*[[Antonio Gaudi]] (1852 – 1926), [[Spain]]
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*[[Louis Sullivan]] (1856 - 1924), US
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*Albert Kahn (1869 - 1942), [[Germany]]
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*Adolf Loos (1870 – 1933), [[Moravia]]
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*Eliel Saarinen (1873 - 1950), [[Finland]]
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*[[Walter Gropius]] (1883 – 1969), [[Germany]]
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*Paul Williams (1884 - 1980),  US
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*[[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]] (1886 - 1969), [[Germany]]
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*[[William F. Lamb]] (1883 - 1952), US
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*[[Le Corbusier]] (1887 - 1965), [[Switzerland]]
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*[[Frank Lloyd Wright]] (1887 - 1959), US
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*Konstantín Mélnikov (1890 - 1974) [[Russia]]
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*[[Richard Neutra]] (1892 - 1970), US
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*Albert Irvin Cassell (1895 - 1969), US
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*Carlos Raul Villanueva (1900 - 1975), [[Venezuela]]
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[[Image:Toronto's CN Tower.jpg|thumb|CN Tower by John Andrews, [[Toronto]].]]
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*[[Louis Isadore Kahn]] (1901 - 1974), US
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*Luis Barragan (1902 - 1988), [[Mexico]]
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*[[Victor Gruen]] (1903 - 1980), Austrian-born, US
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* Philip Johnson (1906 – 2005),  US
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*[[Oscar Niemeyer]] (1907 - ), [[Brazil]]
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*[[Eero Saarinen]] (1910 - 1961), US (born in Finland)
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*[[Felix Candela]] (1910 - 1997), Spain, [[Mexico]]
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*[[Mario Pani]] (1911 - 1993), [[Mexico]]
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*Kenzo Tange (1913 - 2005), Japan
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*[[I. M. Pei]] (1917 - ), [[China]] - US
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*Jörn Utzon (1918 - 2008), [[Denmark]]
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*[[Pedro Ramírez Vázquez]] (1919 - 2013), Mexico
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*[[Gottfried Boehm]] (1920 - ), Germany
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*[[Abraham Zabludovsky]] (1924 - 2003), Mexico
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*[[Cesar Pelli]] (1926 - 2019), [[Argentina]]
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*[[Teodoro González de León]] (1926 - ), Mexico
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*Fumihiko Maki (1928 - ), [[Japan]]
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*[[Frank Gehry]] (1929 - ), [[Canada]] US
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*[[Aldo Rossi]] (1931 - 1997), Italy
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*[[John Andrews]] (1933 - ), [[Australia]]
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*[[Richard Rogers]] (1933 - ), [[England]]
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*[[Cedric Price]] (1934 - 2003), England
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[[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.]]
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*Richard Meier (1934 - ), US
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*[[Norman Foster]] (1935 - ), England
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*Renzo Piano (1937 - ) Italy
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*[[Tadao Ando]] (1941 - ), [[Japan]]
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*Peter Zumthor (1943 - ), [[Switzerland]]
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* Adrian D. Smith (1944 - ) US
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*[[Thom Mayne]] (1944 - ), US
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*[[Jean Nouvel]] (1945 - ), France
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* Daniel Libeskind (1946 - ), US
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*[[Zaha Hadid]] (1950 - ), [[Iraq]]
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*Hafeez Contractor (1950 - ), [[India]]
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*Santiago Calatrava (1951 - ), Spain
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*David Chipperfield (1953 - ), England
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*[[Sheila O'Donnell]] (1953 - ), [[Ireland]]
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*John Tuomey (1954 - ), [[Ireland]]
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*Tom Wright (1957 - ), England 
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*[[Adrian D. Smith]] (1944 - ), US
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[[File:Zaha Hadid - Architecture.jpg|thumb|center|Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art by Zaha Hadid]]
  
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[[Image:Paris Opera.jpg|thumb|The Opera Garnier, [[Paris]].]]
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What makes a great [[architect]]? Part designer, part [[engineer]], part shrink, the truly great architects must be able to interpret his client's wishes, leaven them with reality and, finally, achieve a vision that stands out as a work of [[art]]. [https://www.forbes.com/2001/06/22/0622home.html]
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*Paeonius
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[[Image:Church of Saint Pierre France..jpg|thumb|right|Church of Saint Pierre, France, <br>Le Corbusier - Jose Oubrerie.]]
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*Demetrios
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*[[Architecture]]
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*Vitruoya
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*[[Architectural Sculpture Gallery]]
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*Vitruvius
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*[[World treasures]]
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*Filippo Brunelleschi
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*[[Famous Castles of the World]]
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*[[Michelangelo Buonarroti]]
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*[[Famous American artists]]
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*Andrea Palladio
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*[[Famous American Architects]]
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*[[Leon Battista Alberti]]
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*[[Famous Mexican architects]]
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*Juan de Herrera
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*[[Contemporary architecture]]
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*Gianlorenzo Bernini
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*Andre Le Notre
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[[File:Cole The Architect s Dream.jpg|thumb|left|[[Thomas Cole]], The Architect's Dream.]]
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*Charles Garnier
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*James Hoban
 
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*[[Gustave Eiffel]]
 
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*Albert Kahn
 
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*Adolf Loos
 
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*[[Frank Lloyd Wright]]
 
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*Luis Barragan
 
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*Gottfried Boehm
 
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*Victor Gruen
 
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*Abraham Zabludovsky
 
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*Cesar Pelli
 
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*Felix Candela
 
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*Norman Foster
 
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*Santiago Calatrava
 
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*Joan M. Soranno
 
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*John Cook
 
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*Sheila O'Donnell
 
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*John Tuomey
 
  
 
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[[Image:Ramirez Torre Mexicana de Aviacion.JPG|thumb|212px|Torre Mexicana de Aviación by Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, [[Mexico City]].]]
  
 
*[http://www.vitruvio.ch/arc/masters/masters.php MASTERS]
 
*[http://www.vitruvio.ch/arc/masters/masters.php MASTERS]
 
*[http://architect.architecture.sk/ Famous architects]
 
*[http://architect.architecture.sk/ Famous architects]
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*[http://www.pritzkerprize.com/ The Pritzker Architecture Prize]
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*[http://architecture.about.com/od/architectsaz/Great_Architects_AZ.htm Great Architects A-Z]
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*[http://www.famous-architects.org/ Famous architects and their buildings]
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[[Image:Hafeez Contractor CG House.jpg|thumb|left|CG House by Hafeez Contractor, [[India]].]]
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[[Category:Architects]]
 
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Latest revision as of 16:26, July 20, 2019


World Famous Architects


The Opera Garnier, Paris.
Cathedrale de Brasilia by Oscar Neimeyer.
San Cataldo Cemetery by Aldo Rossi, Modena, Italy.
CN Tower by John Andrews, Toronto.
The Hemispheric at the "Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències" in Valencia, Spain, by Santiago Calatrava.
Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art by Zaha Hadid

What makes a great architect? Part designer, part engineer, part shrink, the truly great architects must be able to interpret his client's wishes, leaven them with reality and, finally, achieve a vision that stands out as a work of art. [1]

See also

Church of Saint Pierre, France,
Le Corbusier - Jose Oubrerie.
Thomas Cole, The Architect's Dream.

External links

Torre Mexicana de Aviación by Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexico City.
CG House by Hafeez Contractor, India.



TORRE DE BABEL.
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