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[[Image:Paris Opera.jpg|thumb|400px|The Opera Garnier, [[Paris]].]]
 
[[Image:Paris Opera.jpg|thumb|400px|The Opera Garnier, [[Paris]].]]
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*[[Imhotep (Architect)|Imhotep]]
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*[[Imhotep (Architect)|Imhotep]] [[Egypt]]
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*Callicrates  
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*Callicrates (active fifth century BC), [[Greek]]
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*Mnesicles
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*Mnesicles (active fifth century BC), [[Greek]]
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*Ictinus
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*Ictinus (active fifth century BC), [[Greek]]
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*[[Phidias]]
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*[[Phidias]] (ca. 480 BC – ca. 430 BC), Greek
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*Paeonius
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*Paeonius (active ca. 340 BC to 250 BC), Greek 
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*Demetrios  
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*Demetrios (active ca. 340 BC to 250 BC), Greek
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*[[Vitruoya]]  
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*Vitruvius (ca. 80–70 BC - ca. 15 BC), [[Roman]]
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*Vitruvius
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*[[Vitruoya]] (active ca. 117 AD to 135 AD), [[Roman]]
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*[[Filippo Brunelleschi]] [[Italy]]
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*[[Filippo Brunelleschi]] (1377 - 1445), [[Italy]]
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*[[Leon Battista Alberti]] [[Italy]]
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*[[Leon Battista Alberti]] (1404 – 1472), [[Italy]]
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*[[Donato Bramante]] [[Italy]]
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*[[Donato Bramante]] (1444 - 1514), [[Italy]]
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*[[Michelangelo|Michelangelo Buonarroti]] [[Italy]]
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*[[Michelangelo|Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475-1564), Italy
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*Andrea Palladio
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*[[Mimar Sinan]] (ca. 1490 - 1588) [[Turkey]]
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*Andre Le Notre [[France]]
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*[[Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola]] (1507 - 1573), Italy
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*[[Juan de Herrera]]
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*[[Giorgio Vasari]] (1511 – 1574), Italy
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*Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola
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*[[Andrea Palladio]] (1508 - 1580), Italy
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*[[Gianlorenzo Bernini]] [[Italy]]
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*[[Juan de Herrera]] (1530 - 1597), [[Spain]]
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*[[José Benito Churriguera]]
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*[[Inigo Jones]] (1573 - 1652) [[England]]
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*[[Thomas Jefferson]] [[US]]
 
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*James Hoban
 
 
[[Image:Neimeyer Cathedrale de Brasilia.jpg|thumb|300px|Cathedrale de [[Brasilia]] by Oscar Neimeyer.]]
 
[[Image:Neimeyer Cathedrale de Brasilia.jpg|thumb|300px|Cathedrale de [[Brasilia]] by Oscar Neimeyer.]]
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*[[Charles Garnier]] [[France]]
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*François Mansart (1598 - 1666), [[France]]
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*[[Gustave Eiffel]] [[France]]
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*[[Gianlorenzo Bernini]] (1598 - 1680), Italy
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*[[Henry Hobson Richardson]] [[US]]
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*Luis Le Vau (1612 - 1670), [[France]]
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*[[Antonio Gaudi]] [[Spain]]
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*Andre Le Notre (1613 – 1700), [[France]]
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*Albert Kahn (1869 - 1942) [[Germany]]
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*[[Christopher Wren]] (1618 - 1723), [[England]]
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*Adolf Loos  
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*[[Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach]], (1656 - 1723), [[Austria]]
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*Eliel Saarinen
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*[[José Benito Churriguera]] (1665 - 1725), [[Spain]]
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*[[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]]
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*[[Robert Adam]] (1728 - 1792), [[United Kingdom]]
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*[[Le Corbusier]] (1887 - 1965), [[France]]
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*[[Thomas Jefferson]] (1743 - 1826), [[US]]
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*[[Frank Lloyd Wright]] (1887 - 1959) [[US]]
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*[[James Hoban]] (ca. 1758 - 1831), [[Ireland]]
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*Richard Neutra (1892 - 1970) [[US]]
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*[[Charles Garnier]] (1825 - 1898), France
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*[[Louis Isadore Kahn]] (1901-1974), [[US]]
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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
 
*Carlos Raul Villanueva (1900 - 1975), [[Venezuela]]
 
*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
 
*Luis Barragan (1902 - 1988), [[Mexico]]
 
*Luis Barragan (1902 - 1988), [[Mexico]]
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*[[Victor Gruen]] (1903 - 1980), Austrian-born, US
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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 Neimeyer]] (1907 - ), [[Brazil]].
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*[[Oscar Niemeyer]] (1907 - ), [[Brazil]]
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*Felix Candela [[Spain]] [[Mexico]]
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*[[Eero Saarinen]] (1910 - 1961), US (born in Finland)
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*Jörn Utzon (1918 - ) [[Denmark]]  
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*[[Felix Candela]] (1910 - 1997), Spain, [[Mexico]]
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[[Image:San Cataldo Cemetery Aldo Rossi, Modena.JPG|thumb|250px|San Cataldo Cemetery by Aldo Rossi,  
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*[[Mario Pani]] (1911 - 1993), [[Mexico]]
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Modena, [[Italy]].]]
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*Kenzo Tange (1913 - 2005), Japan
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*Gottfried Boehm (1920 - ) [[Germany]]
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*[[I. M. Pei]] (1917 - ), [[China]] - US
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*Abraham Zabludovsky [[Mexico]]
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*Jörn Utzon (1918 - 2008), [[Denmark]]  
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*Cesar Pelli
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*[[Pedro Ramírez Vázquez]] (1919 - 2013), Mexico
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*Mario Pani
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*[[Gottfried Boehm]] (1920 - ), Germany
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*Fumihiko Maki [[Japan]]
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*[[Abraham Zabludovsky]] (1924 - 2003), Mexico
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*Aldo Rossi [[Italy]]
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*[[Cesar Pelli]] (1926 - 2019), [[Argentina]]
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*Richard Meier
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*[[Teodoro González de León]] (1926 - ), Mexico
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*[[Norman Foster]]
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*Fumihiko Maki (1928 - ), [[Japan]]
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*Renzo Piano  
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*[[Frank Gehry]] (1929 - ), [[Canada]] US
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*[[Tadao Ando]] [[Japan]]
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*[[Aldo Rossi]] (1931 - 1997), Italy
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*Santiago Calatrava [[Spain]]
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*[[John Andrews]] (1933 - ), [[Australia]]
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*Joan M. Soranno
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*[[Richard Rogers]] (1933 - ), [[England]]
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*John Cook
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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]]
 
*Hafeez Contractor (1950 - ), [[India]]
 
*Hafeez Contractor (1950 - ), [[India]]
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*Sheila O'Donnell [[Ireland]]
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*Santiago Calatrava (1951 - ), Spain
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*John Tuomey [[Ireland]]
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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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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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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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[[Image:Hafeez Contractor CG House.jpg|thumb|CG House by Hafeez Contractor, [[India]].]]
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[[Image:Church of Saint Pierre France..jpg|thumb|right|Church of Saint Pierre, France, <br>Le Corbusier - Jose Oubrerie.]]
 
*[[Architecture]]
 
*[[Architecture]]
 
*[[Architectural Sculpture Gallery]]
 
*[[Architectural Sculpture Gallery]]
 
*[[World treasures]]
 
*[[World treasures]]
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*[[Famous Castles of the World]]
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*[[Famous American artists]]
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*[[Famous American Architects]]
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*[[Famous Mexican architects]]
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*[[Contemporary architecture]]
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[[File:Cole The Architect s Dream.jpg|thumb|left|[[Thomas Cole]], The Architect's Dream.]]
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== External links ==
 
== External links ==
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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]]
 
[[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.