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*Mnesicles (active fifth century BC), [[Greek]] | *Mnesicles (active fifth century BC), [[Greek]] | ||
*Ictinus (active fifth century BC), [[Greek]] | *Ictinus (active fifth century BC), [[Greek]] | ||
| − | *[[Phidias]] (ca. 480 BC – ca. 430 BC), | + | *[[Phidias]] (ca. 480 BC – ca. 430 BC), Greek |
| − | *Paeonius (active ca. 340 BC to 250 BC), | + | *Paeonius (active ca. 340 BC to 250 BC), Greek |
| − | *Demetrios (active ca. 340 BC to 250 BC), | + | *Demetrios (active ca. 340 BC to 250 BC), Greek |
*Vitruvius (ca. 80–70 BC - ca. 15 BC), [[Roman]] | *Vitruvius (ca. 80–70 BC - ca. 15 BC), [[Roman]] | ||
*[[Vitruoya]] (active ca. 117 AD to 135 AD), [[Roman]] | *[[Vitruoya]] (active ca. 117 AD to 135 AD), [[Roman]] | ||
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*[[Leon Battista Alberti]] (1404 – 1472), [[Italy]] | *[[Leon Battista Alberti]] (1404 – 1472), [[Italy]] | ||
*[[Donato Bramante]] (1444 - 1514), [[Italy]] | *[[Donato Bramante]] (1444 - 1514), [[Italy]] | ||
| − | *[[Michelangelo|Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475-1564), | + | *[[Michelangelo|Michelangelo Buonarroti]] (1475-1564), Italy |
*[[Mimar Sinan]] (ca. 1490 - 1588) [[Turkey]] | *[[Mimar Sinan]] (ca. 1490 - 1588) [[Turkey]] | ||
| − | *[[Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola]] (1507 - 1573), | + | *[[Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola]] (1507 - 1573), Italy |
| − | *[[Giorgio Vasari]] (1511 – 1574), | + | *[[Giorgio Vasari]] (1511 – 1574), Italy |
| − | *[[Andrea Palladio]] (1508 - 1580), | + | *[[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.]] | [[Image:Neimeyer Cathedrale de Brasilia.jpg|thumb|300px|Cathedrale de [[Brasilia]] by Oscar Neimeyer.]] | ||
*François Mansart (1598 - 1666), [[France]] | *François Mansart (1598 - 1666), [[France]] | ||
| − | *[[Gianlorenzo Bernini]] (1598 - 1680), | + | *[[Gianlorenzo Bernini]] (1598 - 1680), Italy |
*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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*[[Thomas Jefferson]] (1743 - 1826), [[US]] | *[[Thomas Jefferson]] (1743 - 1826), [[US]] | ||
*[[James Hoban]] (ca. 1758 - 1831), [[Ireland]] | *[[James Hoban]] (ca. 1758 - 1831), [[Ireland]] | ||
| − | *[[Charles Garnier]] (1825 - 1898), | + | *[[Charles Garnier]] (1825 - 1898), France |
| − | *[[Gustave Eiffel]] (1832 - 1923), | + | *[[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]] | ||
| − | [[Image:San Cataldo Cemetery Aldo Rossi, Modena.JPG|thumb|250px|San Cataldo Cemetery by Aldo Rossi, Modena, | + | [[Image:San Cataldo Cemetery Aldo Rossi, Modena.JPG|thumb|250px|San Cataldo Cemetery by Aldo Rossi, Modena, Italy.]] |
*[[Daniel Burnham]] (1846 - 1912), [[US]] | *[[Daniel Burnham]] (1846 - 1912), [[US]] | ||
*[[Antonio Gaudi]] (1852 – 1926), [[Spain]] | *[[Antonio Gaudi]] (1852 – 1926), [[Spain]] | ||
| − | *[[Louis Sullivan]] (1856 - 1924), | + | *[[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]] | ||
*Eliel Saarinen (1873 - 1950), [[Finland]] | *Eliel Saarinen (1873 - 1950), [[Finland]] | ||
*[[Walter Gropius]] (1883 – 1969), [[Germany]] | *[[Walter Gropius]] (1883 – 1969), [[Germany]] | ||
| − | *Paul Williams (1884 - 1980), | + | *Paul Williams (1884 - 1980), US |
*[[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]] (1886 - 1969), [[Germany]] | *[[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]] (1886 - 1969), [[Germany]] | ||
| − | *[[William F. Lamb]] (1883 - 1952), | + | *[[William F. Lamb]] (1883 - 1952), US |
*[[Le Corbusier]] (1887 - 1965), [[Switzerland]] | *[[Le Corbusier]] (1887 - 1965), [[Switzerland]] | ||
| − | *[[Frank Lloyd Wright]] (1887 - 1959), | + | *[[Frank Lloyd Wright]] (1887 - 1959), US |
*Konstantín Mélnikov (1890 - 1974) [[Russia]] | *Konstantín Mélnikov (1890 - 1974) [[Russia]] | ||
| − | *[[Richard Neutra]] (1892 - 1970), | + | *[[Richard Neutra]] (1892 - 1970), US |
| − | *Albert Irvin Cassell (1895 - 1969), | + | *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]].]] | [[Image:Toronto's CN Tower.jpg|thumb|CN Tower by John Andrews, [[Toronto]].]] | ||
| − | *[[Louis Isadore Kahn]] (1901 - 1974), | + | *[[Louis Isadore Kahn]] (1901 - 1974), US |
*Luis Barragan (1902 - 1988), [[Mexico]] | *Luis Barragan (1902 - 1988), [[Mexico]] | ||
| − | *[[Victor Gruen]] (1903 - 1980), Austrian-born, | + | *[[Victor Gruen]] (1903 - 1980), Austrian-born, US |
| − | * Philip Johnson (1906 – 2005), | + | * Philip Johnson (1906 – 2005), US |
*[[Oscar Niemeyer]] (1907 - ), [[Brazil]] | *[[Oscar Niemeyer]] (1907 - ), [[Brazil]] | ||
| − | *[[Eero Saarinen]] (1910 - 1961), | + | *[[Eero Saarinen]] (1910 - 1961), US (born in Finland) |
| − | *[[Felix Candela]] (1910 - 1997), | + | *[[Felix Candela]] (1910 - 1997), Spain, [[Mexico]] |
*[[Mario Pani]] (1911 - 1993), [[Mexico]] | *[[Mario Pani]] (1911 - 1993), [[Mexico]] | ||
*Kenzo Tange (1913 - 2005), Japan | *Kenzo Tange (1913 - 2005), Japan | ||
| − | *[[I. M. Pei]] ( | + | *[[I. M. Pei]] (1917 - ), [[China]] - US |
*Jörn Utzon (1918 - 2008), [[Denmark]] | *Jörn Utzon (1918 - 2008), [[Denmark]] | ||
| − | + | *[[Pedro Ramírez Vázquez]] (1919 - 2013), Mexico | |
| − | *[[Pedro Ramírez Vázquez]] (1919 - ), | + | *[[Gottfried Boehm]] (1920 - ), Germany |
| − | *[[Gottfried Boehm]] (1920 - ), | + | *[[Abraham Zabludovsky]] (1924 - 2003), Mexico |
| − | *[[Abraham Zabludovsky]] (1924 - 2003), | + | *[[Cesar Pelli]] (1926 - 2019), [[Argentina]] |
| − | *[[Cesar Pelli]] (1926 - ), [[Argentina]] | + | *[[Teodoro González de León]] (1926 - ), Mexico |
| − | *[[Teodoro González de León]] (1926 - ), | ||
*Fumihiko Maki (1928 - ), [[Japan]] | *Fumihiko Maki (1928 - ), [[Japan]] | ||
| − | *[[Frank Gehry]] (1929 - ), [[Canada]] | + | *[[Frank Gehry]] (1929 - ), [[Canada]] US |
| − | *[[Aldo Rossi]] (1931 - 1997), | + | *[[Aldo Rossi]] (1931 - 1997), Italy |
*[[John Andrews]] (1933 - ), [[Australia]] | *[[John Andrews]] (1933 - ), [[Australia]] | ||
*[[Richard Rogers]] (1933 - ), [[England]] | *[[Richard Rogers]] (1933 - ), [[England]] | ||
| − | *[[Cedric Price]] (1934 - 2003), | + | *[[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.]] | [[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 - ), | + | *Richard Meier (1934 - ), US |
| − | *[[Norman Foster]] (1935 - ), | + | *[[Norman Foster]] (1935 - ), England |
| − | *Renzo Piano (1937 - ) | + | *Renzo Piano (1937 - ) Italy |
*[[Tadao Ando]] (1941 - ), [[Japan]] | *[[Tadao Ando]] (1941 - ), [[Japan]] | ||
*Peter Zumthor (1943 - ), [[Switzerland]] | *Peter Zumthor (1943 - ), [[Switzerland]] | ||
| − | * Adrian D. Smith (1944 - ) | + | * Adrian D. Smith (1944 - ) US |
| − | *[[Thom Mayne]] (1944 - ), | + | *[[Thom Mayne]] (1944 - ), US |
| − | *[[Jean Nouvel]] (1945 - ), | + | *[[Jean Nouvel]] (1945 - ), France |
| + | * Daniel Libeskind (1946 - ), US | ||
*[[Zaha Hadid]] (1950 - ), [[Iraq]] | *[[Zaha Hadid]] (1950 - ), [[Iraq]] | ||
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*Hafeez Contractor (1950 - ), [[India]] | *Hafeez Contractor (1950 - ), [[India]] | ||
| − | *Santiago Calatrava (1951 - ), | + | *Santiago Calatrava (1951 - ), Spain |
| − | *David Chipperfield (1953 - ), | + | *David Chipperfield (1953 - ), England |
*[[Sheila O'Donnell]] (1953 - ), [[Ireland]] | *[[Sheila O'Donnell]] (1953 - ), [[Ireland]] | ||
*John Tuomey (1954 - ), [[Ireland]] | *John Tuomey (1954 - ), [[Ireland]] | ||
| − | *Tom Wright (1957 - ), | + | *Tom Wright (1957 - ), England |
| − | *Adrian D. Smith (1944 - ), | + | *[[Adrian D. Smith]] (1944 - ), US |
[[File:Zaha Hadid - Architecture.jpg|thumb|center|Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art by Zaha Hadid]] | [[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]]. [ | + | 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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*[[Contemporary architecture]] | *[[Contemporary architecture]] | ||
| + | [[File:Cole The Architect s Dream.jpg|thumb|left|[[Thomas Cole]], The Architect's Dream.]] | ||
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*[http://www.pritzkerprize.com/ The Pritzker Architecture Prize] | *[http://www.pritzkerprize.com/ The Pritzker Architecture Prize] | ||
*[http://architecture.about.com/od/architectsaz/Great_Architects_AZ.htm Great Architects A-Z] | *[http://architecture.about.com/od/architectsaz/Great_Architects_AZ.htm Great Architects A-Z] | ||
| + | *[http://www.famous-architects.org/ Famous architects and their buildings] | ||
[[Image:Hafeez Contractor CG House.jpg|thumb|left|CG House by Hafeez Contractor, [[India]].]] | [[Image:Hafeez Contractor CG House.jpg|thumb|left|CG House by Hafeez Contractor, [[India]].]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:26, July 20, 2019
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
- Giorgio Vasari (1511 – 1574), 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
- 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
- William F. Lamb (1883 - 1952), US
- 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 Niemeyer (1907 - ), Brazil
- Eero Saarinen (1910 - 1961), US (born in Finland)
- Felix Candela (1910 - 1997), Spain, Mexico
- Mario Pani (1911 - 1993), Mexico
- Kenzo Tange (1913 - 2005), Japan
- I. M. Pei (1917 - ), China - US
- Jörn Utzon (1918 - 2008), Denmark
- Pedro Ramírez Vázquez (1919 - 2013), Mexico
- Gottfried Boehm (1920 - ), Germany
- Abraham Zabludovsky (1924 - 2003), Mexico
- Cesar Pelli (1926 - 2019), 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
- Peter Zumthor (1943 - ), Switzerland
- Adrian D. Smith (1944 - ) US
- Thom Mayne (1944 - ), US
- Jean Nouvel (1945 - ), France
- Daniel Libeskind (1946 - ), US
- 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
- Tom Wright (1957 - ), England
- Adrian D. Smith (1944 - ), US
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
- Architecture
- Architectural Sculpture Gallery
- World treasures
- Famous Castles of the World
- Famous American artists
- Famous American Architects
- Famous Mexican architects
- Contemporary architecture
Thomas Cole, The Architect's Dream.
External links
Torre Mexicana de Aviación by Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexico City.
- MASTERS
- Famous architects
- The Pritzker Architecture Prize
- Great Architects A-Z
- Famous architects and their buildings
CG House by Hafeez Contractor, India.
