Architects Architects Eladio Dieste (1917-2000) was a Uruguayan engineer and architect who aimed to make buildings for the third world that left behind poverty in ambition and construction, but were based in local technology. He avoided copying the constructional forms of other countries, and instead developed thin, undulating, shell like forms constructed of brick and ceramic tiles. These forms were cheaper than reinforced concrete, and didn't require ribs and beams. Dieste is quoted about his use of materials and structure: ...more on Wikipedia about "Eladio Dieste"
Enric Miralles ( 1955 - July 3, 2000) was a Catalan architect. He graduated from the School of Architecture in Barcelona in 1978. He married fellow architect Benedetta Tagliabue, and the two practiced together as EMBT Architects. Miralles largest work, the new Scottish Parliament Building, was unfinished at his death in 2000. ...more on Wikipedia about "Enric Miralles"
Erik "Abbi" Asmussen ...more on Wikipedia about "Erik Asmussen"
Ernesto Nathan Rogers ( March 16, 1909 - November 7, 1969) was an italian architect, writer and teacher. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ernesto Nathan Rogers"
Eupalinus of Megara, a Greek architect, who constructed for the tyrant Polycrates of Samos a remarkable tunnel to bring water to the city, passing under a hill. This aqueduct still exists, and is one of the most remarkable constructions in Greece. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eupalinus"
Félix Benítez was the Puerto Rican engineer who designed the Normandie Hotel, located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. ...more on Wikipedia about "Félix Benítez"
Francis Hatch Kimball (1845-1919) was an American architect best known for his work on skyscrapers in lower Manhattan, including the still extant Corbin Building on John Street. Kimball was a pioneer in the use of ornamental terra-cotta in the United States, evident still on the Corbin Building, on a striking row of townhouses that he designed at 133-143 West 122nd Street in Harlem, and on the Montauk Club in Park Slope, Brooklyn. ...more on Wikipedia about "Francis Kimball"
Francis Mawson Rattenbury ( 1867- 1935) was an architect born in England, although most of his career was spent in British Columbia, Canada. He was responsible for many well-known buildings in Vancouver and Victoria, including The Empress Hotel, the British Columbia Legislative Buildings, and many banks, government buildings and residences. ...more on Wikipedia about "Francis Rattenbury"
Francis Conroy Sullivan (born on July 2, 1882 at Kingston), Ontario; died April 4, 1929 at Phoenix, Arizona) was a Canadian architect. ...more on Wikipedia about "Francis Sullivan"
Frank Owen Gehry, CC (born Ephraim Goldberg, February 28, 1929) is an architect known for his sculptural approach to building design. He is best known for building curvaceous structures, often covered with reflective metal. His most famous work, and the clearest expression of his style, is the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, which is covered in titanium. ...more on Wikipedia about "Frank Gehry"
Frank Lloyd Wright ( June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was one of the most prominent and influential architects of the first half of the 20th century. To this day he is easily America's most famous architect (topping Philip Johnson, Paul Laszlo, Richard Neutra, and Louis Kahn) and still extremely well-known in the public eye. ...more on Wikipedia about "Frank Lloyd Wright"
Geoffrey Bawa is considered Sri Lanka's most prolific and influential architect. His work has had tremendous impact upon architecture throughout Asia and is unanimously acclaimed by connoisseurs of architecture worldwide. ...more on Wikipedia about "Geoffrey Bawa"
George Allen Ross ( 1879- 1946) was an architect born in Montreal, Quebec. ...more on Wikipedia about "George Allen Ross"
Gert Wingårdh (born 1951 in Skövde) is a Swedish architect with his main office in Gothenburg. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gert Wingårdh" shortopedia Is Good For You.
Giacomo Quarenghi ( 20 September or 21, 1744 – 1 March 1817) was the foremost and most prolific practitioner of Palladian architecture in Imperial Russia, particularly in Saint Petersburg. ...more on Wikipedia about "Giacomo Quarenghi"
Erik Gunnar Asplund ( 22 September 1885 – 20 October 1940) was a Swedish architect, mostly known as a representative of Swedish neo-classical architecture of the 1920s, and during the last decade of his life as a major proponent of the modernist style which got its breakthrough in Sweden at the 1930 Stockholm exposition. His major works include the Stockholm Public Library and Skogskyrkogården, a cemetery which is a UNESCO world heritage site. Skogskyrkogården was created between 1917 and 1920 by Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz. Another important work is the extension of the Gothenburg Courthouse which Asplund started on 1917 and finished 1937 - it shows his tranformation from neo-classical to modernist architect. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gunnar Asplund"
Hannes Lintl ( 1924- 07-02 – 2003- 06-13) was an Austrian architect, best known for designing the Donauturm in Vienna. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hannes Lintl"
Hassan Fathy ( Arabic: حسن فتحى ) ...more on Wikipedia about "Hassan Fathy"
Heinrich Ernst Schirmer ( 1814– 1887) was an architect working in Norway, although being born and having studied in Germany. ...more on Wikipedia about "Heinrich Ernst Schirmer"
Helmut Jahn (b. January 4, 1940) is an architect, designer of dozens of major buildings throughout the world. Some of the better known among his creations are the Sony Center on the Potsdamer Platz, Berlin and the State of Illinois Center, Chicago. ...more on Wikipedia about "Helmut Jahn"
Adam Gottlieb Hermann Muthesius ( April 20, 1861 - October 29, 1927), known as Hermann Muthesius, was a German architect, author and diplomat, perhaps best known for promoting many of the ideas of the English Arts and Crafts movement within Germany and for his subsequent influence on early pioneers of German architectural modernism such as the Bauhaus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hermann Muthesius"
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Interest in Hermogenes of Priene (late 3rd - early 2nd century BCE), the Hellenistic architect of a temple of Artemis Leukophryene (Artemision) at Magnesia in Lydia, an Ionian colony on the banks of the Maeander river in Anatolia, has been sparked by references to his esthetic made by the first century Roman architect Vitruvius (De Architectura, books iii, 2 and 6). ...more on Wikipedia about "Hermogenes of Priene"
Hidalgo Moya was a famous architect. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hidalgo Moya"
Ieoh Ming Pei ( ; b. April 26, 1917) is a Pritzker Prize winning architect, known as the last master of high modernist architecture. He works with the abstract form, using stone, concrete, glass, and steel. Pei is one of the most successful architects of the 20th century. ...more on Wikipedia about "I. M. Pei"
Ian Simpson is an architect and one of the partners of Ian Simpson Architects, established in 1987 with Rachel Haugh. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ian Simpson"
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