The following is a list of notable architects – well-known individuals with a large body of published work or notable structures, which point to an article in the English Wikipedia.

Early architects

* Aa ( Middle Kingdom), Egyptian *

Amenhotep, son of Hapu Amenhotep, son of Hapu (transcribed ''jmn-ḥtp zꜣ ḥꜣp.w''; early-mid 14th century BC) was an ancient Egyptian architect, a priest, a scribe, and a public official, who held a number of offices under Amenhotep III of the 18th Dynasty. ...

(14th c. BC), Egyptian *

Anthemius of Tralles Anthemius of Tralles ( grc-gre, Ἀνθέμιος ὁ Τραλλιανός, Medieval Greek: , ''Anthémios o Trallianós''; – 533 558) was a Greek from Tralles who worked as a geometer and architect in Constantinople, the capi ...

(c. 474 – 533–558), Greek *

Apollodorus of Damascus Apollodorus of Damascus ( grc, Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Δαμασκηνός) was a Nabataean architect and engineer from Damascus, Roman Syria, who flourished during the 2nd century AD. As an engineer he authored several technical treatises, ...

(2nd c. AD), Damascus * Aristobulus of Cassandreia (c. 375 – 301 BC), Greek *

Callicrates Callicrates or Kallikrates (; el, Καλλικράτης ) was an ancient Greek architect active in the middle of the fifth century BC. He and Ictinus were architects of the Parthenon (Plutarch, ''Pericles'', 13). An inscription identifies him ...

(mid-5th c. BC), Greek * Hermodorus of Salamis (fl. 146–102 BC), Cypriot *

Hippodamus of Miletus Hippodamus of Miletus (; Greek: Ἱππόδαμος ὁ Μιλήσιος, ''Hippodamos ho Milesios''; 498 – 408 BC) was an ancient Greek architect, urban planner, physician, mathematician, meteorologist and philosopher, who is considered to b ...

(498–408 BC), Greek *

Ictinus Ictinus (; el, Ἰκτῖνος, ''Iktinos'') was an architect active in the mid 5th century BC. Ancient sources identify Ictinus and Callicrates as co-architects of the Parthenon. He co-wrote a book on the project – which is now lost – in col ...

(fl. mid-5th c. BC), Greek * Imhotep (fl. late 27th c. BC), Egyptian *

Ineni Ineni (sometimes transliterated as Anena) was an ancient Egyptian architect and government official of the 18th Dynasty, responsible for major construction projects under the pharaohs Amenhotep I, Thutmose I, Thutmose II and the joint reigns ...

(18th Dynasty of Egypt), Egyptian *

Isidore of Miletus Isidore of Miletus ( el, Ἰσίδωρος ὁ Μιλήσιος; Medieval Greek pronunciation: ; la, Isidorus Miletus) was one of the two main Byzantine Greek architects (Anthemius of Tralles was the other) that Emperor Justinian I commissioned ...

(6th c. AD), Byzantine Greek *

Marcus Agrippa Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (; BC – 12 BC) was a Roman general, statesman, and architect who was a close friend, son-in-law, and lieutenant to the Roman emperor Augustus. He was responsible for the construction of some of the most notable build ...

(63–12 BC), Roman * Mnesicles (mid-5th c. BC), Athenian * Rabirius (1st–2nd cc. AD), Roman *

Senemut Senenmut ( egy, sn-n-mwt, sometimes spelled Senmut, Senemut, or Senmout) was an 18th Dynasty ancient Egyptian architect and government official. His name translates literally as "mother's brother." Family Senenmut was of low commoner birth, ...

( 18th Dynasty of Egypt), Egyptian *

Vitruvius Vitruvius (; c. 80–70 BC – after c. 15 BC) was a Roman architect and engineer during the 1st century BC, known for his multi-volume work entitled '' De architectura''. He originated the idea that all buildings should have three attribut ...

(c. 80–70 BC – post–15 BC), Roman *

Yu Hao Yu Hao (, 970) was a Chinese architect, structural engineer, and writer during the Song Dynasty. Legacy Yu Hao was given the title of Master-Carpenter (Du Liao Jiang) for his architectural skill.Needham, Volume 4, Part 3, 81. He wrote the ''Mu J ...

(喻皓, fl 970), Chinese *

Narasimhavarman II Narasimhavarman II, popularly known as Rajamalla, was a ruler of the Pallava kingdom. Narasimhavarman reigned from 690 CE to 725 CE. He is credited with the construction of the Shore Temple, Isvara and Mukunda Temples in Mahabalipuram, the Pan ...

(695-729 CE), South India *

Perumthachan Perumthachan (പെരുന്തച്ചന്‍), also spelled as ''"Perunthchan"'' (പെരു - Peru/big, തച്ചന്‍ - thachan/craftsman), meaning ''the master carpenter'' or ''the master craftsman ', is an honorific title ...

(9th c.AD), South India

12th-century architects

* Abbot Suger (c. 1081–1151), French *

William the Englishman William the Englishman (active from 1174, died circa 1214) was an English architect and stonemason. He completed the work done on Canterbury Cathedral in England by the French architect William of Sens, after the latter was badly injured in a fall ...

(1174 – c. 1214), English *

William of Sens William of Sens or Guillaume de Sens (died August 11, 1180) was a 12th-century French master mason and architect, believed to have been born at Sens, France. He is known for rebuilding the choir of Canterbury Cathedral between 1174 and 1177, cou ...

(died 1180), French

13th-century architects

* Arnolfo di Cambio (c. 1240–1300/1310), Italian *

Villard de Honnecourt Villard de Honnecourt (''Wilars dehonecort'', ''Vilars de Honecourt'') was a 13th-century artist from Picardy in northern France. He is known to history only through a surviving portfolio or "sketchbook" containing about 250 drawings and designs ...

(fl. 13th c.), French *

Robert de Luzarches Robert of Luzarches (born in Luzarches near Pontoise towards the end of the twelfth century) was a 13th-century French architect who worked on the cathedral of Notre Dame in Amiens. He is said to have been summoned to Paris by King Philip II ...

(fl. late 12th – early 13th c.), French *

Jean d'Orbais Jean d'Orbais (ca. 1175-1231) was a French architect from Orbais-l'Abbaye, active in the Reims area. He was an architect of the High Gothic style and the first of the four architects of the Cathedral of Reims, where he is depicted in the labyrint ...

(c. 1175–1231), French *

Radovan Radovan ( sr-cyr, Радован) is a Slavic male given name, derived from the passive adjective ''radovati'' ("rejoice"), itself from root ''rad-'' meaning "care, joy". It is found in Serbia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, M ...

(fl. 13th c.), Croatian

14th-century architects

* Filippo Calendario (died 1355), Venetian *

Jacopo Celega Jacopo Celega (died before 30 March 1386) was a fourteenth-century Italian architect. Little is known of Calegna's biography, but some of his work remains today. Around 1330 he took over construction of the Venetian Venetian often means from or r ...

(died pre–1386), Italian *

Taddeo Gaddi Taddeo Gaddi (c. 1290, in Florence – 1366, in Florence) was a medieval Italy, Italian Painting, painter and architect. He was the son of Gaddo di Zanobi, called Gaddo Gaddi. He was a member of Giotto's workshop from 1313 until the master's d ...

(c. 1290–1366), Florentine *

Giotto di Bondone Giotto di Bondone (; – January 8, 1337), known mononymously as Giotto ( , ) and Latinised as Giottus, was an Italian painter and architect from Florence during the Late Middle Ages. He worked during the Gothic/Proto-Renaissance period. Gi ...

(c. 1267–1337), Florentine * Anđeo Lovrov Zadranin (fl. mid–14th c.), Croatian * Juraj Lovrov Zadranin (fl. 14th c.), Croatian *

Heinrich Parler Heinrich Parler the Elder (also ''Heinrich of Gmünd'', german: Heinrich von Gemünd der Ältere; c. 1310 – c. 1370), was a German architect and sculptor. His masterpiece is Holy Cross Minster, an influential milestone of late Gothic architecture ...

(c. 1310–1371), German *

Johann Parler Johann Parler the Younger ( cs, Jan Parléř, german: Johann Parler der Jüngere, ; c. 1359 – 1405/06), was a Bohemian architect of German origin from the prominent Parler family of architects, master builders, and sculptors. He was the son of fa ...

(c. 1359–1405/6), Bohemian *

Peter Parler Peter Parler (german: Peter von Gemünd, cs, Petr Parléř, la, Petrus de Gemunden in Suevia; 1333 – 13 July 1399) was a German-Bohemian architect and sculptor from the Parler family of master builders. Along with his father, Heinrich Parler, ...

(c. 1333–1399), Bohemian *

Wenzel Parler Wenzel Parler ( cs, Václav Parléř, 1404) was an architect and sculptor from the Parler family of German-Bohemian master builders and son of Peter Parler. He worked on Gothic churches in the Holy Roman cities of Prague, Nördlingen, and Vienna d ...

(c. 1360–1404), Bohemian

15th-century architects

Leon Battista Alberti Leon Battista Alberti (; 14 February 1404 – 25 April 1472) was an Italian Renaissance humanist author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher, and cryptographer; he epitomised the nature of those identified now as polymaths. H ...

(1404–1472), Italian * Andrea Alessi (1425–1505), Dalmatian * Marko Andrijić (c. 1470 – post-1507), Dalmatian *

Donato Bramante Donato Bramante ( , , ; 1444 – 11 April 1514), born as Donato di Pascuccio d'Antonio and also known as Bramante Lazzari, was an Italian architect and painter. He introduced Renaissance architecture to Milan and the High Renaissance styl ...

(1444–1514), Italian * Filippo Brunelleschi (1377–1446), Italian *

Mauro Codussi Mauro Codussi (1440–1504) was an Italian architect of the early- Renaissance, active mostly in Venice. The name is also rendered as ''Coducci''. He was one of the first to bring the classical style of the early renaissance to Venice to replace ...

(1440–1504), Italian/Venetian *

Aristotele Fioravanti Ridolfo "Aristotele" Fioravanti (c. 1415 or 1420 in Bologna – c. 1486 in Tsardom of Russia) was an Italian Renaissance architect and engineer, active in Muscovy from 1475, where he designed the Dormition Cathedral, Moscow during 1475–1479. Hi ...

(c. 1415 or 1420 – c. 1486), Italian/Russian *

Niccolò di Giovanni Fiorentino Niccolò di Giovanni Fiorentino (Croatian: ''Nikola Firentinac'') called Nicolas of Florence (1418 in Bagno a Ripoli – 1506 in Šibenik), was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect, active in Venice and Dalmatia. He is best known by hi ...

(1418–1506), Italian/Dalmatian *

Juan Guas Juan Guas (c. 1430-33 – c. 1496) was a Spanish artist and architect of French origin. He worked in a group of architects to create the Isabelline style. Born in Saint-Pol-de-Léon, he moved to Spain when he was young, and is often thought ...

(c. 1430/1433 – c. 1496), Spanish *

Luciano Laurana Luciano Laurana (Lutiano Dellaurana, hr, Lucijan Vranjanin) (c. 1420 – 1479) was an Italian architect and engineer from the historic Vrana settlement near the town of Zadar in Dalmatia, (today in Croatia, then part of the Republic of Venice) A ...

(c. 1420–1479), Venetian *

Annibale Maggi Annibale Maggi was a Venetian architect of the Renaissance period. He designed and help build the loggia del Consiglio in Padua Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river ...

detto ''Da Bassano'' (fl. 1490s), Venetian * Paskoje Miličević (c. 1440–1516), Croatian * Michelozzo Michelozzi (1396–1472), Italian *

Bernardo Rossellino Bernardo di Matteo del Borra Gamberelli (1409 Settignano – 1464 Florence), better known as Bernardo Rossellino, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect, the elder brother of the sculptor Antonio Rossellino. As a member of the secon ...

(1409–1464), Italian *

Giorgio da Sebenico Giorgio da Sebenico () or Giorgio Orsini or Juraj Dalmatinac (; c. 1410 – 10 October 1473) was a Venetian sculptor and architect from Dalmatia, who worked mainly in Sebenico (now Šibenik, Croatia), and in the city of Ancona, then a maritime ...

(c. 1410–1473), Venetian *

Jacob van Thienen Jacob (or Jaak, or Jacques) van Thienen (also called van Gobertingen)Sidenote: Gobertingen, is a hamlet (in Dutch, Gobertange in French) of the former municipality of Mélin (Malen in Dutch) that now belongs to Jodoigne (Geldenaken in Dutch), where ...

(fl. early 15th c.), Flemish *

Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 14522 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, Drawing, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially res ...

(1452–1519), Italian

16th-century architects

* Antonio Abbondi (fl. early 16th c.), Italian *

Galeazzo Alessi Galeazzo Alessi (1512 – 30 December 1572) was an Italian architect from Perugia, known throughout Europe for his distinctive style based on his enthusiasm for ancient architecture. He studied drawing for civil and military architecture under the ...

(1512–1572), Italian * Bartolomeo Ammanati (1511–1592), Italian * Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564), Italian *

Girolamo Cassar Girolamo Cassar ( mt, Ġlormu Cassar, 1520 – 1592) was a Maltese architect and military engineer. He was the resident engineer of the Order of St. John, and was admitted into the Order in 1569. He was involved in the construction of Valletta, ...

(c. 1520 – c. 1592), Maltese *

Vittorio Cassar Vittorio Cassar ( mt, Vitor Cassar, 1550 – 1609), born Gio Vittorio Cassar, was a Maltese architect and military engineer. The son of the renowned architect Girolamo Cassar, he was admitted as a knight within the Order of St. John in 1587. H ...

(c. 1550 – c. 1609), Maltese *

Guglielmo dei Grigi Guglielmo Bergamasco (also known as Guglielmo dei Grigi; c. 1485 – 1550) was an Italian architect and sculptor of the Renaissance period. He was born in Alzano Lombardo, near Bergamo, and later moved to Venice. He was a relative of Pietro B ...

(1485–1550), Italian *

Nikolaus Gromann Nikolaus Gromann (c. 1500 – 29 November 1566) was an architect of the German Renaissance who served at the court of John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony. He also worked for John Frederick's descendants residing in the cities of Weimar, Got ...

(1500–1566), German *

Juan de Herrera Juan de Herrera (1530 – 15 January 1597) was a Spanish architect, mathematician and geometrician. One of the most outstanding Spanish architects in the 16th century, Herrera represents the peak of the Renaissance in Spain. His sober style re ...

(1530–1597), Spanish * Adam Kraft (1460–1509), German *

Francesco Laparelli Francesco Laparelli da Cortona (5 April 1521 – 20 October 1570) was an Italian architect. He was an assistant of Michelangelo, and later was sent by the Pope to supervise the construction of Valletta in Malta. Early career Laparelli was bor ...

(1521–1570), Italian *

Pirro Ligorio Pirro Ligorio ( October 30, 1583) was an Italian architect, painter, antiquarian, and garden designer during the Renaissance period. He worked as the Vatican's Papal Architect under Popes Paul IV and Pius IV, designed the fountains at Villa d’ ...

(1512–1583), Italian *

Philibert de l'Orme Philibert de l'Orme () (3-9 June 1514 – 8 January 1570) was a French architect and writer, and one of the great masters of French Renaissance architecture. His surname is also written De l'Orme, de L'Orme, or Delorme. Biography Early care ...

(1514–1570), French *

Giovanni Magenta Giovanni Magenta (; 1565–1635) was an Italian architect. He designed the cathedral of ''San Pietro'' at Bologna (1605). It was later modified by Alfonso Torreggiani (1765). He designed the church of ''San Salvatore ''in Bologna (1605–1623) and ...

(1565–1635), Italian * Hans Hendrik van Paesschen (c. 1510–1582), Flemish *

Andrea Palladio Andrea Palladio ( ; ; 30 November 1508 – 19 August 1580) was an Italian Renaissance architect active in the Venetian Republic. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily Vitruvius, is widely considered to be one of ...

(1508–1580), Italian *

Antonio da Sangallo the Elder Antonio da Sangallo the Elder (c. 1453December 27, 1534) was an Italian Renaissance architect who specialized in the design of fortifications. Biography Antonio da Sangallo was born in Florence. Sangallo's father Francesco Giamberti was a wood ...

(c. 1453–1534), Italian *

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(1484–1546), Italian * Michele Sammicheli (1484–1559), Venetian *

Raffaello Santi Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual ...

(Raphael) (1483–1520), Italian *

Vincenzo Scamozzi Vincenzo Scamozzi (2 September 1548 – 7 August 1616) was an Italian architect and a writer on architecture, active mainly in Vicenza and Republic of Venice area in the second half of the 16th century. He was perhaps the most important figure t ...

(1548–1616), Italian *

Sebastiano Serlio Sebastiano Serlio (6 September 1475 – c. 1554) was an Italian Mannerist architect, who was part of the Italian team building the Palace of Fontainebleau. Serlio helped canonize the classical orders of architecture in his influential trea ...

(1475–1554), Italian * Koca Mimar Sinan Agha (1489–1588), Ottoman Armenian *

Friedrich Sustris Friedrich Sustris (c. 1540, in Padua – 1599, in Munich) was an Italian-Dutch painter, decorator and architect. He was a son of the artist Lambert Sustris, who worked in Italy. Sustris got his training from his father Lambert in Venice and Padu ...

(1540–1599), Italian/Dutch *

Lambert Sustris Lambert Sustris (c. 1515-1520 – c. 1584) was a Dutch painter active mainly in Venice. The works Sustris completed in Italy exhibit either a Mannerist style or qualities that may be deemed proto- baroque. He is also referred to as ''Alber ...

(1518–1584), Dutch *

Pellegrino Tibaldi Pellegrino Tibaldi (Valsolda, 1527–Milan, 1596), also known as Pellegrino di Tibaldo de Pellegrini, was an Italian mannerist architect, sculptor, and mural painter. Biography Tibaldi was born in Puria di Valsolda, then part of the duchy of ...

(1527–1596), Italian *

Giorgio Vasari Giorgio Vasari (, also , ; 30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian Renaissance Master, who worked as a painter, architect, engineer, writer, and historian, who is best known for his work '' The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculp ...

(1511–1574), Italian *

Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola ( , , ; 1 October 15077 July 1573), often simply called Vignola, was one of the great Italian architects of 16th century Mannerism. His two great masterpieces are the Villa Farnese at Caprarola and the Jesuits' Churc ...

(1507–1573), Italian *

Postnik Yakovlev Postnik Yakovlev (Постник Яковлев) is most famous as one of the architects and builders of Saint Basil's Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow (built between 1555 and 1560, the other architect is Barma). Originally from Pskov, it is ...

(fl. mid-16th c.), Russian

17th-century architects

* Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680), Italian * Francesco Borromini (1599–1667), Italian *

Ustad Ahmad Lahauri Ustad Ahmad Lahori ( fa, ) was an architect from the South Asia-based Mughal Empire, who is said to have been the chief architect of the Taj Mahal in Agra, built between 1632 and 1648 during the rule of the Emperor Shah Jahan. Its architecture ...

(fl. 17th c.), Indian *

Jacob van Campen Jacob van Campen (2 February 1596 - 13 September 1657) was a Dutch artist and architect of the Golden Age. Life He was born into a wealthy family at Haarlem, and spent his youth in his home town. Being of noble birth and with time on his hand ...

(1596–1657), Dutch * Pietro da Cortona (1596 or 1597–1669), Italian * Jan Zygmunt Deybel (c. 1685–1752), German *

Johann Dientzenhofer Johann Dientzenhofer (25 May 1663 – 20 July 1726) was a builder and architect during the Baroque period in Germany. Johann was born in St. Margarethen near Rosenheim, Bavaria, a member of the famous Dientzenhofer family of German architects, wh ...

(1663–1726), German *

Leonhard Dientzenhofer Leonhard Dientzenhofer (also: ''Johann Leonhard Dientzenhofer''; 20 February 1660 – 26 November 1707) was a German builder and architect from the well known Dientzenhofer family of architects. Life and Work Leonhard was born in St. Margarethen ...

(1660–1707), German * Tumas Dingli (1591–1666), Maltese *

Léopold Durand Léopold Durand OSB (1666–1746) was a French architect. Bibliography Dom Durand was born in Saint-Mihiel (Lorraine) in 1666. He studied law and architecture, after which he went te become a member of the order of Saint Benedict The Benedic ...

(1666–1746), French *

Pietro Paolo Floriani Pietro Paolo Floriani (1585–1638) was an Italian engineer and architect who designed military and theatrical buildings. Life and work Floriani was born on 26 April 1585 in the town of Macerata to Pompeo Floriani and Claudia Rotelli. In 1606 he ...

(1585–1638), Italian *

Lorenzo Gafà Lorenzo Gafà (1639–1703) was a Maltese Baroque architect and sculptor. He designed many churches in the Maltese Islands, including St. Paul's Cathedral in Mdina and the Cathedral of the Assumption in Victoria, Gozo. He was the younger bro ...

(1639–1703), Maltese * Guarino Guarini (1624–1683), Italian * Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646–1708), French *

Elias Holl Elias Holl (28 February 1573 in Augsburg – 6 January 1646 in Augsburg) was the most important architect of late German Renaissance architecture. Life Elias Holl was born in Augsburg, Werbhausgasse 2. He was descended from a master-builder- ...

(1573–1646), German * Inigo Jones (1573–1652), English *

Louis Le Vau Louis Le Vau (1612 – 11 October 1670) was a French Baroque architect, who worked for Louis XIV of France. He was an architect that helped develop the French Classical style in the 17th Century.''Encyclopedia of World Biography''"Louis Le Vau", ...

(1612–1670), French *

Baldassarre Longhena Baldassare Longhena (1598 – 18 February 1682) was an Italian architect, who worked mainly in Venice, where he was one of the greatest exponents of Baroque architecture of the period. Biography Born in Venice, Longhena studied under the architect ...

(1598–1682), Italian *

Carlo Maderno Carlo Maderno (Maderna) (1556 – 30 January 1629) was an Italian architect, born in today's Ticino, who is remembered as one of the fathers of Baroque architecture. His façades of Santa Susanna, St. Peter's Basilica and Sant'Andrea della Vall ...

(1556–1629), Italian *

François Mansart François Mansart (; 23 January 1598 – 23 September 1666) was a French architect credited with introducing classicism into Baroque architecture of France. The '' Encyclopædia Britannica'' cites him as the most accomplished of 17th-century Fr ...

(1598–1666), French *

Johann Arnold Nering Johann Arnold Nering (or Nehring; 13 January 1659 – 21 October 1695) was a German Baroque architect in the service of Brandenburg-Prussia. A native of Wesel, Cleves, Nering was educated largely in Holland. From 1677 to 1679 he also travelled ...

(c.1659?–1695), German *

Francesco Antonio Picchiatti Francesco Antonio Picchiatti (10 January 1619, Ferrara – 28 August 1694, Naples) was an Italian architect of the Baroque period active in Naples. He is also called Picchetto. He was son of Bartolommeo Picchiatti, who also served as an architect ...

(1619–1694), Italian *

Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (1662–1736) was a German master builder and architect who helped to rebuild Dresden after the fire of 1685. His most famous work is the Zwinger Palace. Life Pöppelmann was born in Herford in Westphalia on ...

(1662–1736), German * Carlo Rainaldi (1611–1691), Italian *

Andreas Schlüter Andreas Schlüter (1659 – c. June 1714) was a German baroque sculptor and architect, active in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Russian Tsardom. Biography Andreas Schlüter was b ...

(c.1659–1714), German *

Nicodemus Tessin the Younger Count Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (May 23, 1654 – April 10, 1728) was a Swedish Baroque architect, city planner, and administrator. The son of Nicodemus Tessin the Elder and the father of Carl Gustaf Tessin, Tessin the Younger was the midd ...

(1654–1728), Swedish * John Webb (1611–1672), English * Elizabeth Mytton Wilbraham (1632–1705), English * Christopher Wren (1632–1723), English

18th-century architects

Robert Adam Robert Adam (3 July 17283 March 1792) was a British neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam (1689–1748), Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him. With his ...

(1728–1792), Scottish * William Adam (1689–1748), Scottish *

Cosmas Damian Asam Cosmas Damian Asam (29 September 1686 – 10 May 1739) was a German painter and architect during the late Baroque period. Born in Benediktbeuern, he lived in Rome from 1711 to 1713 to study at the Accademia di San Luca with Carlo Maratt ...

(1686–1739), German *

Egid Quirin Asam Egid Quirin Asam (1 September 1692 – 29 April 1750) was a German plasterer, sculptor, architect, and painter. He was active during the Late Baroque and Rococo periods. Born in Tegernsee, Bavaria, Asam worked mainly together with his brothe ...

(1692–1750), German *

Joseph Bonomi the Elder Joseph Bonomi the Elder (19 January 17399 March 1808) was an Italian architect and draughtsman who spent most of his career in England where he became a successful designer of country houses. Biography He was born Giuseppe Bonomi in Rome on 19 ...

(1739–1808), Italian *

Étienne-Louis Boullée Étienne-Louis Boullée (12 February 17284 February 1799) was a visionary French neoclassical architect whose work greatly influenced contemporary architects. Life Born in Paris, he studied under Jacques-François Blondel, Germain Bof ...

(1728–1799) *

William Buckland William Buckland DD, FRS (12 March 1784 – 14 August 1856) was an English theologian who became Dean of Westminster. He was also a geologist and palaeontologist. Buckland wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur, which he named ' ...

(1734–1774), English/American * Colen Campbell (1676–1729), Scottish *

John Carr of York John Carr (1723–1807) was a prolific English architect, best known for Buxton Crescent in Derbyshire and Harewood House in West Yorkshire. Much of his work was in the Palladian style. In his day he was considered to be the leading architect in ...

(1723–1807), English *

Richard Cassels Richard Cassels (1690 – 1751), also known as Richard Castle, was an architect who ranks with Edward Lovett Pearce as one of the greatest architects working in Ireland in the 18th century. Cassels was born in 1690 in Kassel, Germany. Althou ...

(1690–1751), German * William Chambers (1723–1796), Swedish/Scottish *

François de Cuvilliés François de Cuvilliés, sometimes referred to as ''the Elder'' (23 October 1695, Soignies, Hainaut14 April 1768, Munich), was a Belgian-born Bavarian decorative designer and architect. He was instrumental in bringing the Rococo style to the Wi ...

(1695–1768), Netherlandish/German *

Christoph Dientzenhofer Christoph Dientzenhofer ( cs, Kryštof Dientzenhofer) (born 7 July 1655 in St. Margarethen near Brannenburg, Landkreis Rosenheim - 20 June 1722 in Prague)Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer ( cs, Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer) (1 September 1689, Prague – 18 December 1751) was a Bohemian architect of the Baroque era. He was the fifth son of the German architect Christoph Dientzenhofer and the Bohemian-Ge ...

(1689–1751), German * Laurent-Benoît Dewez (1731–1812), Netherlandish * John Douglas (c. 1709–1788), Scottish *

Nicolai Eigtved Nicolai Eigtved, also known as Niels Eigtved (4 June 1701 – 7 June 1754) was a Danish architect. He introduced and was the leading proponent of the French rococo or late baroque style in Danish architecture during the 1730s–1740s. He design ...

(1701–1754), Danish *

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (20 July 1656 – 5 April 1723) was an Austrian architect, sculptor, engraver, and architectural historian whose Baroque architecture profoundly influenced and shaped the tastes of the Habsburg Empire. His inf ...

(1656–1723), Austrian *

Johann Michael Fischer Johann Michael Fischer (18 February 1692 – 6 May 1766) was a German architect in the late Baroque period. Fischer was born in Burglengenfeld, Upper Palatinate. He is a major representative of south German Baroque architects. He studied in Bohem ...

(1692–1766), German *

Pierre François Léonard Fontaine Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

(1762–1853), French *

Ange-Jacques Gabriel Ange-Jacques Gabriel (23 October 1698 – 4 January 1782) was the principal architect of King Louis XV of France. His major works included the Place de la Concorde, the École Militaire, and the Petit Trianon and opera theater at the Palace of V ...

(1698–1782), French * Alessandro Galilei (1691–1737), Italian * John Gwynn (1713–1786), English * Abraham Hargrave (1755–1808), English/Irish * Peter Harrison (1716–1775), American *

Nicholas Hawksmoor Nicholas Hawksmoor (probably 1661 – 25 March 1736) was an English architect. He was a leading figure of the English Baroque style of architecture in the late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth centuries. Hawksmoor worked alongside the principa ...

(1661–1736), English * Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (1668–1745), Austrian *

James Hoban James Hoban (1755 – December 8, 1831) was an Irish-American architect, best known for designing the White House. Life James Hoban was a Roman Catholic raised on Desart Court estate belonging to the Earl of Desart near Callan, County Kilkenny ...

(1755–1831), Irish/American * John Hutchison, Scottish *

Thomas Ivory Thomas Ivory (1709–1779) was an English builder and architect, active in Norwich. Life Ivory was born in 1709. His early years and education remain obscure. His earliest recorded large commission was in his capacity as a builder and timber m ...

(1709–1779), English *

Nicolas-Henri Jardin Nicolas-Henri Jardin (22 March 1720 – 31 August 1799) was a French architect. Born in St. Germain des Noyers, Seine-et-Marne, Jardin worked seventeen years in Denmark–Norway as an architect to the Danish royal court. He introduced neoclassic ...

(1720–1799), French (in Denmark) *

Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was previously the natio ...

(1743–1826), American *

Richard Jupp Richard Jupp (1728 – 17 April 1799) was an 18th-century English architect, particularly associated with buildings in and around London. He served for many years (c. 1755 – 1799) as surveyor to the British East India Company. Works His wor ...

(1728–1799), English *

Filippo Juvarra Filippo is an Italian language, Italian male given name, which is the equivalent of the English language, English name Philip (name), Philip, from the Greek language, Greek ''Philippos'', meaning "amante dei cavalli".''Behind the Name''"Given Name ...

(1678–1736), Italian *

William Kent William Kent (c. 1685 – 12 April 1748) was an English architect, landscape architect, painter and furniture designer of the early 18th century. He began his career as a painter, and became Principal Painter in Ordinary or court painter, bu ...

(1685–1748), English *

Benjamin Latrobe Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe (May 1, 1764 – September 3, 1820) was an Anglo-American Neoclassical architecture, neoclassical architect who emigrated to the United States. He was one of the first formally trained, professional architects in t ...

(1764–1820), English/American *

Claude-Nicolas Ledoux Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (21 March 1736 – 18 November 1806) was one of the earliest exponents of French Neoclassical architecture. He used his knowledge of architectural theory to design not only domestic architecture but also town planning; as ...

(1736–1806), French *

Giacomo Leoni Giacomo Leoni (1686 – 8 June 1746), also known as James Leoni, was an Italian architect, born in Venice. He was a devotee of the work of Florentine Renaissance architect Leon Battista Alberti, who had also been an inspiration for Andrea Pallad ...

(1686–1746), Italian *

Joseph Christian Lillie Joseph Christian Lillie (20 March 1760 – 29 January 1827), also known as J.C. Lillie, was a Danish neoclassical architect and interior designer. His early career was in Denmark, where he is mainly known for his interior designs and furniture p ...

(1760–1827), Danish * Johann Friedrich Ludwig (João Frederico Ludovice) (1673–1752), German *

Giorgio Massari Giorgio Massari (13 October 1687 – 20 December 1766) was an Italian late- Baroque architect from Venice. He designed the Villa Lattes near Treviso in 1715, the church of Santo Spritito in Udine, the church of Santa Maria della Pace 1720–46 in ...

(1687–1766), Italian *

Josef Munggenast Josef Munggenast (5 March 1680 – 3 May 1741) was an Austrian architect and masterbuilder of the Baroque period. Munggenast was born in Schnann in Tyrol, the nephew of Jakob Prandtauer, who advanced his career and whose influence marked his st ...

(1680–1741), Austrian * Robert Mylne (1733–1811), Scottish * Ivan Fyodorovich Michurin (1700–1763), Russian * Balthasar Neumann (c. 1687–1733), German * Mateus Vicente de Oliveira (1706–86), Portuguese *

Giovanni Paolo Pannini Giovanni Paolo Panini or Pannini (17 June 1691 – 21 October 1765) was an Italian painter and architect who worked in Rome and is primarily known as one of the ''vedutisti'' ("view painters"). As a painter, Panini is best known for his vistas of ...

(1691–1765), Italian *

Edward Lovett Pearce Sir Edward Lovett Pearce (1699 – 7 December 1733) was an Irish architect, and the chief exponent of Palladianism in Ireland. He is thought to have initially studied as an architect under his father's first cousin, Sir John Vanbrugh. He is be ...

(1699–1733), Irish * Charles Percier (1764–1838), French *

Giuseppe Piermarini Giuseppe Piermarini (; 18 July 1734 – 18 February 1808) was an Italian architect who trained with Luigi Vanvitelli in Rome and designed the Teatro alla Scala in Milan (1776–78), which remains the work by which he is remembered. Indeed, "il P ...

(1734–1808), Italian *

Paolo Posi Paolo Posi (1708 - 1776) was an Italian architect of the late-Baroque period. Among the cities in which he was active were Rome, Narni, and Viterbo. Among the other works, he designed mausoleums for Cardinal Inico Caracciolo in Aversa, Cardinal ...

(1708–1776), Italian *

Jakob Prandtauer Jakob Prandtauer (baptized in Stanz bei Landeck (Tyrol) on 16 July 1660; died in Sankt Pölten on 16 September 1726) was an Austrian Baroque architect. Trained as a stonemason rather than as an architect, he designed and supervised the constru ...

(1660–1726), Austrian *

Giacomo Quarenghi Giacomo Quarenghi (; rus, Джа́комо Кваре́нги, Džákomo Kvaréngi, ˈdʐakəmə kvɐˈrʲenʲɡʲɪ; 20 or 21 September 1744) was an Italian architect who was the foremost and most prolific practitioner of neoclassical architectu ...

(1744–1817), Italian/Russian * Joseph-Jacques Ramée (1764–1842), Italian *

Bartolomeo Rastrelli Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (russian: Франче́ско Бартоломе́о (Варфоломе́й Варфоломе́евич) Растре́лли; 1700 in Paris, Kingdom of France – 29 April 1771 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Emp ...

(1700–1771), Italian/Russian *

Charles Ribart Charles François Ribart de Chamoust (''fl.'' 1776–1783 ) was an 18th-century French architect. Architectural career In 1758, Ribart planned an addition to the Champs-Élysées in Paris, to be constructed where the Arc de Triomphe now stands. I ...

(fl. 1776–1783), French * Antonio Rinaldi (c. 1710–1794), Italian *

Nicola Salvi Nicola Salvi or Niccolò Salvi (6 August 1697 (Rome) – 8 February 1751 (Rome)) was an Italian architect; among his few projects completed is the famous Trevi fountain in Rome, Italy. Biography Admitted to the Roman Academy of Arcadia in 1717 ...

(1697–1751), Italian * Thomas Sandby (1721–1798), English *

Jan Blažej Santini-Aichel Jan Blažej Santini Aichel (3 February 1677 – 7 December 1723) was a Czech architect of Italian descent, whose major works represent the unique Baroque Gothic style - the special combination of the Baroque and Gothic styles. Biograp ...

(1677–1723), Austrian/Czech * Michael Searles (1750–1813), English *

Jacques-Germain Soufflot Jacques-Germain Soufflot (, 22 July 1713 – 29 August 1780) was a French architect in the international circle that introduced neoclassicism. His most famous work is the Panthéon, Paris, Panthéon in Paris, built from 1755 onwards, original ...

(1713–1780), French * Manuel Caetano de Sousa (1738–1802), Portuguese *

William Thornton William Thornton (May 20, 1759 – March 28, 1828) was a British-American physician, inventor, painter and architect who designed the United States Capitol. He also served as the first Architect of the Capitol and first Superintendent of the ...

(1759–1828), English/American *

Lauritz de Thurah Laurids Lauridsen de Thurah, known as Lauritz de Thurah (4 March 1706 – 5 September 1759), was a Danish architect and architectural writer. He became the most important Danish architect of the late baroque period. As an architectural writer ...

(1706–1759), Danish * Mary Townley (1753–1839), English *

Domenico Trezzini Domenico Trezzini (Russian Андрей Якимович Трезин, ''Andrey Yakimovich Trezin''; c. 1670 – 1734) was a Swiss architect who elaborated the Petrine Baroque style of Russian architecture. Domenico was born in Astano, L ...

(1670–1734), Swiss/Italian * John Vanbrugh (1664–1726), English *

Luigi Vanvitelli Luigi Vanvitelli (; 12 May 1700 – 1 March 1773), known in Dutch as (), was an Italian architect and painter. The most prominent 18th-century architect of Italy, he practised a sober classicising academic Late Baroque style that made an eas ...

(1700–1773), Italian * Bernardo Vittone (1704–1770), Italian * John Wood, the Elder (1704–1754), English *

John Wood, the Younger John Wood, the Younger (25 February 1728 – 18 June 1782) was an English architect, working principally in the city of Bath, Somerset. He was the son of the architect John Wood, the Elder. His designs were highly influential during the 18t ...

(1728–1782), English *

James Wyatt James Wyatt (3 August 1746 – 4 September 1813) was an English architect, a rival of Robert Adam in the neoclassical and neo-Gothic styles. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1785 and was its president from 1805 to 1806. Early life W ...

(1746–1813), English *

Dominikus Zimmermann Dominikus Zimmermann (30 June 1685, Gaispoint – 16 November 1766, Wies) was a German Rococo architect and stuccoist. Life Dominikus Zimmermann was born in Gaispoint near Wessobrunn in 1685 and became a Baumeister (Architect) and a stuc ...

(1685–1766), German

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Dankmar Adler Dankmar Adler (July 3, 1844 – April 16, 1900) was a German-born American architect and civil engineer. He is best known for his fifteen-year partnership with Louis Sullivan, during which they designed influential skyscrapers that boldly addr ...

(1844–1900), American * Frank Shaver Allen (1860–1934), American * Henry Austin (1804–1891), American * Alphonse Balat (1819–1895), Belgian *

William Swinden Barber William Swinden Barber FRIBA (29 March 1832 – 26 November 1908), also W. S. Barber or W. Swinden Barber, was an English Gothic Revival and Arts and Crafts architect, specialising in modest but finely furnished Anglican churches, often with ...

(1832–1908), English *Sir

Charles Barry Sir Charles Barry (23 May 1795 – 12 May 1860) was a British architect, best known for his role in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster (also known as the Houses of Parliament) in London during the mid-19th century, but also respons ...

(1795–1860), English * Charles Barry, Jr. (1823–1900), English *

Edward Middleton Barry Edward Middleton Barry RA (7 June 1830 – 27 January 1880) was an English architect of the 19th century. Biography Edward Barry was the third son of Sir Charles Barry, born in his father's house, 27 Foley Place, London. In infancy he was ...

(1830–1880), English *

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi ( , ; 2 August 1834 – 4 October 1904) was a French sculptor and painter. He is best known for designing ''Liberty Enlightening the World'', commonly known as the Statue of Liberty. Early life and education Barthold ...

(1834–1904), French *

Carlo Bassi Carlo Bassi (1807, in Amsterdam – 1856, in Milan) was an Italians, Italian entomologist. He was honorary curator of entomology in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milan from 1841 to his death in 1856. He was a specialist in Coleoptera. Ba ...

(1807–1856), Italian *

Asher Benjamin Asher Benjamin (June 15, 1773July 26, 1845) was an American architect and author whose work transitioned between Federal architecture and the later Greek Revival architecture. His seven handbooks on design deeply influenced the look of cities an ...

(1773–1845), American *

Hendrik Beyaert Hendrik Beyaert (Dutch) or Henri Beyaert ( French) (29 July 1823 – 22 January 1894) was a Belgian architect. He is considered one of the most important Belgian architects of the 19th century. Biography Beyaert was of very humble descen ...

(1823–1894), Belgian * Charles Bickel (1852–1921), American *

Joseph Blick Joseph James Blick (September 20, 1867 – September 5, 1947), sometimes credited as Joseph J. Blick, was an American architect who worked on commercial and residential projects and is best known for diverse residences in Southern California ran ...

(1867–1947), American * Edward Blore (1787–1879), English *

Camillo Boito Camillo Boito (; 30 October 1836 – 28 June 1914) was an Italian architect and engineer, and a noted art critic, art historian and novelist. Biography Boito was born in Rome, the son of an Italian painter of miniatures. His mother was of Poli ...

(1836–1914), Italian *

Ignatius Bonomi Ignatius Bonomi (1787–1870) was an English architect and surveyor, with Italian origins by his father, strongly associated with Durham in north-east England. Life He was the son of an architect and draughtsman, Joseph Bonomi (1739–1 ...

(1787–1870), English * Ferdinando Bonsignore (1760–1843), Italian * R. Newton Brezee (1851–1929), American *

Gridley James Fox Bryant Gridley James Fox Bryant (August 29, 1816 – June 8, 1899), often referred to as G. J. F. Bryant, was a Boston architect, builder, and industrial engineer whose designs "dominated the profession of architecture in ostonand New England." ...

(1816–1899), American *

David Bryce David Bryce FRSE FRIBA RSA (3 April 1803 – 7 May 1876) was a Scottish architect. Life Bryce was born at 5 South College Street in Edinburgh, the son of David Bryce (1763–1816) a grocer with a successful side interest in buildi ...

(1803–1876), Scottish * Aleksandar Bugarski (1835–1891), Serbian *

Charles Bulfinch Charles Bulfinch (August 8, 1763 – April 15, 1844) was an early American architect, and has been regarded by many as the first American-born professional architect to practice.Baltzell, Edward Digby. ''Puritan Boston & Quaker Philadelphia''. Tra ...

(1763–1844), American *

William Burges William Burges (; 2 December 1827 – 20 April 1881) was an English architect and designer. Among the greatest of the Victorian art-architects, he sought in his work to escape from both nineteenth-century industrialisation and the Neoc ...

(1827–1881), English *

William Burn William Burn (20 December 1789 – 15 February 1870) was a Scottish architect. He received major commissions from the age of 20 until his death at 81. He built in many styles and was a pioneer of the Scottish Baronial Revival,often referred ...

(1789–1870), Scottish * Decimus Burton (1800–1881), English * J. Cleaveland Cady (1837–1919), American *

Carrère and Hastings Carrère and Hastings, the firm of John Merven Carrère ( ; November 9, 1858 – March 1, 1911) and Thomas Hastings (March 11, 1860 – October 22, 1929), was one of the outstanding American Beaux-Arts architecture firms. Located in New York City ...

(1885–1929), American *

Cesar Castellani Cesar Castellani (died 2 August 1905) was an architect. He was born in Malta. He was attracted by the prosperity of British Guiana and emigrated there in 1860 with a group of Italian priests. Designs Castellani designed a number of prominent build ...

(died 1905), Maltese *

Basil Champneys Basil Champneys (17 September 1842 – 5 April 1935) was an English architect and author whose most notable buildings include Manchester's John Rylands Library, Somerville College Library (Oxford), Newnham College, Cambridge, Lady Margaret Hal ...

(1842–1935), English * Edward Clark (1822–1902), American *

Adolf Cluss Adolf Ludwig Cluss (July 14, 1825 – July 24, 1905) also known as Adolph Cluss was a German-born American immigrant who became one of the most important, influential and prolific architects in Washington, D.C., in the late 19th century, respons ...

(1825–1905), American *

S. N. Cooke Samuel Nathaniel Cooke Jr. (26 June 1882 – 11 April 1964) was an English architect active in Birmingham, England in the early to mid 20th century. He was almost invariably credited as S. N. Cooke and his later work was carried out under the aus ...

(1882–1964), English * Lewis Cubitt (1799–1883), English *

Thomas Cubitt Thomas Cubitt (25 February 1788 – 20 December 1855) was a British master builder, notable for his employment in developing many of the historic streets and squares of London, especially in Belgravia, Pimlico and Bloomsbury. His great-great-g ...

(1788–1855), English *

Pierre Cuypers Petrus Josephus Hubertus "Pierre" Cuypers (16 May 1827 – 3 March 1921) was a Dutch architect. His name is most frequently associated with the Amsterdam Central Station (1881–1889) and the Rijksmuseum (1876–1885), both in Amsterdam. ...

(1827–1921), Dutch *

Alexander Jackson Davis Alexander Jackson Davis, or A. J. Davis (July 24, 1803 – January 14, 1892), was an American architect, known particularly for his association with the Gothic Revival style. Education Davis was born in New York City and studied at ...

(1803–1892), American *

George Devey George Devey (1820, London – 1886, Hastings, Sussex) was an English architect notable for his work on country houses and their estates, especially those belonging to the Rothschild family. The second son of Frederick and Ann Devey, he was bo ...

(1820–1886), English * John Dobson (1787–1865), English *

Thomas Leverton Donaldson Thomas Leverton Donaldson (19 October 1795 – 1 August 1885) was a British architect, notable as a pioneer in architectural education, as a co-founder and President of the Royal Institute of British Architects and a winner of the RIBA Royal Gold ...

(1795–1885), English *

Henry Engelbert Henry Engelbert (1826–1901) was a German-American architect. He was best known for buildings in the French Second Empire style, which emphasized elaborate mansard roofs with dormers. New York's Grand Hotel on Broadway is the most noteworthy ...

(1826–1901), American *

Kolyu Ficheto Nikola Fichev ( bg, Никола Фичев) (1800 Direnova, Ottoman Empire - 1881 Veliko Tarnovo, Principality of Bulgaria), commonly known as Kolyo Ficheto ( bg, Колю Фичето) or with his Turkish honorific Usta (Master) Kolyo Ficheto, ...

(1800–1881), Bulgarian *

George A. Frederick George Aloysius Frederick (December 16, 1842 – August 17, 1924) was a German-American architect with a practice in Baltimore, Maryland, where his most prominent commission was the Baltimore City Hall (1867–1875), awarded him when he was ...

(1842–1924), American *

Watson Fothergill Watson Fothergill (12 July 1841 – 6 March 1928) was a British architect who designed over 100 unique buildings in Nottingham in the East Midlands of England, his influences were mainly from the Gothic Revival and Old English vernacular arch ...

(1841–1928), English * James Fowler (1828–1892), English *

Thomas Fuller Thomas Fuller (baptised 19 June 1608 – 16 August 1661) was an English churchman and historian. He is now remembered for his writings, particularly his ''Worthies of England'', published in 1662, after his death. He was a prolific author, and ...

(1823–1898), Canadian * Frank Furness (1839–1912), American * Charles Garnier (1825–1898), French *

Friedrich von Gärtner Friedrich von Gärtner (10 December 1791 in Koblenz – 21 April 1847 in Munich) was a German architect. Biography His father was also an architect, and moved in 1804 to Munich, where young Gärtner received his first education in archite ...

(1791–1847), German *

Edward William Godwin Edward William Godwin (26 May 1833, Bristol – 6 October 1886, London) was a progressive English architect-designer, who began his career working in the strongly polychromatic " Ruskinian Gothic" style of mid-Victorian Britain, inspired by ...

(1833–1886), English *

George Enoch Grayson George Enoch Grayson (7 June 1833 – 7 November 1912) was an English architect from Liverpool. He was the son of shipbuilder John Dorlin Grayson and Jane Dixon Grayson. He was articled to Jonathan Gilliband Sale in 1851, travelled on the Conti ...

(1833–1912), English *

Samuel Hannaford Samuel Hannaford (10 April 1835 – 7 January 1911) was an American architect based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Some of the best known landmarks in the city, such as Music Hall and City Hall, were of his design. The bulk of Hannaford's work was do ...

(1835–1911), American *

Theophil Hansen Baron Theophil Edvard von Hansen (; original Danish name: Theophilus Hansen ; 13 July 1813 – 17 February 1891) was a Danish architect who later became an Austrian citizen. He became particularly well known for his buildings and structures in ...

(1813–1891), Danish/Austrian *

Philip Hardwick Philip Hardwick (15 June 1792 in London – 28 December 1870) was an English architect, particularly associated with railway stations and warehouses in London and elsewhere. Hardwick is probably best known for London's demolished Euston Arch ...

(1792–1870), English *

Philip Charles Hardwick Philip Charles Hardwick (London 1822–1892) was an English architect. Life Philip Charles Hardwick was born in Westminster in London, the son of the architect Philip Hardwick (1792–1870) and grandson of architect Thomas Hardwick (junior) ( ...

(1822–1892), English *

William Alexander Harvey William Alexander Harvey (11 April 1874 – 6 February 1951) was an English architect. He is most notable for his design of Bournville, the model 'garden suburb' built by Cadburys to house their chocolate-making workforce to the south of ...

(1874–1951), English * Thomas Hastings (1860–1929), American *

Victor Horta Victor Pierre Horta (; Victor, Baron Horta after 1932; 6 January 1861 – 8 September 1947) was a Belgian architect and designer, and one of the founders of the Art Nouveau movement. His Hôtel Tassel in Brussels, built in 1892–93, is often ...

(1861–1947), Belgian * William Hosking FSA (1800–1861), English *

Heinrich Hübsch Heinrich Hübsch (9 February 1795 – 3 April 1863) was a German architect. After studies in Heidelberg (1813–15) and at Friedrich Weinbrenner's school of architecture in Karlsruhe (1815–17) he traveled extensively in Greece and Italy ( ...

(1795–1863), German * Samuel Huckel (1858–1917), American * Richard Hunt (1827–1895), American *

Benno Janssen Benno Janssen (March 12, 1874 – October 14, 1964) was an American architect. Childhood, education and career Benno Janssen was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Oscar Janssen and Thekla Susenbeth. Janssen studied at the University of ...

(1874–1964), American * Giuseppe Jappelli (1783–1852), Italian *

William LeBaron Jenney William Le Baron Jenney (September 25, 1832 – June 14, 1907) was an American architect and engineer who is known for building the first skyscraper in 1884. In 1998, Jenney was ranked number 89 in the book ''1,000 Years, 1,000 People: Ran ...

(1832–1907), American *Sir Horace Jones (1819–1887), English *

Emilijan Josimović Emilijan Josimović (Moldova Nouă, Caraș-Severin County, then part of Austrian Empire, 1823 – Sokobanja, 25 May 1897) was a Serbian urban planner who designed the first urban plan of Belgrade at the same time as Cerdà in Barcelona and Georges ...

(1823–1897), Serbian * Abdallah Khan (fl. 1810–1850), Persian *

Leo von Klenze Leo von Klenze (Franz Karl Leopold von Klenze; 29 February 1784, Buchladen (Bockelah / Bocla) near Schladen – 26 January 1864, Munich) was a German neoclassicist architect, painter and writer. Court architect of Bavarian King Ludwig I, Le ...

(1784–1864), German * John A. B. Koch (1845–1928), Australian *

Henri Labrouste Pierre-François-Henri Labrouste () (11 May 1801 – 24 June 1875) was a French architect from the famous École des Beaux-Arts school of architecture. After a six-year stay in Rome, Labrouste established an architectural training worksh ...

(1801–1875), French *

Barthelemy Lafon Barthélemy Lafon (1769–1820) was a notable Creole architect, engineer, city planner, and surveyor in New Orleans, Louisiana. He appears to have had a double life, as a respectable architect, engineer, and citizen; but also as a privateer, smug ...

(1769–1820), American * Richard Lane (1795–1880), English *

Benjamin Henry Latrobe Benjamin Henry Boneval Latrobe (May 1, 1764 – September 3, 1820) was an Anglo-American neoclassical architect who emigrated to the United States. He was one of the first formally trained, professional architects in the new United States, draw ...

(1764–1820), American * Robert Lawson (1833–1902), New Zealander * Charles F. Lembke (1865–1925), American *

(1760–1827), Danish *

Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, Jr. Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow Jr. (August 18, 1854, Portland, Maine – February 16, 1934, Portland) was an American architect and nephew of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Biography Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow Jr. was the son of Alexan ...

(1854–1934), American * Sara Losh (1785–1853), English *

Richard Lucae Richard Lucae (12 April 1829 – 26 November 1877 ; full name: ''Johannes Theodor Volcmar Richard Lucae'') was a German architect and from 1873 director of the Berliner Bauakademie. Early life Richard Lucae came from an old Berlin pharmacy fami ...

(1829–1879), German * Charles-François Mandar (1757–1844), French *

Charles Follen McKim Charles Follen McKim (August 24, 1847 – September 14, 1909) was an American Beaux-Arts architect of the late 19th century. Along with William Rutherford Mead and Stanford White, he provided the architectural expertise as a member of the part ...

(1847–1909), American * Samuel McIntire (1757–1811), American *

Enrico Marconi Enrico Marconi, known in Poland as Henryk Marconi (7 January 1792 in Rome – 21 February 1863 in Warsaw), was an Italian- Polish architect who spent most of his life in Congress Poland. Initially he was taught by his father Leander, later on, be ...

(1792–1863), Italian * Leandro Marconi (1834–1919), Polish * Oskar Marmorek (1863–1909), Austro-Hungarian * Frederick Marrable (1819–1872), English * Robert Mills (1781–1855), American *

Josef Mocker Josef Mocker (22 November 1835 in Cítoliby – 15 November 1899 in Prague) was a Bohemian architect and restorer who worked in a purist Gothic Revival style. Overview Mocker was responsible for restoring many Bohemian castles and ancient b ...

(1835–1899), Bohemian *

Auguste de Montferrand Auguste de Montferrand (; January 23, 1786 – July 10, 1858) was a French classicist architect who worked primarily in Russia. His two best known works are the Saint Isaac's Cathedral and the Alexander Column in St. Petersburg. Early ...

(1786–1858), French *

Julia Morgan Julia Morgan (January 20, 1872 – February 2, 1957) was an American architect and engineer. She designed more than 700 buildings in California during a long and prolific career.Erica Reder"Julia Morgan was a local in ''The New Fillmore'', 1 Febr ...

(1872–1957), American *

William Morris William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was a British textile designer, poet, artist, novelist, architectural conservationist, printer, translator and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement. He ...

(1834–1906), English *

Alfred B. Mullett Alfred Bult Mullett (April 7, 1834 – October 20, 1890) was a British-American architect who served from 1866 to 1874 as Supervising Architect, head of the agency of the United States Treasury Department that designed federal government build ...

(1834–1890), American

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* John Nash (1752–1835), English * Atanasije Nikolić (1803–1882), Serbian *

Joseph Maria Olbrich Joseph Maria Olbrich (22 December 1867 – 8 August 1908) was an Austrian architect and one of the Vienna Secession founders. Early life Olbrich was born in Opava, Austrian Silesia (now Czech Republic), the third child of Edmund and Aloisia O ...

(1867–1908), Austrian *

Frederick Law Olmsted Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator. He is considered to be the father of landscape architecture in the USA. Olmsted was famous for co ...

(1822–1903), American * Frederick J. Osterling (1865–1934), American *

Edward Graham Paley Edward Graham Paley, usually known as E. G. Paley (3 September 1823 – 23 January 1895), was an English architect who practised in Lancaster, Lancashire, in the second half of the 19th century. After leaving school in 1838, he went to La ...

(1823–1895), English *

Alexander Parris Alexander Parris (November 24, 1780 – June 16, 1852) was a prominent American architect-engineer. Beginning as a housewright, he evolved into an architect whose work transitioned from Federal style architecture to the later Greek Revival. Parr ...

(1780–1852), American * Joseph Paxton (1803–1865), English * John Wornham Penfold (1828–1909), English *

Sir James Pennethorne Sir James Pennethorne (4 June 1801 – 1 September 1871) was a British architect and planner, particularly associated with buildings and parks in central London. Life Early years Pennethorne was born in Worcester, and travelled to London in 1 ...

, English *

Francis Penrose Francis Cranmer Penrose FRS (29 October 1817 – 15 February 1903) was an English architect, archaeologist, astronomer and sportsman rower. He served as Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral, and as President of the Royal Institute of ...

(1817–1903), English *

Friedrich Ludwig Persius Friedrich Ludwig Persius (15 February 1803 in Potsdam – 12 July 1845 in Potsdam) was a Prussian architect and a student of Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Persius assisted Schinkel with, among others, the building of the Charlottenhof Castle an ...

(1803–1845), German *

Francis Petre Francis William Petre (27 August 1847 – 10 December 1918), sometimes known as Frank Petre, was a New Zealand-born architect based in Dunedin. He was an able exponent of the Gothic revival style, one of its best practitioners in New Zea ...

(1847–1918), New Zealand *

Albert Pretzinger The Pretzinger name belongs to a family of architects and engineers in Dayton, Ohio. Albert Pretzinger (born February 28, 1863) started the family's architectural legacy. In 1892 he was with Peters, Burns & Pretzinger. He established his own f ...

(b. 1863, death date unknown), American *

Will Price William Lightfoot Price (November 9, 1861 – October 14, 1916) was an American architect, a pioneer in the use of reinforced concrete, and a founder of the utopian communities of Arden, Delaware and Rose Valley, Pennsylvania. Early life Price w ...

(1855–1916), American *

Augustus Pugin Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin ( ; 1 March 181214 September 1852) was an English architect, designer, artist and critic with French and, ultimately, Swiss origins. He is principally remembered for his pioneering role in the Gothic Revival st ...

(1812–1852), English *

E. W. Pugin Edward Welby Pugin (11 March 1834 – 5 June 1875) was an English architect, the eldest son of architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin and Louisa Barton and part of the Pugin & Pugin family of church architects. His father was an architect an ...

(1834–1875), English *

Peter Paul Pugin Peter Paul Pugin (1851 – March 1904) was an English architect. He was the son of Augustus Pugin by his third wife, Jane Knill, and the half-brother of architect and designer Edward Welby Pugin. Life and career Peter Paul Pugin was only a ...

(1851–1904), English * Joseph-Jacques Ramée (1764–1842), French * Charles Reed (1814–1859), English * Charles Reeves (1815–1866), English * James Renwick, Jr. (1818–1895), American *

Henry Hobson Richardson Henry Hobson Richardson, FAIA (September 29, 1838 – April 27, 1886) was an American architect, best known for his work in a style that became known as Richardsonian Romanesque. Along with Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright, Richardson is one ...

(1838–1886), American *

Thomas Rickman Thomas Rickman (8 June 17764 January 1841) was an English architect and architectural antiquary who was a major figure in the Gothic Revival. He is particularly remembered for his ''Attempt to Discriminate the Styles of English Architecture'' ...

(1776–1841), English *

Eduard Riedel Eduard Riedel (February 1, 1813 – August 24, 1885) was a German architect and Bavarian government building officer. Among other things he is known for his contribution to the construction of Neuschwanstein Castle. Biography Riedel was born in ...

(1813–1885), German *

Antonio Rivas Mercado Antonio Rivas Mercado (26 February 1853 – 3 January 1927) was a Mexican architect, engineer and restorer. His most notable project was the design of the Independence Column in downtown Mexico City. He was the father of Antonieta Rivas Mercado ...

(1853–1927), Mexican * Robert S. Roeschlaub (1843–1923), American *

Isaiah Rogers Isaiah Rogers (August 17, 1800 – April 13, 1869) was an American architect from Massachusetts who eventually moved his practice south, where he was based in Louisville, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio. He completed numerous designs for hotels, ...

(1800–1869), American * John Root (1850–1891), American * Carlo Rossi (1775–1849), Italian/Russian * Archimedes Russell (1840–1915), American * Octave van Rysselberghe (1855–1929), Belgian *

John Holloway Sanders John Holloway Sanders FRIBA (1825 – 16 October 1884) was an architect based in England and chief architect of the Midland Railway until 1884. His date of appointment as Chief Architect to the Midland Railway is not known, but he is recorded as ...

(1825–1884), English * Frederick C. Sauer (1860–1942), German/American * George Gilbert Scott (1811–1878), English * George Gilbert Scott Jr. (1839–1897), English *

Karl Friedrich Schinkel Karl Friedrich Schinkel (13 March 1781 – 9 October 1841) was a Prussian architect, city planner and painter who also designed furniture and stage sets. Schinkel was one of the most prominent architects of Germany and designed both neoclassic ...

(1781–1841), German * Gottfried Semper (1803–1879), German * Edmund Sharpe (1809–1877), English *

Joseph Lyman Silsbee Joseph Lyman Silsbee (November 25, 1848 – January 31, 1913) was a significant American architect during the 19th and 20th centuries. He was well known for his facility of drawing and gift for designing buildings in a variety of styles. His most ...

(1848–1913), American *

Jacob Snyder Jacob Snyder (March 12, 1823 – December 29, 1890) American architect best known as a designer of churches as well as one of the inventors of the Akron Plan. Early years Born in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, Snyder learned the basics of ...

(1823–1890), American *

John Soane Sir John Soane (; né Soan; 10 September 1753 – 20 January 1837) was an English architect who specialised in the Neo-Classical style. The son of a bricklayer, he rose to the top of his profession, becoming professor of architecture at the R ...

(1848–1913), American *

August Soller Johann August Karl Soller (14 March 1805 – 6 November 1853) was a Prussian, and later, German architect.

(1805–1853), German * Vasily P. Stasov (1769–1848), Russian * J. J. Stevenson (1831–1908), Scottish *

Heinrich Strack Johann Heinrich Strack (6 July 1805, Bückeburg – 13 June 1880, Berlin) was a German architect of the '' Schinkelschule''. His notable works include the Berlin Victory Column. Life and work His father, , was a painter of portraits and vedut ...

(1805–1880), German *

George Edmund Street George Edmund Street (20 June 1824 – 18 December 1881), also known as G. E. Street, was an English architect, born at Woodford in Essex. Stylistically, Street was a leading practitioner of the Victorian Gothic Revival. Though mainly an eccl ...

(1824–1881), English * William Strickland (1788–1854), American *

Friedrich August Stüler Friedrich August Stüler (28 January 1800 – 18 March 1865) was an influential Prussian architect and builder. His masterpiece is the Neues Museum in Berlin, as well as the dome of the triumphal arch of the main portal of the Berliner Schloss. ...

(1800–1865), German *

Louis Sullivan Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) was an American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism". He was an influential architect of the Chicago School, a mentor to Frank Lloy ...

(1856–1924), American * Henry Tanner (1849–1935), English *

Thomas Alexander Tefft Thomas Alexander Tefft (August 2, 1826 – December 12, 1859) was an American architect, from Providence, Rhode Island. Tefft, one of the nation's first professionally trained architects, is considered a master of ''Rundbogenstil'' and a leadi ...

(1826–1859), American *

Thomas Telford Thomas Telford FRS, FRSE, (9 August 1757 – 2 September 1834) was a Scottish civil engineer. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scot ...

(1757–1834), Scottish *

Samuel Sanders Teulon Samuel Sanders Teulon (2 March 1812 – 2 May 1873) was an English Gothic Revival architect, noted for his use of polychrome brickwork and the complex planning of his buildings. Family Teulon was born in 1812 in Greenwich, Kent, the son of a ...

(1812–1873), English * Constantine Andreyevich Ton (1794–1881), Russian *

Clair Tisseur Clair Tisseur (27 January 1827, in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Rhône – 30 September 1896, in Nyons, Drôme), was a French architect whose best known work is Église du Bon-Pasteur, a prominent Romanesque Revival church in the 1st arrondissement of ...

(1827–1896), French *

Ithiel Town Ithiel Town (October 3, 1784 – June 13, 1844) was an American architect and civil engineer. One of the first generation of professional architects in the United States, Town made significant contributions to American architecture in the f ...

(1784–1844), American *

Silvanus Trevail Silvanus Trevail (11 November 1851 – 7 November 1903) was a British architect, and the most prominent Cornish architect of the 19th century. Early life Trevail was born at Carne Farm, Trethurgy in the parish of Luxulyan, Cornwall on 11 Nove ...

(1851–1903), English *

William Tubby William Bunker Tubby (21 August 1858 – 1944) was an American architect who was particularly notable for his work in New York City. Tubby was born in Des Moines, Iowa, and graduated from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute in 1875.Christopher G ...

(1858–1944), American *

Richard Upjohn Richard Upjohn (22 January 1802 – 16 August 1878) was a British-born American architect who emigrated to the United States and became most famous for his Gothic Revival churches. He was partially responsible for launching the movement to su ...

(1802–1878), English/American *

Calvert Vaux Calvert Vaux (; December 20, 1824 – November 19, 1895) was an English-American architect and landscape designer, best known as the co-designer, along with his protégé and junior partner Frederick Law Olmsted, of what would become New York Ci ...

(1824–1925), English/American *

Eugène Viollet-le-Duc Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (; 27 January 181417 September 1879) was a French architect and author who restored many prominent medieval landmarks in France, including those which had been damaged or abandoned during the French Revolution. H ...

(1814–1879), French *

Otto Wagner Otto Koloman Wagner (; 13 July 1841 – 11 April 1918) was an Austrian architect, furniture designer and urban planner. He was a leading member of the Vienna Secession movement of architecture, founded in 1897, and the broader Art Nouveau move ...

(1841–1918), Austrian * Thomas U. Walter (1804–1887), American * Alfred Waterhouse (1830–1905), English * George Webster (1797–1864), English * John Dodsley Webster (1840–1913), English *

Stanford White Stanford White (November 9, 1853 – June 25, 1906) was an American architect. He was also a partner in the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, one of the most significant Beaux-Arts firms. He designed many houses for the rich, in addition ...

(1853–1906), American * William Wilkins (1778–1839), English *

Frederick Clarke Withers Frederick Clarke Withers (4 February 1828 – 7 January 1901) was an English architect in America, especially renowned for his Gothic Revival ecclesiastical designs. For portions of his professional career, he partnered with fellow immigrant Cal ...

(1828–1901), English/American *

William Halsey Wood William Halsey Wood (April 24, 1855 – March 13, 1897) was an American architect. Early life Wood was the youngest of four sons born to Daniel Halsey Wood and Hannah Lippincott Wood. Shortly after his birth in 1855, the family relocated from ...

(1855–1897), American *

Thomas Worthington Thomas or Tom Worthington may refer to: *Thomas Worthington (Douai) (1549–1627), English Catholic priest and third President of Douai College * Thomas Worthington (Dominican) (1671–1754), English Dominican friar and writer * Thomas Worthington ...

(1826–1909), English *

Thomas Henry Wyatt Thomas Henry Wyatt (9 May 1807 – 5 August 1880) was an Anglo-Irish architect. He had a prolific and distinguished career, being elected President of the Royal Institute of British Architects 1870–73 and being awarded its Royal Gold Medal for ...

(1807–1880), Irish/English * Edward Alexander Wyon (1842–1872), English *

Ammi B. Young Ammi Burnham Young (June 19, 1798 – March 14, 1874) was a 19th-century American architect whose commissions transitioned from the Greek Revival to the Neo-Renaissance styles. His design of the second Vermont State House brought him fame and su ...

(1798–1874), American * Nikola Živković (1792–1870), Serbian

20th-century architects

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* Alvar Aalto (1898–1976), Finland *

Max Abramovitz Max Abramovitz (May 23, 1908 – September 12, 2004) was an American architect. He was best known for his work with the New York City firm Harrison & Abramovitz. Life Abramovitz was the son of Romanian Jewish immigrant parents. He graduate ...

(1908–2004), US * David Adler (1882–1949), US * Gerard Pieter Adolfs (1898–1968), Dutch East Indies * Charles N. Agree (1897–1982), Detroit, Michigan, US * Walter W. Ahlschlager (1887–1965), US *

Franco Albini Franco Albini (17 October 1905 – 1 November 1977) was an Italian Neo-Rationalist architect, designer and university instructor in design. A native of Robbiate, near Milan, Albini obtained his degree in architecture at Politecnico di Milano U ...

(1905–1977), Italy * Christopher Alexander (born 1936), Austria * Tadao Ando (born 1941), Japan *

Paul Andreu Paul Andreu (10 July 1938 – 11 October 2018) was a French architect, known for his designs of multiple airports such as Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, and multiple prestigious projects in China, including the National Centre for the Per ...

(1938–2018), France *

Edmund Anscombe Edmund Anscombe (8 February 1874 – 9 October 1948) was one of the most important figures to shape the architectural and urban fabric of New Zealand. He was important, not only because of the prolific nature of his practice and the quality of ...

(1874–1948), New Zealand *

Milan Antonović Milan Antonović (Милан Антоновић; Belgrade, Principality of Serbia, 1850 – Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 1929) was a Serbian architect. His style is characterized by Eclecticism in architecture, with influences from both acade ...

(1850–1929) *

Siah Armajani Siavash "Siah" Armajani ( fa, سیاوش ارمجانی; 10 July 1939 – 27 August 2020) was an Iranian-born American sculptor and architect known for his public art. Family and education Siavash Armajani was born into a wealthy, educated fam ...

(1939–2020), Iran *

Raul de Armas Raul, Raúl and Raül are the Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan forms of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph. They are cognates of the French Raoul. Raul, Raúl or Raül may r ...

(born 1941), Cuba * João Batista Vilanova Artigas (1915–1985), Brazil * Hisham N. Ashkouri (born 1948), US *

Charles Herbert Aslin Charles Herbert Aslin (15 December 1893 – 18 April 1959) was a British architect. He was born in Ecclesfield, Sheffield, the son of steelworker Arthur William and Louisa Aslin and educated at Sheffield Central Technical School, Sheffield Cent ...

(1893–1959), UK * Gunnar Asplund (1885–1940), Sweden * Ian Athfield (1940–2015), New Zealand * Fritz Auer (born 1933), Germany *

Gae Aulenti Gaetana "Gae" Aulenti (; 4 December 1927–31 October 2012) was an Italian architect and designer who was active in furniture design, graphic design, stage design, lighting design, exhibition and interior design. She was known for her contrib ...

(1927–2012), Italy *

Carlo Aymonino Carlo Aymonino (18 July 1926 – 3 July 2010) was an Italian architect and urban planner best known for the Monte Amiata housing complex in Milan. Early life Born in Rome, he studied at the University of Rome, obtaining his degree in 1950. In ...

(1926–2010), Italy * Rafiq Azam, Bangladesh *

Laurie Baker Lawrence Wilfred "Laurie" Baker (2 March 1917 – 1 April 2007) was a British-born Indian architect, renowned for his initiatives in cost-effective energy-efficient architecture and designs that maximized space, ventilation and light and mainta ...

(1917–2007), UK/India *

Sixto Durán Ballén Sixto Alfonso Durán-Ballén Cordovez (14 July 1921 – 15 November 2016) was an Ecuadorian political figure and architect. He served as Mayor of Quito between 1970 and 1978. In 1951, he co-founded a political party, the Social Christian Party ...

(1921–2016), US * Lina Bo Bardi (1914–1992), Italy/Brazil *

Edward Larrabee Barnes Edward Larrabee Barnes (April 22, 1915 – September 22, 2004) was an American architect. His work was characterized by the "fusing fModernism with vernacular architecture and understated design." Barnes was best known for his adherence to st ...

(1915–2004), US * Howard R. Barr (1910–2002), US *

Luis Barragán Luis Ramiro Barragán Morfín (March 9, 1902 – November 22, 1988) was a Mexican architect and engineer. His work has influenced contemporary architects visually and conceptually. Barragán's buildings are frequently visited by international ...

(1902–1988), Mexico *

Fred Bassetti Fred Bassetti (January 31, 1917 in Seattle – December 5, 2013 in Oregon) was a Pacific Northwest architect and teacher. His architectural legacy includes some of the Seattle area's more recognizable buildings and spaces. The American Institute ...

(1917–2013), US * Garry Baverstock (born 1949), Australia *

Geoffrey Bawa Deshamanya Geoffrey Manning Bawa, FRIBA (23 July 1919 – 27 May 2003) was a Sri Lankan architect. He was among the most influential Asian architects of his generation. Early life Geoffrey Bawa was born in Colombo on 23 July 1919, the young ...

(1919–2003), Sri Lanka * Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie (1900–1970), UK *

Welton Becket Welton David Becket (August 8, 1902 – January 16, 1969) was an American modern architect who designed many buildings in Los Angeles, California. Biography Becket was born in Seattle, Washington and graduated from the University of Washingt ...

(1902–1969), US *

Claud Beelman Claud W. Beelman (1883 – January 30, 1963), sometimes known as ''Claude Beelman'', was an American architect who designed many examples of Beaux-Arts, Art Deco, and Streamline Moderne style buildings. Many of his buildings are listed on the ...

(1883–1963), US *

Adolf Behne Adolf Behne (13 July 1885 – 22 August 1948) was a critic, art historian, architectural writer, and artistic activist. He was one of the leaders of the Avant Garde in the Weimar Republic. Behne was born in Magdeburg and studied architecture br ...

(1885–1948), Germany *

Peter Behrens Peter Behrens (14 April 1868 – 27 February 1940) was a leading German architect, graphic and industrial designer, best known for his early pioneering AEG Turbine Hall in Berlin in 1909. He had a long career, designing objects, typefaces, and ...

(1868–1940), Germany *

Pietro Belluschi Pietro Belluschi (August 18, 1899 – February 14, 1994) was an Italian-American architect. A leading figure in modern architecture, he was responsible for the design of over 1,000 buildings.Belluschi, Pietro. (2007). In ''Encyclopædia Britannic ...

(1899–1994), US *

Hendrik Petrus Berlage Hendrik Petrus Berlage (21 February 1856 – 12 August 1934) was a Dutch architect. He is considered one of the fathers of the architecture of the Amsterdam School. Life and work Hendrik Petrus Berlage, son of Nicolaas Willem Berlage and An ...

(1856–1934), Netherlands * Mordechai Benshemesh (1911–1993), Australia * Antonio Bilbao La Vieja (1892–1980), Argentina * Titus de Bobula (1878–1961) *

Ricardo Bofill Ricardo Bofill Leví (; 5 December 1939 – 14 January 2022) was a Spanish architect from Catalonia. He founded Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura in 1963 and developed it into a leading international architectural and urban design practice. ...

(born 1939), Spain *

Oriol Bohigas Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola (20 December 1925 – 30 November 2021) was a Spanish architect and urban planner, known for his work in the modernization of Barcelona. Early life Bohigas was born in Barcelona, Spain, on 20 December 1925 in a Catal ...

(born 1925), Spain *

Gottfried Böhm Gottfried Böhm (; 23 January 1920 – 9 June 2021) was a German architect and sculptor. His reputation is based on creating highly sculptural buildings made of concrete, steel, and glass. Böhm's first independent building was the Cologne ...

(1920–2021), Germany * J. Max Bond, Jr. (1935–2009), US * Dariush Borbor (born 1934), Iran *

Mario Botta Mario Botta (born 1 April 1943) is a Swiss architect. Career Botta designed his first building, a two-family house at Morbio Superiore in Ticino, at age 16. He graduated from the Università Iuav di Venezia (1969). While the arrangements of spa ...

(born 1943), Switzerland *

Claude Fayette Bragdon Claude Fayette Bragdon (August 1, 1866 – 1946) was an American architect, writer, and stage designer based in Rochester, New York, up to World War I, then in New York City. The designer of Rochester’s New York Central Railroad terminal ...

(1866–1946), US * C.A. "Peter" Bransgrove (1914–1966), Tanganyika/Tanzania *

Marcel Breuer Marcel Lajos Breuer ( ; 21 May 1902 – 1 July 1981), was a Hungarian-born modernist architect and furniture designer. At the Bauhaus he designed the Wassily Chair and the Cesca Chair, which ''The New York Times'' have called some of the most i ...

(1902–1981), Hungary * Halldóra Briem (1913–1993), Iceland *

Gordon Bunshaft Gordon Bunshaft, (May 9, 1909 – August 6, 1990), was an American architect, a leading proponent of modern design in the mid-twentieth century. A partner in Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Bunshaft joined the firm in 1937 and remained with ...

(1909–1990), US *

John Burgee __NOTOC__ John Burgee (born August 28, 1933) is an American architect noted for his contributions to Postmodern architecture. He was a partner of Philip Johnson from 1967 to 1991, creating together the partnership firm Johnson/Burgee Architects ...

(born 1933), US *

Daniel Burnham Daniel Hudson Burnham (September 4, 1846 – June 1, 1912) was an American architect and urban designer. A proponent of the '' Beaux-Arts'' movement, he may have been, "the most successful power broker the American architectural profession has ...

(1846–1912), US *

Santiago Calatrava Santiago Calatrava Valls (born 28 July 1951) is a Spanish architect, structural engineer, sculptor and painter, particularly known for his bridges supported by single leaning pylons, and his railway stations, stadiums, and museums, whose sculp ...

(born 1951), Spain * Peter Calthorpe (born 1949), US * Alberto Campo Baeza (born 1946), Spain *Sir

Hugh Casson Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson (23 May 1910 – 15 August 1999) was a British architect. He was also active as an interior designer, as an artist, and as a writer and broadcaster on twentieth-century design. He was the director of architecture for t ...

(1910–1999), UK *

James Walter Chapman-Taylor James Walter Chapman-Taylor (24 June 1878 – 25 October 1958) was a New Zealand architect. One of the country's most important domestic architects of his time, he is noted mainly for his Arts and Crafts Movement, Arts and Crafts-influen ...

(1958–1978), UK/New Zealand *

Ethel Charles Ethel Mary Charles (25 March 1871 – 8 April 1962) was a British architect, the first woman to be admitted to the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in 1898. Early life Ethel Charles, her sister Bessie Ada Charles (1869–1932) ...

(1871–1962), UK * Jorge Ferreira Chaves (1920–1982), Portugal *

Ann R. Chaintreuil Ann R. Chaintreuil (born June 10, 1947) is an American architect and co-founder of an architectural firm. Early life Chaintreuil was born at Genesee Hospital on June 10, 1947, in Rochester, New York, to John Urquhart Ross and Janet Getman Ross. ...

(born 1947), United States *

Serge Chermayeff Serge Ivan Chermayeff (born Sergei Ivanovich Issakovich; russian: link=no, Сергей Ива́нович Иссако́вич; 8 October 1900 – 8 May 1996) was a Russian-born British architect, industrial designer, writer, and co-founder of ...

(1900–1996), Chechnya/UK * David Chipperfield (born 1953), UK *

Wells Coates Wells Wintemute Coates OBE (December 17, 1895 – June 17, 1958) was an architect, designer and writer. He was, for most of his life, an expatriate Canadian who is best known for his work in England, the most notable of which is the Modernist ...

(1895–1958), UK/Canada *

Josep Antoni Coderch Josep Antoni Coderch i de Sentmenat ( Barcelona, 26 November 1913 in - Barcelona, 6 November 1984), Spanish architect recognized as one of the most important post-World War II architects. Early life and career In 1932 Coderch started studying arc ...

(1913–1984), Spain * Charles A. Cofield (born -), US * Coleman Coker (born 1951), US *

Mary Colter Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religious contexts * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ...

(1869–1958), US *

Peter Cook Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 – 9 January 1995) was an English actor, comedian, satirist, playwright and screenwriter. He was the leading figure of the British satire boom of the 1960s, and he was associated with the anti-establishme ...

(born 1936), UK *

Isadore (Issie) Coop Isadore "Issie" Coop (1926–2003) was a Canadian architect and a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, with a reputation for highly functional, cost-effective architecture. A student of the famed American-German architect Ludwig M ...

(1926–2003), Canada * Le Corbusier (1887–1965), Switzerland/France *

Ernest Cormier Ernest Cormier OC (December 5, 1885 – January 1, 1980) was a Canadian engineer and architect. He spent much of his career in the Montreal area, designing notable examples of Art Deco architecture, including the Université de Montré ...

(1885–1980), Canada *

Charles Correa Charles Mark Correa (1 September 1930 – 16 June 2015) was an Indian architect and urban planner. Credited with the creation of modern architecture in post-Independent India, he was celebrated for his sensitivity to the needs of the urban p ...

(1930–2015), India *

Lúcio Costa Lúcio Marçal Ferreira Ribeiro Lima Costa (27 February 1902 – 13 June 1998) was a Brazilian architect and urban planner, best known for his plan for Brasília. Career Costa was born in Toulon, France, the son of Brazilian parents. His fath ...

(1902–1998), Brazil * Ralph Adams Cram (1863–1942), US * Charles Howard Crane (1885–1952), US *

Paul Philippe Cret Paul Philippe Cret (October 23, 1876 – September 8, 1945) was a French-born Philadelphia architect and industrial designer. For more than thirty years, he taught at a design studio in the Department of Architecture at the University of Pennsylv ...

(1876–1945), France, US *

Louis Curtiss Louis Singleton Curtiss (July 1, 1865 – June 24, 1924) was a Canadian-born American architect. Notable as a pioneer of the curtain wall design, he was once described as "the Frank Lloyd Wright of Kansas City".Kansas City Public Library"The Fran ...

(1865–1924), US *

Kirtland Cutter Kirtland Kelsey Cutter (August 20, 1860 – September 26, 1939) was a 20th-century architect in the Pacific Northwest and California. He was born in East Rockport, Ohio, the great-grandson of Jared Potter Kirtland. He studied painting and ill ...

(1860–1939), US

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Justus Dahinden Justus Dahinden (18 May 1925 - 11 April 2020) was a Swiss architect, teacher and writer about architecture. Life Dahinden was born in Zürich. From 1945 to 1949, he studied architecture at ETH Zürich (ETHZ), graduating in 1956 with his Ph ...

(1925–2020), Switzerland * Karl Damschen (born 1942), Germany *

Raimondo Tommaso D'Aronco Raimondo Tommaso D’Aronco (1857–1932) was an Italian architect renowned for his building designs in the style of Art Nouveau. He was the chief palace architect to the Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II in Istanbul for 16 years. Early years D ...

(1857–1932), Italy * Jules Gregory (1920 – 1985), US *

Giancarlo De Carlo Giancarlo De Carlo (12 December 1919 − 4 June 2005) was an Italian architect. Biography Giancarlo De Carlo was born in Genoa, Liguria, in 1919. In 1939, he enrolled at the Milan Polytechnic, where he graduated in engineering in 1943. Duri ...

(1919–2005), Italy *

Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps Frederic Joseph DeLongchamps (June 2, 1882 – February 11, 1969) was an American architect. He was one of Nevada's most prolific architects, yet is notable for entering the architectural profession with no extensive formal training. He has also ...

(1882–1969), US * François Deslaugiers (1934–2009), France * Jack Diamond (born 1932), South Africa/Canada * Filipe Oliveira Dias (1963–2014), Portugal *

Theo van Doesburg Theo van Doesburg (, 30 August 1883 – 7 March 1931) was a Dutch artist, who practiced painting, writing, poetry and architecture. He is best known as the founder and leader of De Stijl. He was married to artist, pianist and choreographer Nell ...

(1883–1931), Netherlands *

B. V. Doshi Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi OAL (born 26 August 1927) is an Indian architect. He is considered to be an important figure of Indian architecture and noted for his contributions to the evolution of architectural discourse in India. Having worked ...

(born 1927), India *

Alden B. Dow Alden B. Dow (April 10, 1904 – August 20, 1983) was an American architect based in Midland, Michigan, and known for his contributions to the style of Michigan Modern. During a career that spanned from the 1930s to the 1960s, he designed more than ...

(1904–1983), US *

Jane Drew Dame Jane Drew , (24 March 1911 – 27 July 1996) was an English modernist architect and town planner. She qualified at the Architectural Association School in London, and prior to World War II became one of the leading exponents of the Modern ...

(1911–1996), UK *

Andrés Duany Andrés Duany (born September 7, 1949) is an American architect, an urban planner, and a founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism. Early life and education Duany was born in New York City but grew up in Cuba until 1960. He attended The Ch ...

(born 1949), US * Max Dudler (born 1949), Switzerland/Germany *

Michael Middleton Dwyer Michael Dwyer is an American architect, considered to be an advocate of classical architecture, and known for designing new buildings in traditional vocabularies. He was the editor of ''Great Houses of the Hudson River'' (2001), and the author of ...

(born 1954), US *

Willem Marinus Dudok Willem Marinus Dudok (6 July 1884 – 6 April 1974) was a Dutch modernist architect. He was born in Amsterdam. He became City Architect for the town of Hilversum in 1928 where he was best known for the brick Hilversum Town Hall, completed i ...

(1884–1974), Netherlands * Arthur Dyson (born 1940), US *

H. Kempton Dyson Herbert William Charles Kempton Dyson, M.I.Struct.E. (1880–1944), known professionally as H. Kempton Dyson, was an English structural engineer, civil engineer, architect, editor and author who specialised in reinforced concrete structures. He ...

(1880–1944), UK * Charles Eames (1907–1978), US *

Ray Eames Ray-Bernice Alexandra Kaiser Eames (née Kaiser; December 15, 1912 – August 21, 1988) was an American artist and designer who worked in a variety of media. In creative partnership with her husband Charles Eames and The Eames Office, she was ...

(1912–1988), US *

John Eberson John Adolph Emil Eberson (January 2, 1875 – March 5, 1954) was an Austrian-American architect best known for the development and promotion of movie palace designs in the atmospheric theatre style. He designed over 500 theatres in his lifetime, ea ...

(1875–1964), Romania/USA * Peter Eisenman (born 1932), US *

George Grant Elmslie George Grant Elmslie (February 20, 1869 – April 23, 1952) was a Scottish-born American Prairie School architect whose work is mostly found in the Midwestern United States. He worked with Louis Sullivan and later with William Gray Purcell as ...

(1869–1952), US * Richard England (born 1937), Malta *

Arthur Erickson Arthur Charles Erickson (June 14, 1924 – May 20, 2009) was a Canadian architect and urban planner. He studied Engineering at the University of British Columbia and, in 1950, received his B.Arch. (Honours) from McGill University. He is known ...

(1924–2009), Canada * Raymond Erith (1904–1973), US *

Aldo van Eyck Aldo van Eyck (; 16 March 1918 – 14 January 1999) was a Dutch architect. He was one of the most influential protagonists of the architectural movement Structuralism. Family He was born in Driebergen, Utrecht, a son of poet, critic, essay ...

(1918–1999), Netherlands *

Hassan Fathy Hassan Fathy ( arz, حسن فتحي; March 23, 1900 – November 30, 1989) was a noted Egyptian architect who pioneered appropriate technology for building in Egypt, especially by working to reestablish the use of adobe and traditional mud cons ...

(1900–1989), Egypt * Sverre Fehn (1924–2009), Norway * Arthur Fehr (1904–1969), US * Hermann Finsterlin (1887–1973), Germany *

Theodor Fischer Theodor Fischer (28 May 1862 – 25 December 1938) was a German architect and teacher. Career Fischer planned public housing projects for the city of Munich beginning in 1893. He was the joint founder and first chairman of the Deutscher Wer ...

(1862–1938), Germany * Harold H. Fisher (1901–2005), US * Kay Fisker (1893–1965), Denmark *

O'Neil Ford O'Neil Ford (December 3, 1905 – July 20, 1982) was an American architect of the mid-20th century in Texas, and a leading architect of the American Southwest. He is considered one of the nation's best unknown architects, and his designs merged ...

(1905–1982), US * Mohammad Foyez Ullah (born 1967), Bangladesh *

Norman Foster Norman or Normans may refer to: Ethnic and cultural identity * The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries ** People or things connected with the Nor ...

(born 1935), UK * Yona Friedman (1923–2020), Hungary/France * Maxwell Fry (1899–1987), UK *

Buckminster Fuller Richard Buckminster Fuller (; July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American architect, systems theorist, writer, designer, inventor, philosopher, and futurist. He styled his name as R. Buckminster Fuller in his writings, publishing mo ...

(1895–1983), US *

Ignazio Gardella Ignazio Gardella (30 March 1905 in Milan, Lombardy – 16 March 1999) was an Italian architect and designer. Biography Born into a family of architects, the first of whom was his namesake (1803–1867). Gardella graduated in engineering fro ...

(1905–1999), Italy * Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), Spain *

Giuli Gegelia Professor Giuli Gegelia ( ka, გიული გეგელია) (born 20 July 1942) is a Georgian architect, Professor of Architecture at the Georgian Technical University, since 1998, and member of the Executive Board of the Union of Georgia ...

(born 1942), Georgia * Frank Gehry (born 1929), Canada/USA * Haralamb H. Georgescu (1908–1977), Romania/USA *

Heydar Ghiai Heydar-Gholi Khan Ghiaï- Chamlou ( fa, حیدرقلی خان غیایی شاملو) was an Iranian architect. He graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts in 1952, and was known as a pioneer of modern architecture in Iran. He designed the S ...

(1922–1985), Iran *

Cass Gilbert Cass Gilbert (November 24, 1859 – May 17, 1934) was an American architect. An early proponent of skyscrapers, his works include the Woolworth Building, the United States Supreme Court building, the state capitols of Minnesota, Arkansas and ...

(1859–1934), US *

Moisei Ginzburg Moisei Yakovlevich Ginzburg ( be, Майсей Якаўлевіч Гінзбург, russian: Моисей Яковлевич Гинзбург; , Minsk – 7 January 1946, Moscow) was a Soviet constructivist architect, best known for his 1929 ...

(1892–1946), Belarus/USSR *

Romaldo Giurgola Romaldo "Aldo" Giurgola AO (2 September 1920 – 16 May 2016) was an Italian academic, architect, professor, and author. Giurgola was born in Rome, Italy in 1920. After service in the Italian armed forces during World War II, he was educated ...

(1920–2016), Italy/USA/Australia *

Hansjörg Göritz Hansjörg Göritz (English: Hansjoerg Goeritz; born 5 June 1959) is a German-American architect, professor, author and designer associated with pure and minimalist architecture that emphasizes place, space, light and material. For his early works ...

(born 1959), Germany *

Bruce Goff Bruce Alonzo Goff (June 8, 1904 – August 4, 1982) was an American architect, distinguished by his organic, eclectic, and often flamboyant designs for houses and other buildings in Oklahoma and elsewhere. A 1951 ''Life Magazine'' article stat ...

(1904–1982), US *

Ernő Goldfinger Ernő Goldfinger (11 September 1902 – 15 November 1987) was a Hungarian-born architect and designer of furniture. He moved to the United Kingdom in the 1930s, and became a key member of the Modernist architectural movement. He is most prom ...

(1902–1987), Hungary/UK * Teodoro Gonzalez de Leon (1926–2016), Mexico *

Bertram Goodhue Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue (April 28, 1869 – April 23, 1924) was an American architect celebrated for his work in Gothic Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival design. He also designed notable typefaces, including Cheltenham and Merrymount for ...

(1869–1924), US * Ferdinand Gottlieb (1919–2007), Germany/USA *

Noemí Goytia Noemí Goytia (born 1936) is an Argentine architect and professor specialized in history, criticism, heritage and project processes. She has received the CICOP Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Center for Heritage Conservation in 2 ...

(born 1936), Argentina *

Giorgio Grassi Giorgio Grassi (born 1935) is one of Italy's most important modern architects, and part of the so-called Italian rationalist school, also known as ''La Tendenza'', associated most famously with Carlo Aymonino and Aldo Rossi that emerged in Ital ...

(born 1935), Italy *

Michael Graves Michael Graves (July 9, 1934 – March 12, 2015) was an American architect, designer, and educator, as well as principal of Michael Graves and Associates and Michael Graves Design Group. He was a member of The New York Five and the Memphis Gr ...

(1934–2015), US * Charles Sumner Greene (1868–1957), US *

Henry Mather Greene Greene and Greene was an architectural firm established by brothers Charles Sumner Greene (1868–1957) and Henry Mather Greene (January 23, 1870 – October 2, 1954), influential early 20th Century American architects. Active primarily in Cali ...

(1870–1954), US *

Vittorio Gregotti Vittorio Gregotti (10 August 1927 – 15 March 2020) was an Italian architect, born in Novara. He was seen as both a member of the Neo-Avant Garde and a key figure in 1970s Postmodernism. Biography Gregotti was born in Novara, in the Italian P ...

(1927–2020), Italy *

Walter Burley Griffin Walter Burley Griffin (November 24, 1876February 11, 1937) was an American architect and landscape architect. He is known for designing Canberra, Australia's capital city and the New South Wales towns of Griffith and Leeton. He has been cr ...

(1876–1937), US *Sir Nicholas Grimshaw (born 1939), UK *

Walter Gropius Walter Adolph Georg Gropius (18 May 1883 – 5 July 1969) was a German-American architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who, along with Alvar Aalto, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright, is widely regarded as one ...

(1883–1969), Germany *

Victor Gruen Victor David Gruen, born Viktor David Grünbaum
retrieved 25 February 2012 (July 18, 1903 – February 1 ...

(1903–1980), Austria * Hector Guimard (1867–1942), France

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Charles Haertling Charles Allan Haertling (October 21, 1928 - April 20, 1984) was an American architect, whose works often combined elements of modernism and organic architecture. He is best known for his distinctive residential projects in and around Boulder and De ...

(1928–1984), US *

William John Hale William John Hale (March 1862 – 25 November 1929) was an architect based in Sheffield, England, who produced the city's most striking early 20th-century architecture.''"Pevsner Architectural Guides – Sheffield"'', Ruth Harman & John Minnis, ...

(1862–1929), UK *

Robert Bell Hamilton Robert Bell Hamilton (20 October 1892 – 15 May 1948) was a notable Australian architect and also Member of the Legislative Assembly for the State electoral district of Toorak in Victoria. Biography Robert Bell Hamilton's architectural works i ...

(1892–1948), Australia * Halfdan M. Hanson (1884–1952), US * Bashirul Haq (1942–2020), Bangladesh *

Hugo Häring Hugo Häring (11 May 1882 – 17 May 1958) was a German architect and architectural writer best known for his writings on "organic architecture", and as a figure in architectural debates about functionalism in the 1920s and 1930s, though he had a ...

(1882–1958), Germany * David M. Harper (born 1953), US *

Wallace Harrison Wallace Kirkman Harrison (September 28, 1895 – December 2, 1981) was an American architect. Harrison started his professional career with the firm of Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray, participating in the construction of Rockefeller Center. He i ...

(1895–1981), US * Francis R. Heakes (1858–1930), Canada *

John Hejduk John Quentin Hejduk (July 19, 1929 – July 3, 2000) was an American architect, artist and educator of Czech origin who spent much of his life in New York City. Hejduk is noted for having had a profound interest in the fundamental issues of shap ...

(1929–2000), US *

Herman Hertzberger Herman Hertzberger (born 6 July 1932) is a Dutch architect, and a professor emeritus of the Delft University of Technology. In 2012 he received the Royal Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Biography Herman Hertzberger was ...

(born 1932), Netherlands * Heinz Hess (1922–1992), Germany * Fernando Higueras (1930–2008), Spain *

Ludwig Hilberseimer Ludwig Karl Hilberseimer (September 14, 1885 – May 6, 1967) was a German architect and urban planner best known for his ties to the Bauhaus and to Mies van der Rohe, as well as for his work in urban planning at Armour Institute of Technology ( ...

(1885–1967), German *

Herbert Hirche Herbert Hirche (20 May 1910, in Görlitz – 28 January 2002, in Heidelberg) was a German architect and furniture and product designer. Herbert Hirche studied from 1930 to 1933 at the Bauhaus in Dessau and Berlin.. Retrieved 29 October 2014 His t ...

(1910–2002), Germany *Harold

Frank Hoar Harold Frank Hoar, FRIBA (13 September 1909 – 3 October 1976) was a British architect, artist, academic and architectural historian. Hoar first came to public prominence when, at the age of 25, he won a competition to design the first ter ...

(1907–1976), UK * Florence Fulton Hobson (1881–1978), Ireland *

Charles Holden Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was " ...

(1875–1960), UK *

Hans Hollein Hans Hollein (30 March 1934 – 24 April 2014) was an Austrian architect and designer

(1934–2014), Austria *

Raymond Hood Raymond Mathewson Hood (March 29, 1881 – August 14, 1934) was an American architect who worked in the Neo-Gothic and Art Deco styles. He is best known for his designs of the Tribune Tower, American Radiator Building, and Rockefeller Center. Th ...

(1881–1934), US *Sir Michael Hopkins (born 1935), UK, 1994 RIBA Gold Medal winner *

(1861–1947), Belgium * Edith Hughes (1888–1971), UK *

A. R. Hye Abdur Rahman Hye ( ur, ; 17 December 1919 – 18 September 2008) was a Pakistani architect and a pioneer of institutional architectures in Pakistan. Early life and training After graduating from Sir J.J. College of Architecture, Mumbai, Bomba ...

(1919–2008), Pakistan *

Friedensreich Hundertwasser Friedrich Stowasser (15 December 1928 – 19 February 2000), better known by his pseudonym Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser (), was an Austrian visual artist and architect who also worked in the field of environmental protection ...

(1928–2000), Austria * Wilbur R. Ingalls, Jr. (1923–1997), US *

Muzharul Islam Muzharul Islam (25 December 1923 – 15 July 2012) was a List of Bangladeshi architects, Bangladeshi architect, urban planner, educator and activist. He is considered as the Grand Master of regional modernism in South Asia. Islam is the pioneer ...

(1923–2012), Bangladesh *

Arata Isozaki Arata Isozaki (磯崎新, ''Isozaki Arata''; born 23 July 1931) is a Japanese architect, urban designer, and theorist from Ōita. He was awarded the RIBA Gold Medal in 1986 and the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2019. Biography Isozaki was ...

(born 1931), Japan *

Arne Jacobsen Arne Emil Jacobsen, Hon. FAIA () 11 February 1902 – 24 March 1971) was a Danish architect and furniture designer. He is remembered for his contribution to architectural functionalism and for the worldwide success he enjoyed with simple we ...

(1902–1971), Denmark *

Hugh Newell Jacobsen Hugh Newell Jacobsen (March 11, 1929 – March 4, 2021) was an American architect. He was noted for designing Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' home in Martha's Vineyard during the 1980s. He also restored part of the U.S. Embassy in Paris, as well ...

(born 1929), US *

Helmut Jahn Helmut Jahn (January 4, 1940 – May 8, 2021) was a German-American architect, known for projects such as the Sony Center on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany; the Messeturm in Frankfurt, Germany; the Thompson Center in Chicago; One Liber ...

(1940–2021), Germany/US *

Peter Janesch Péter Janesch (born 7 November 1953 in Budapest) is a Hungarian architect. Life In 1973, Janesch studied interior design at the Hungarian School of Applied Arts under Gyorgy Nanossy, Peter Reimholz, György Szrogh and Ferenc Vamossy. In 1982, he ...

(born 1953), Hungary *

(1874–1964), US *

Pierre Jeanneret Pierre Jeanneret (22 March 1896 – 4 December 1967) was a Swiss architect who collaborated with his cousin, Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (who assumed the pseudonym Le Corbusier), for about twenty years. Early life Arnold-André-Pierre Jea ...

(1896–1967), Switzerland *

Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint (21 June 1853 – 1 December 1930) was a Danish architect, designer, painter and architectural theorist, best known for designing Grundtvig's Church in Copenhagen, generally considered to be one of the most importan ...

(1853–1930), Denmark *

Jon Jerde Jonathan Adams Jerde, (January 22, 1940 – February 9, 2015) was an American architect based in Venice, Los Angeles, California, founder and chairman of The Jerde Partnership, a design architecture and urban planning firm specializing in the des ...

(1940–2015), US *

Philip Johnson Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an American architect best known for his works of modern and postmodern architecture. Among his best-known designs are his modernist Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut; the po ...

(1906–2005), US * Clarence H. Johnston, Sr. (1859–1936), US * E. Fay Jones (1921–2004), US *

Josep Maria Jujol José María Jujol Gibert (16 September 1879 – 1 May 1949) was a Spanish architect. Jujol's wide field of activity ranged from furniture designs and painting, to architecture. He worked with Antoni Gaudí on many of his most famous works. ...

(1879–1949), Spain * Ryszard Jurkowski (born 1945), Poland * Albert Kahn (1869–1942), US *

Fazlur Rahman Khan Fazlur Rahman Khan ( bn, ফজলুর রহমান খান, ''Fozlur Rôhman Khan''; 3 April 1929 – 27 March 1982) was a Bangladeshi-American structural engineer and architect, who initiated important structural systems for skyscrape ...

(1929–1982), Bangladesh *

Louis Kahn Louis Isadore Kahn (born Itze-Leib Schmuilowsky; – March 17, 1974) was an Estonian-born American architect based in Philadelphia. After working in various capacities for several firms in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935. Whi ...

(1901/1902–1974), US * Maxwell M. Kalman (1906–2009), Canada * Mariam Kamara (born 1979), Niger *

Louis Kamper Louis Kamper (March 11, 1861 – February 24, 1953)Louis Kampeat Find-A-Grave Retrieved on July 8, 2009 was an American architect, active in and around Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan, in the United States. Project range In the early 20th ...

(1861–1953), US *

Jan Kaplický Jan Kaplický (; ; 18 April 1937 – 14 January 2009) was a Neofuturistic Czech architect who spent a significant part of his life in the United Kingdom. He was the leading architect behind the innovative design office, Future Systems. He was be ...

(1937–2009), Czech/UK *

Katayama Tōkuma was a Japanese architect who designed the original buildings for the Imperial Nara Museum as well as the Kyoto Imperial Museum and was significant in introducing Western, particularly French architecture into Japan. Coming from Chōshū, T ...

(1854–1917), Japan *

Oskar Kaufmann Oskar Kaufmann (2 February 1873 – 8 September 1956) was a Hungarian architect. He was an expert in construction and design and was active in Berlin beginning in 1900. Among his best-known works are the Krolloper, the Hebbel Theater and the , ...

(1873–1956), Hungary * Kendrick Bangs Kellogg (born 1934), US *

Raymond M. Kennedy Raymond McCormick Kennedy (1891–1976) was the guiding light and architect of the Grauman's Chinese Theater that opened in May 1927. Early life Raymond McCormick Kennedy was born in New Brighton, Pennsylvania in 1891 to Thomas and Geneva Kennedy ...

(1891–1976), US * Hugh T. Keyes (1888–1963), US *

Nader Khalili Nader Khalili ( fa, نادر خلیلی; 1936–2008) was an Iranian-born American architect, author, and educator. He is best known for his inventive structures that incorporated a range of atypical building materials to provide shelter in the d ...

(1936–2008), US *

Edward Killingsworth Edward Killingsworth FAIA (1917–2004) was an American architect. He is best known as a participant in Arts & Architecture's Case Study program in the mid-1950s. He designed and built Case Study House #25, "The Frank House," in Naples, Califor ...

(1917–2004), US * Charles Klauder (1872–1938), US * George Klenzendorff (1883–?), US *

Michel de Klerk Michel de Klerk (24 November 1884, Amsterdam – 24 November 1923, Amsterdam) was a Dutch architect. Born to a Jewish family, he was one of the founding architects of the movement Amsterdam School (Expressionist architecture) Early in his car ...

(1884–1923), Netherlands *

Ralph Knott Ralph Knott (3 May 1878 – 25 January 1929) was a British architect. He was responsible for building the massive 6-storey "Edwardian Baroque" style County Hall building for the London County Council. Knott was a native of Chelsea and was th ...

(1878–1929), UK * Austin Eldon Knowlton (1909–2003), US * Carl Koch (1912–1998), US *

Hans Kollhoff Hans Kollhoff (born 18 September 1946 in Bad Lobenstein, Thuringia) is a German architect and professor. He is a representative of Postmodern and New Classical Architecture, as well as a protagonist of New Urbanism. Early life Kollhoff spent the ...

(born 1946), Germany * Musa Konsulova (1921-2019), USSR, Ukraine * Rem Koolhaas (born 1944), Netherlands *

Károly Kós Károly Kós (, born Károly Kosch; 16 December 1883 – 25 August 1977) was a Hungarian architect, writer, illustrator, ethnologist and politician of Austria-Hungary and Romania. Biography Born as Károly Kosch in Temesvár, Austria-Hung ...

(1883–1977), Hungary * Johannes Krahn (1908–1974), Germany *

Piet Kramer Pieter Lodewijk (Piet) Kramer (Amsterdam, 1 July 1881 – Santpoort, 4 February 1961) was a Dutch architect, one of the most important architects of the Amsterdam School (Expressionist architecture). From 1903 to 1911 Piet Kramer worked in the a ...

(1881–1961), Netherlands *

Léon Krier Léon Krier CVO (born 7 April 1946) is a Luxembourgish architect, architectural theorist, and urban planner, a prominent critic of modernist architecture and advocate of New Classical architecture and New Urbanism. Krier combines an internat ...

(born 1946), Luxembourg *

Kisho Kurokawa (April 8, 1934 – October 12, 2007) was a leading Japanese architect and one of the founders of the Metabolist Movement. Biography Born in Kanie, Aichi, Kurokawa studied architecture at Kyoto University, graduating with a bachelor's ...

(1934–2007), Japan *

Edgar-Johan Kuusik Edgar Johan Kuusik (22 February 1888 in Valgjärve, Estonia – 3 August 1974 in Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, ...

(1888–1974), Estonia * Ivan Sergeyevich Kuznetsov (1867–1942), Russia

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* Thomas W. Lamb (1871–1942), US * G. Albert Lansburgh (1876–1969), US *

Eve Laron Eve Mirjam Laron OAM (1931 – 6 July 2009) was a Hungarian-born Australia architectural writer based in Sydney. Laron was born in Hungary in 1931. In 1949, she left Hungary on foot with her future husband, George Gavriel Laron, walking throug ...

OAM (1931–2009), Australia * Henning Larsen (1925–2013), Denmark * Sir Denys Lasdun (1914–2001), UK * Vilhelm Lauritzen (1894–1984), Denmark *

John Lautner John Edward Lautner (16 July 1911 – 24 October 1994) was an American architect. Following an apprenticeship in the mid-1930s with the Taliesin Fellowship led by Frank Lloyd Wright, Lautner opened his own practice in 1938, where he worked for th ...

(1911–1994), US *

Ricardo Legorreta Ricardo Legorreta Vilchis (May 7, 1931 – December 30, 2011) was a Mexican architect. He was a prolific designer of private houses, public buildings and master plans in Mexico, the United States of America and some other countries. He was awarde ...

(1931–2011), Mexico *

William Lescaze William Edmond Lescaze, FAIA (March 27, 1896 – February 9, 1969), was a Swiss-born American architect, city planner and industrial designer. He is ranked among the pioneers of modernism in American architecture. Biography William Lescaze w ...

(1896–1969), US *

Jan Letzel Jan Letzel (April 9, 1880 – December 26, 1925) was a Czech architect, most famous for designing a building in Hiroshima whose ruins are now the A-Bomb Dome or Peace Memorial. Biography Jan Letzel was born in the town of Náchod, Bohemia. ...

(1880–1925), Czechoslovakia * Amanda Levete (born 1955), UK *

Sigurd Lewerentz Sigurd Lewerentz (29 July 1885 – 29 December 1975) was a Swedish architect. Biography Lewerentz was born at Sandö in the parish of Bjärtrå in Västernorrland County, Sweden. He was the son of Gustaf Adolf Lewerentz and Hedvig Mathild ...

(1885–1975), Sweden *

Liang Sicheng Liang Sicheng (; 20 April 1901 – 9 January 1972) was a Chinese architect and architectural historian, known as the father of modern Chinese architecture. His father, Liang Qichao, was one of the most prominent Chinese scholars of the early ...

(1901–1972), China *

Adalberto Libera Adalberto Libera (; 16 July 1903 – 17 March 1963) was one of the most representative architects of the Italian Modern movement.Adalberto Libera at DARC (Dept. of Architecture and Contemporary Art, Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage) Biog ...

(1903–1963), Italy * Daniel Libeskind (born 1946), Poland/USA * João Filgueiras Lima (1931–2014), Brazil *

Maya Lin Maya Ying Lin (born October 5, 1959) is an American designer and sculptor. In 1981, while an undergraduate at Yale University, she achieved national recognition when she won a national design competition for the planned Vietnam Veterans Memoria ...

(born 1959), US *

El Lissitzky Lazar Markovich Lissitzky (russian: link=no, Ла́зарь Ма́ркович Лиси́цкий, ; – 30 December 1941), better known as El Lissitzky (russian: link=no, Эль Лиси́цкий; yi, על ליסיצקי), was a Russian artist ...

(1890–1941), Russia *

Gordon W. Lloyd Gordon W. Lloyd was an architect of England, English origin, whose work was primarily in the United States, American Midwestern United States, Midwest. After being taught by his uncle, Ewan Christian, at the Royal Academy, Lloyd moved to Detroi ...

(1832–1905), US *

Leandro Locsin Leandro V. Locsin (August 15, 1928 – November 15, 1994) was a Filipino architect, artist, and interior designer known for his use of concrete, floating volume and simplistic design in his various projects. An avid collector, he was fond of m ...

(1928–1994), Philippines * Elmar Lohk (1901–1963), Estonia *

Adolf Loos Adolf Franz Karl Viktor Maria Loos (; 10 December 1870 – 23 August 1933) was an Austrian and Czechoslovak architect, influential European theorist, and a polemicist of modern architecture. He was an inspiration to modernism and a widely- ...

(1870–1933), Austria/Czechoslovakia *

Berthold Lubetkin Berthold Romanovich Lubetkin (14 December 1901 – 23 October 1990) was a Georgian-British architect who pioneered modernist design in Britain in the 1930s. His work includes the Highpoint housing complex, the Penguin Pool at London Zoo, Fins ...

(1901–1990), UK/USSR * Bill Lucas (1924–2001), Australia * Hans Luckhardt (1890–1954), Germany * Wassili Luckhardt (1889–1972), Germany * Owen Luder (born 1928), UK * Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944), UK * Ivar Lykke (born 1941), Norway *

George Washington Maher George Washington Maher (December 25, 1864 – September 12, 1926) was an American architect during the first quarter of the 20th century. He is considered part of the Prairie School-style and was known for blending traditional architecture wit ...

(1864–1926), US *

Fumihiko Maki is a Japanese architect who teaches at Keio University SFC. In 1993, he received the Pritzker Prize for his work, which often explores pioneering uses of new materials and fuses the cultures of east and west. Early life Maki was born in Tokyo. ...

(born 1928), Japan *

Charles Rennie Mackintosh Charles Rennie Mackintosh (7 June 1868 – 10 December 1928) was a Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist. His artistic approach had much in common with European Symbolism. His work, alongside that of his wife Margaret Macdo ...

(1868–1928), UK *

Imre Makovecz Imre Makovecz (November 20, 1935 – September 27, 2011) was a Hungarian architect active in Europe from the late 1950s onward. Makovecz was born and died in Budapest. He attended the Technical University of Budapest. He was founder and "eter ...

(1935–2011), Hungary *

Robert Mallet-Stevens Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) was an influential French architect and designer. Early life Mallet-Stevens was born in Paris in a house called Maison-Laffitte (designed by François Mansart in the 17th century). H ...

(1886–1945), France *

Angelo Mangiarotti Angelo Mangiarotti (26 February 1921 – 2 July 2012) was an Italian architect and industrial designer. His designs were mostly for industrial buildings and railway stations. In 1994 he received the Compasso d'Oro award of the Associazione p ...

(1921–2012), Italy * George R. Mann (1856–1939), US *

Robert Matthew Sir Robert Hogg Matthew, OBE FRIBA FRSE (12 December 1906 – 2 June 1975) was a Scottish architect and a leading proponent of modernism. Early life & studies Robert Matthew was the son of John Fraser Matthew (1875–1955) (also an archite ...

(1906–1975), UK * George D. Mason (1856–1948), US *

Edward Maufe Sir Edward Brantwood Maufe, RA, FRIBA (12 December 1882 – 12 December 1974) was an English architect and designer. He built private homes as well as commercial and institutional buildings, and is remembered chiefly for his work on places ...

(1883–1974), UK *

Bernard Maybeck Bernard Ralph Maybeck (February 7, 1862 – October 3, 1957) was an American architect in the Arts and Crafts Movement of the early 20th century. He was an instructor at University of California, Berkeley. Most of his major buildings were in ...

(1862–1957), US * Wayne McAllister (1907–2000), US * Raymond McGrath (1903–1977), UK/Ireland *

Roy Mason Roy Mason, Baron Mason of Barnsley, (18 April 1924 – 19 April 2015), was a British Labour Party politician and Cabinet minister who was Secretary of State for Defence and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in the 1970s. Early life He w ...

(1938–1996), US * François Massau, Belgium * Richard Meier (born 1934), US *

Konstantin Melnikov Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov (Russian: Константин Степанович Мельников; – November 28, 1974) was a Russian architect and painter. His architectural work, compressed into a single decade (1923–33), placed ...

(1890–1974), USSR * Erich Mendelsohn (1887–1953), Germany *

Paulo Mendes da Rocha Paulo Mendes da Rocha (October 25, 1928 – May 23, 2021) was a Brazilian architect. Mendes da Rocha attended the Mackenzie Presbyterian University College of Architecture, graduating in 1954. Working almost exclusively in Brazil, Mendes da Roc ...

(1928–2021), Brazil *

Henry Mercer Henry Chapman Mercer (June 24, 1856 – March 9, 1930) was an American archeologist, artifact collector, tile-maker, and designer of three distinctive poured concrete structures: Fonthill, his home; the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works; and t ...

(1856–1930), US *

Geoffrey Harley Mewton Geoffrey Harley Mewton (1905–1998) was an Australian architect and leading proponent of modern architecture in Melbourne during the 1930s.Heritage Alliance (2007). "City of Bayside Inter-War & Post War Heritage Study", p.20-2/ref> He is bes ...

(1905–1998), Australia *

Johan van der Mey Joan (Jo) Melchior van der Mey (19 August 1878, Delfshaven – 6 June 1949, Geulle) was a Dutch architect best known for the landmark Scheepvaarthuis (Shipping House) building in Amsterdam located at Prins Hendrikkade, 1912. Van der Mey wa ...

(1878–1949), Netherlands *

Hannes Meyer Hans Emil "Hannes" Meyer (18 November 1889 – 19 July 1954) was a Swiss architect and second director of the Bauhaus Dessau from 1928 to 1930. Early life Meyer was born in Basel, Switzerland, trained as a mason, and practiced as an architect ...

(1889–1954), Switzerland *

Giovanni Michelucci Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect, urban planner and designer, was born in Pistoia, Tuscany, on 2 January 1891 and died on the night of 31 December 1990, two days before his 100th birthday, at his studio-home in Fiesole, in Florence's hills ...

(1891–1990), Italy * Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969), Germany/USA * Andrés Mignucci (born 1957), Puerto Rico *

Vlado Milunić Vladimir Milunić (3 March 1941 – 17 September 2022) was a Czech architect. He was noted for designing the " Dancing House" in Prague with Frank Gehry. He also taught at the Czech Technical University in Prague. Early life Milunić was b ...

(born 1941), Czech Republic * James Rupert Miller (1869–1946), US *

Dom Mintoff Dominic Mintoff, ( mt, Duminku Mintoff, ; often called ''il-Perit'', "the Architect"; 6 August 1916 – 20 August 2012) was a Maltese Socialist politician, architect, and civil engineer who was leader of the Labour Party from 1949 to 198 ...

(1916–2012), Malta *

F. A. Minuth F. A. Minuth, AIA AIA or A.I.A. or Aia may refer to: Aia * Aia, a small town in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa, Spain * Aia, current Kutaisi, ancient capital of Colchis * Aia, another name for Aea (Malis), an ancient town in Greece * ''Aia ...

, American, New York City * Hadi Mirmiran (1945–2006), Iran *

Enric Miralles Enric Miralles Moya (12 February 1955 – 3 July 2000) was a Spanish architect from Barcelona. He graduated from the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in 1978. After establishing ...

(1955–2000), Spain * Antonio Miró Montilla (born 1937), Puerto Rico *

Samuel Mockbee Samuel "Sambo" Mockbee (December 23, 1944 – December 30, 2001) was an American architect and a co-founder of the Auburn University Rural Studio program in Hale County, Alabama. After establishing a regular architectural practice in his native ...

(1944–2001) * Erik Møller (1909–2002) *

Rafael Moneo José Rafael Moneo Vallés (born 9 May 1937) is a Spanish architect. He won the Pritzker Prize for architecture in 1996, the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 2003 and La Biennale's Golden Lion in 2021. Biography Born in Tudela, Spain, Moneo studied at ...

(born 1937), Spain * Roger Montgomery (1925–2003), US * Adolfo Moran (born 1953), Spain *

Riccardo Morandi Riccardo Morandi visiting Palace of Justice Competition. Riccardo Morandi (1 September 1902 – 25 December 1989) was an Italian civil engineer best known for his innovative use of reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete, although over the ...

(1902–1989), Italy * Luigi Moretti (1907–1973), Italy *

Arthur Cotton Moore Arthur Cotton Moore (April 12, 1935 – September 4, 2022) was an American architect who achieved national and international recognition for his contributions to architecture, master planning, furniture design, painting, and writing. Moore beg ...

(born 1935), US * Charles Willard Moore (1925–1993), US * Lester S. Moore (1871–1924), US *

(1872–1957), US *

Raymond Moriyama Raymond Moriyama LL. D. (born October 11, 1929) is a Canadian architect.Ra ...

(born 1929), Canada * Eric Owen Moss (born 1943), US *

Michel Mossessian Michel Mossessian (born 11 November 1959) is a French architect of Armenian origin, based in London, UK. Education Michel Mossessian gained his diploma in architecture at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts UP N°8 (Paris Bellevi ...

(born 1959), France/UK * Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (1887–1980), US *

Glenn Murcutt Glenn Marcus Murcutt AO (born 25 July 1936) is an Australian architect and winner of the 1992 Alvar Aalto Medal, the 2002 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the 2009 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal and the 2021 Praemium Imperiale. Gle ...

(born 1936), Australia *

C. F. Møller Christian Frederik Møller (31 October 1898 – 5 November 1988), generally referred to as C. F. Møller, was a Danish architect, professor and, from 1965 to 1969, the first rector of the Aarhus School of Architecture. His former practice, Arki ...

(1898–1988), Denmark *

Barton Myers Barton Myers (born November 6, 1934) is an American architect and president of Barton Myers Associates Inc. in Santa Barbara, California. With a career spanning more than 40 years, Myers is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects and w ...

(born 1934), Canada

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* Robert Natus (1890–1950) *

Pier Luigi Nervi Pier Luigi Nervi (21 June 1891 – 9 January 1979) was an Italian engineer and architect. He studied at the University of Bologna graduating in 1913. Nervi taught as a professor of engineering at Rome University from 1946 to 1961 and is known wor ...

(1891–1979), Italy *

Peter Newell Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell (March 5, 1862 – January 15, 1924) was an American artist and writer. He created picture books and illustrated new editions of many children's books. A native of McDonough County, Illinois, Newell built a reputati ...

(1916–2010), Australia * Richard Neutra (1892–1970) * Ngo Viet Thu (1926–2000), Vietnam *

Oscar Niemeyer Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho (15 December 1907 – 5 December 2012), known as Oscar Niemeyer (), was a Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. Niemeyer was ...

(1907–2012) * Enamul Karim Nirjhar (born 1962), Bangladesh * Oscar Nitzchke (1900–1991) *

Percy Erskine Nobbs Percy Erskine Nobbs (August 11, 1875 – November 5, 1964) was a Canadian architect who was born in Haddington, East Lothian, and trained in the United Kingdom. Educated at the Edinburgh Collegiate School and Edinburgh University, he spent ...

(1875–1964) * Samuel Tilden Norton (1877–1959) *

Ellice Nosworthy Ellice Maud Nosworthy (25 February 1897 – 7 January 1972) was an Australian practising architect for approximately 50 years and graduated as one of Australia's first female architects in 1922. Early life and education Nosworthy, was a second ...

(1897–1972), Australia *

Jean Nouvel Jean Nouvel (; born 12 August 1945) is a French architect. Nouvel studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was a founding member of ''Mars 1976'' and '' Syndicat de l'Architecture'', France’s first labor union for architects. He has o ...

(born 1945) * Martin Nyrop (1849–1921), Denmark *

Gyo Obata Gyo Obata (小圃暁, February 28, 1923 – March 8, 2022) was an American architect, the son of painter Chiura Obata and his wife, Haruko Obata, a floral designer. In 1955, he co-founded the global architectural firm HOK (formerly Hellmuth, O ...

(1923–2022) *

Samuel Oghale Oboh Samuel Óghalé Oboh (born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian architect, manager, leader, former Vice President - Architecture at AECOM Canada Architects Ltd - a Fortune 500 Company and the 2015 President of the Royal Architectural Institute of Cana ...

(born 1971) Canada / Nigeria * John J. O'Malley (1915–1970), US * Yafes Osman (born 1946), Bangladesh *

Frei Otto Frei Paul Otto (; 31 May 1925 – 9 March 2015) was a German architect and structural engineer noted for his use of lightweight structures, in particular tensile and membrane structures, including the roof of the Olympic Stadium in Munich for ...

(1925–2015) * J.J.P. Oud (1890–1963) * Félix Candela Outeriño (1910–1997), Spain/Mexico * Paul Paget (1901–1985) * Henry (Harry) Paley (1859–1946) *

Mustapha Khalid Palash Khan Mohammed Mustapha Khalid (popularly known as Mustapha Khalid Palash; born 11 September 1963) is a Bangladeshi architect. He is considered one of the leading contemporary architects of Bangladesh. He is also an artist, multi instrumentalist- ...

(born 1963), Bangladesh * Mihály (Michael) Párkányi (1924–1991) Hungary *

John and Donald Parkinson John and Donald Parkinson were a father-and-son architectural firm operating in the Los Angeles area in the early 20th century. They designed and built many of the city's iconic buildings, including Grand Central Market, the Memorial Colise ...

(1861–1945) *

John Pawson John Ward Pawson , (born 1949, Halifax, England) is a British architect whose work is known for its minimalist aesthetic. Architectural Registration Board (ARB) of UK asked Dezeen magazine not to refer him as architect although this was criti ...

(born 1949) *

Arthur Peabody Arthur Peabody (November 16, 1858 – September 6, 1942) was the campus architect for the University of Wisconsin from 1905 to 1915 and the state architect of Wisconsin from 1915 to 1938. Peabody was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He graduated fr ...

(1858–1942) *

I. M. Pei Ieoh Ming Pei
– website of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners ( ; ; April 26, 1917 – May 16, 2019) was ...

(1917–2019) * César Pelli (1926–2019) *

Hubert Petschnigg Hubert Petschnigg (31 October 1913 – 15 September 1997) was an Austrian architect. Life Petschnigg was born in Klagenfurt, and went to school in Villach. In 1934 he began to study architecture at the Vienna University of Technology, where he e ...

(1913–1997) *

Frits Peutz F.P.J. Peutz (7 April 1896 – 24 October 1974) was a Dutch (Limburgian) architect. Biography Peutz was born in a Catholic family in Uithuizen in Groningen, a mostly Protestant province in the north of the Netherlands. In 1910 he was sent to the ...

(1896–1974) * Timothy L. Pflueger (1892–1946) *

Renzo Piano Renzo Piano (; born 14 September 1937) is an Italian architect. His notable buildings include the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (with Richard Rogers, 1977), The Shard in London (2012), the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City ( ...

(born 1937), Italy *

Stjepan Planić Stjepan Planić (27 December 1900 – 26 December 1980) was a Croatian architect. His style can be described as a synthesis of functionalist and organic architecture. Biography From 1920 to 1922 he worked for the architect Rudolf Lubinsky and, ...

(1900–1980) *

Jože Plečnik Jože Plečnik () (23 January 1872 – 7 January 1957) was a Slovene architect who had a major impact on the modern architecture of Vienna, Prague and of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, most notably by designing the iconic Triple Bridge an ...

(1872–1957) *

Hans Poelzig Hans Poelzig (30 April 1869 – 14 June 1936) was a German architect, painter and set designer. Life Poelzig was born in Berlin in 1869 to Countess Clara Henrietta Maria Poelzig while she was married to George Acland Ames, an Englishman. Uncerta ...

(1869–1936) *

Gino Pollini Gino Pollini (19 January 1903 in Rovereto – 25 January 1991 in Milan) was an Italian architect. Life Gino Pollini was born in Rovereto on January 19, 1903, to Luigi Pollini, a shopkeeper, and Teresa Miori Pollini. At the time of Pollini ...

(1903–1991), Italy * James Polshek (born 1930) * Donald Perry Polsky (born 1928) *

Gio Ponti Giovanni "Gio" Ponti ( ͡ʒo18 November 1891 – 16 September 1979) was an Italian architect, industrial designer, furniture designer, artist, teacher, writer and publisher. During his career, which spanned six decades, Ponti built more than a ...

(1891–1979) *

John Russell Pope John Russell Pope (April 24, 1874 – August 27, 1937) was an American architect whose firm is widely known for designing major public buildings, including the National Archives and Records Administration building (completed in 1935), the Jeff ...

(1874–1937) *

John Portman John Calvin Portman Jr. (December 4, 1924 – December 29, 2017) was an American neofuturistic architect and real estate developer widely known for popularizing hotels and office buildings with multi-storied interior atria. Portman also had a pa ...

(1924–2017) *

Christian de Portzamparc Christian de Portzamparc (; born 5 May 1944) is a French architect and urbanist. He graduated from the École Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris in 1970 and has since been noted for his bold designs and artistic touch; his projects reflect a ...

(born 1944), France * George B. Post (1837–1913), US *

Fernand Pouillon Fernand Pouillon (14 May 1912 – 24 July 1986) was a French architect, urban planner, building contractor and writer. Pouillon was one of the most active and influential post-World War II architects and builders in France. He is remembered f ...

(1912-1986), France * Henry Price (1867–1944) *

Alain Provost Allain Provost is a French landscape architect. His works include designs for the Parc Floral in the Bois de Vincennes, Paris, Parc André Citroën in Paris, the Jardin Diderot at La Défense, La Courneuve Park (1972–2000) in Seine-Saint-Denis, ...

(born 1938) * Freeman A. Pretzinger *

William Gray Purcell William Gray Purcell (July 2, 1880April 11, 1965) was a Prairie School architect in the Midwestern United States. He partnered with George Grant Elmslie, and briefly with George Feick. The firm of Purcell & Elmslie produced designs for building ...

(1880–1965), US *

C. W. Rapp C. W. & George L. Rapp, commonly known as Rapp & Rapp, was an American architectural firm famed for the design of movie palaces and other theatres. Active from 1906 to 1965 and based in Chicago, the office designed over 400 theatres, includ ...

(1860–1926), US * George L. Rapp (1878–1941), US *

Isaac Rapp Isaac Hamilton Rapp, (1854 – March 27, 1933) was an American architect who has been called the "Creator of the Santa Fe style." He was born in Orange, New Jersey. Rapp learned his trade working for his father, a sometime architect and building ...

(1854–1933), US * Ralph Rapson (1914–2008) *

Steen Eiler Rasmussen Steen Eiler Rasmussen, Hon. FAIA (9 January 1898 – 19 June 1990) was a Danish architect and urban planner who was a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and a prolific writer of books and poetry. He was made a Royal Designer ...

(1898–1990) *

Antonin Raymond Antonin Raymond (or cs, Antonín Raymond), born as Antonín Reimann (10 May 1888 – 25 October 1976)"Deaths Elsewhere", ''Miami Herald'', 30 October 1976, p. 10 was a Czech American architect. Raymond was born and studied in Bohemia (now part ...

(1888–1976), Japan/USA *

Affonso Eduardo Reidy Affonso Eduardo Reidy (Paris, 26 October 1909 - Rio de Janeiro, 10 August 1964) was a Brazilian architect. He was the son of an English father and a Brazilian mother. Reidy entered the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes in Rio de Janeiro at age 17. H ...

(1909–1964), Brazil *Sir Charles Herbert Reilly (1874–1948) *Sir

Albert Richardson Sir Albert Edward Richardson (London, 19 May 1880 – 3 February 1964) was a leading English architect, teacher and writer about architecture during the first half of the 20th century. He was Professor of Architecture at University College Lon ...

(1880–1964) *

Gerrit Rietveld Gerrit Rietveld (24 June 1888 – 25 June 1964) was a Dutch furniture designer and architect. Early life Rietveld was born in Utrecht on 24 June 1888 as the son of a joiner. He left school at 11 to be apprenticed to his father and enrolled at n ...

(1888–1964) *

Isabel Roberts Isabel Roberts (March 1871 – December 27, 1955) was a Prairie School figure, member of the architectural design team in the Oak Park Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright and partner with Ida Annah Ryan in the Orlando, Florida architecture firm, "R ...

(1871–1955), US * Harry G. Robinson III (born 1942) *

Kevin Roche Eamonn Kevin Roche (June 14, 1922 – March 1, 2019) was an Irish-born American Pritzker Prize-winning architect. He was responsible for the design/master planning for over 200 built projects in both the U.S. and abroad. These projects in ...

(1922–2019) *

Ernesto Nathan Rogers Ernesto Nathan Rogers (March 16, 1909 – November 7, 1969) was an Italian architect, writer and educator. Biography Born in Trieste, then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he graduated from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy in 1932. He is the cous ...

(1909–1969) * Richard Rogers (1933–2021) * Mario Romañach (1917–1984), Havana, Cuba * Aldo Rossi (1931–1997), Italy * Wirt C. Rowland (1878–1946) * Paul Rudolph (1918–1997) *

Robert Tor Russell Robert Tor Russell (1888–1972) was a British architect. In his position as Chief Architect to the Public Works Department of the Government of India, he is primarily associated with the development of the city of New Delhi in the early 1930s. ...

(1888–1972)

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Eero Saarinen Eero Saarinen (, ; August 20, 1910 – September 1, 1961) was a Finnish-American architect and industrial designer noted for his wide-ranging array of designs for buildings and monuments. Saarinen is best known for designing the General Motors ...

(1910–1961), Finland *Eliel Saarinen (1873–1950), Finland *Eugen Sacharias (1906–2002) *Moshe Safdie (born 1938) *Paul Saintenoy (1862–1952) *Rogelio Salmona (1929–2007), Spain-Colombia *Guðjón Samúelsson (1887–1950), Iceland *João Santa-Rita (born 1960) *Carlos A. Santos-Viola (1912–1994) *Louis Sauer (born 1928) *Carlo Scarpa (1906–1978) *Hans Scharoun (1893–1972) *Rudolph Schindler (architect), Rudolf Schindler (1887–1953) *Elisabeth Scott (1898–1972), UK *Frederic Schwartz (1951–2014) *Paul Schmitthenner (1884–1972) *Alexey Shchusev (1873–1949) *Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897–2000) *Giles Gilbert Scott (1880–1960) *Harry Seidler (1923–2006) *Richard Seifert (1910–2001) *Josep Lluís Sert, Joseph Lluís Sert (1902–1983) *H. Craig Severance (1879–1941) *Hooshang Seyhoun (1920–2014), Iran *Vladimir Shukhov (1853–1939) *Claudio Silvestrin (born 1954) *Scott Simons (born 1952), US *Alvaro Siza (born 1933), Portugal *Howard Dwight Smith (1886–1958) *George Washington Smith (architect), George Washington Smith (1876–1930) *Alison Smithson (1928–1993) *Peter Smithson (1923–2003) *Charles B. J. Snyder (1860–1945), US *Paolo Soleri (1919–2013), Italy *Alejandro de la Sota (architect), Alejandro de la Sota (1913–1996) *Eduardo Souto de Moura (born 1952), Portugal *Albert Speer (1905–1981) *Basil Spence (1907–1976) *Johann Otto von Spreckelsen (1929–1987) *Sheila Sri Prakash (born 1955), India *William L. Steele (1875–1949), US *Andrew Steiner (1908–2009), Czechoslovak-American *Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925) *Joseph Allen Stein (1912–2001), US, India *Robert A.M. Stern (born 1939) *John Calvin Stevens (1855–1940), US *Sir James Stirling (architect), James Stirling (1926–1992) *Edward Durrell Stone (1902–1978) *Walton Danforth Stowell (1936–2009) *James Strutt (1924–2008), Canada *Joseph Sunlight (1889–1978) *Roger Taillibert (1926–2019) *Benedetta Tagliabue (born 1963), Italy, co-founder of EMBT *Alexander Tamanyan (1878–1936), Armenia *Kenzo Tange (1913–2005) *Bruno Taut (1880–1938) *Max Taut (1884–1967) *Giuseppe Terragni (1904–1943) *Quinlan Terry (born 1937) *Heinrich Tessenow (1876–1950), German *Benjamin C. Thompson (1918–2002) *Edmund von Trompowsky (1851–1919), Latvia *Horace Trumbauer (1868–1938) *Bernard Tschumi (born 1944) *Gilbert Stanley Underwood (1890–1960) *Jørn Utzon (1918–2008), Denmark *Vann Molyvann (1926–2017), Cambodia *François Valentiny (born 1953), Luxembourg *William van Alen (1883–1954) *Henry Van de Velde (1863–1957) *Henri van Dievoet (1869–1931) *Antoine Varlet (1893–1940) *Robert Venturi (1925–2018) *Miguel Vila Luna (1943–2005), Dominican Republic *Carlos Raúl Villanueva (1900–1975) *Rafael Viñoly (born 1944) *Roland Wank (1898–1970) *Paul Waterhouse (1861–1924), UK *Carlo Weber (1934–2014) *W. H. Weeks (1864–1936) *Carl Westman (1866–1936) *Paul Williams (architect), Paul Williams (1894–1980) *Clough Williams-Ellis (1883–1978) *Jan Wils (1891–1972) *George J. Wimberly (1914–1996) *James Wines (born 1932), US *Geoffrey Wooding (1954–2010) *Lebbeus Woods (1940–2012), US *Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959), US *Marcellus E. Wright Sr. (1881–1962), US *Minoru Yamasaki (1912–1986) *F. R. S. Yorke (1906–1962), UK *Jean-François Zevaco (1916–2003) *Milan Zloković (1898–1965) *Peter Zumthor (born 1943), Switzerland

21st-century architects

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* Adolfo Moran *Alexandre Chan *Andy Martin (architect) (born 1963) *Antonio Citterio (born 1950), Italy *Arif Hasan (born 1943), Pakistan *Atsushi Kitagawara (born 1951), Japan *Basil Al Bayati (born 1946), UK *Bernard Khoury (born in 1969), Lebanon *Bjarke Ingels (born 1974), Denmark *Robby Cantarutti, Cantarutti Robby (born 1966), Italy *Carol Ross Barney (born 1949), US *Christina Cho, Australia *Christopher Charles Benninger (born 1942), India *Craig W. Hartman * Daniel Libeskind (born 1946, Poland), US *David Adjaye (born 1966), Tanzania * David M. Harper (born 1953) *David Randall Hertz (born 1960), US *Dominique Gauzin-Müller (born 1960), France *Dy Proeung, Cambodia *Eric Corey Freed *Erick van Egeraat (born 1956), Netherlands *Eugene Pandala (born 1954), India *Greg Lynn *Gregory Henriquez *Günay Erdem (born 1978, Bulgaria), Turkey *Hafeez Contractor (born 1950), India *Hans Robert Hiegel, H. R. Hiegel *Hidetsugu Aneha (born 1957), Japan *Hossein Amanat (born 1942), Iran *Ivan Harbour (born 1962), UK *James Garrison (architect), James Garrison (born 1963), US *Jeanne Gang (born 1964), US *Jimenez Lai *Jing Liu (architect), Jing Liu *Jun'ya Ishigami (born 1974), Japan *Kamel Mahadin (born 1954), Jordan *Kazuyo Sejima (born 1956), Japan *Kees Christiaanse (born 1953), Netherlands *Keith Griffiths (architect), Keith Griffiths (born 1954), UK *Kengo Kuma *Kevin Kennon *Lise Anne Couture (born 1959), Canada *Marco Casagrande (born 1971), Finland * Mariam Kamara (born 1979), Niger *Massimiliano Fuksas, Italy *

, US *

, US *Michael Green (architect), Michael Green, Canada *Michel Abboud (born 1977), Lebanon *Nabil Gholam (born 1962), Lebanon *Norman Foster, (born 1935), UK *Odile Decq, (born 1955), France *Olajumoke Adenowo (born 1968), Nigeria * Peter Eisenman (born 1932), United States *Peter Exley, US *Pouya Khazaeli (born 1975), Iran * Rafiq Azam, Bangladesh * Rem Koolhaas (born 1944), Netherlands *Roger Duffy *Ron Arad (industrial designer), Ron Arad (born 1951), Israel *Sean Godsell (born 1960), Australia *Shigeru Ban (born 1957), Japan *Sir Terry Farrell, UK *Sou Fujimoto (born 1971), Japan *Stefano Boeri, Italy *Stephan Braunfels (born 1950), Germany *Steven Holl (born 1947), US *Sue Courtenay, Belize *Sunay Erdem (born 1971, Bulgaria), Turkey *Tatiana Bilbao, Mexico *T.J. Gottesdiener *Terence Conran (1931–2020, United Kingdom) *Thom Mayne *Thomas Doerr (born 1964), US *Thomas Herzog *Tom Kundig *Tony Fretton (born 1945), UK *Toshiko Mori, Japan *Toyo Ito (born 1941), Japan *Wiel Arets (born 1955), Netherlands *William McDonough *Zaha Hadid (1950–2016), UK

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*Florent Nédélec * Enamul Karim Nirjhar *

(born 1971), Canada / Nigeria *Liz Ogbu *Neri Oxman *Satyendra Pakhale (born 1967), India *

*Bimal Patel (architect), Bimal Patel (born 1961), India *Thomas Phifer *

, Italy *Dimitris Potiropoulos *Antoine Predock *Joshua Prince-Ramus *Philippe Rahm * Richard Rogers, UK *Fernando Romero, Mexico *Lawrence Scarpa *Kazuyo Sejima (born 1956), Japan *Adrian Smith (architect), Adrian Smith *Galia Solomonoff *Sheila Sri Prakash (born 1955), India *Paul Steelman (born 1955), US *Marshall Strabala *Sergei Tchoban (born 1962), Russian-born architect *Jack Travis (born 1952), US *Victor Vechersky (born 1958), Ukraine *Ross Wimer *Wang Shu (born 1963), China *Jörg Stollmann, Germany *Wilfried van Winden (born 1955) *Gert Wingårdh (born 1951), Sweden *Jun Xia (architect), Jun Xia, China *Ken Yeang (born 1948), Malaysia

Mythological/fictional architects

Several architects occur in worldwide mythology, including Daedalus, builder of the Labyrinth, in Greek mythology, Greek myth. In the Bible, Nimrod is considered the creator of the Tower of Babel, and King Solomon built Solomon's Temple with the assistance of the architect Hiram. In Hinduism, the palaces of the gods were built by the architect and artisan Vivasvat. Moreover, Indian epic Mahabharata cites amazing work by architect 'Mayasura, Maya.' Architects also occur in modern fiction. Examples include The Fountainhead#Howard Roark, Howard Roark, protagonist in Ayn Rand's ''The Fountainhead''; Bloody Stupid Johnson, a parody of Capability Brown who appears in Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' novels; and Slartibartfast, designer of planets in Douglas Adams's ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''. Basil Al Bayati's novel ''The Age of Metaphors'' on the theme of Metaphoric Architecture is also replete with fictional architects. The main characters of Sa'ad, Shiymaa and Sa'im are all architects, as are a number of others who appear throughout the book. Many films have included central characters who are architects, including Henry Fonda's character "Juror 8" (Davis) in ''12 Angry Men (1957 film), 12 Angry Men'' (1957), Charles Bronson's character in ''Death Wish (1974 film), Death Wish'' (1974), John Cassavetes' character in ''Tempest (1982 film), Tempest'' (1982), Wesley Snipes' character in "Jungle Fever" (1991), Christopher Lloyd's character in ''Suburban Commando'' (1991), Tom Hanks' character in ''Sleepless in Seattle'' (1993), David Strathairn's character in ''The River Wild'' (1994), Michael J. Fox's character in ''The Frighteners'' (1996), Michael Keaton's character in ''White Noise (2005 film), White Noise'' (2005) and Jeremy Irons' character in ''High-Rise (film), High-Rise'' (2015). In television, Characters of The Brady Bunch, Mike Brady, father of ''The Brady Bunch'', is an architect; as is Wilbur Post, owner of ''Mister Ed''; Ted Mosby, from ''How I Met Your Mother''; and David Vincent from ''The Invaders''. Adam Cartwright of ''Bonanza'' was an architectural engineer with a university education who designed the sprawling familial ranch-house on the Ponderosa Ranch. The character George Costanza pretends to be an architect named "Art Vandelay" in ''Seinfeld''. Architect Halvard Solness is the protagonist of Henrick Ibsen's 1892 play ''The Master Builder''.

Lists of architects by country

References

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Famous architects
*List of Pakistani architects#References, Famous Architects In Pakistan Lists of architects,