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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 ...
(23 May 1908, Chicago, IL–12 September 2004, Pound Ridge, NY), was an architect best known for his work with the New York City firm
Harrison & Abramovitz Harrison & Abramovitz (also known as Harrison, Fouilhoux & Abramovitz; Harrison, Abramovitz, & Abbe; and Harrison, Abramovitz, & Harris) was an American architectural firm based in New York and active from 1941 through 1976. The firm was a partner ...
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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 ...
(3 July 1844, Stadtlengsfeld, Germany–16 April 1900, Chicago, IL), was an architect and civil engineer, best known for his partnership with
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 ...
. United States * David Adler (3 January 1882, Milwaukee, WI–27 September 1949, Libertyville, IL), was an architect who designed more than 200 buildings in over 35 years. United States *
Walter W. Ahlschlager Walter William Ahlschlager (July 19, 1887 – March 28, 1965) was a 20th-century American architect. After being located in Chicago for many years, he established his office in Dallas, Texas in 1940. He died in Dallas. Noted designs *Davis Theat ...
(19 July 1887, Chicago, IL–28 March 1965, Dallas, TX), was an American architect, one of whose designs is the
Mercantile National Bank Building The Mercantile National Bank Building (known colloquially as The Merc) is a 31-story, skyscraper at 1800 Main Street in the Main Street district of downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the former home of the Mercantile National Bank, which later bec ...
in Dallas. United States *
Bruno Ahrends Bruno Ahrends (1878–1948), born as Bruno Arons, was an internationally known German architect, who worked in Berlin, Germany. He was a representative of Berlin Modernism Housing Estates before World War I and during Weimar Republic (1910s to 1 ...
(né Bruno Arons) (9 April 1878, Berlin, Germany–24 July 1948, Cape Town, South Africa), was an architect in Berlin, most of whose creations today are under
cultural heritage management Cultural heritage management (CHM) is the vocation and practice of managing cultural heritage. It is a branch of cultural resources management (CRM), although it also draws on the practices of cultural conservation, restoration, museology, archae ...
some of which are part of a
World Heritage Site A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO for h ...
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Gregory Ain Gregory Samuel Ain (March 28, 1908 – January 9, 1988) was an American architect active in the mid-20th century. Working primarily in the Los Angeles area, Ain is best known for bringing elements of modern architecture to lower- and medium- ...
(28 March 1908, Pittsburgh, PA–9 January 1988, Los Angeles, CA), was a protégé of
Richard Neutra Richard Joseph Neutra ( ; April 8, 1892 – April 16, 1970) was an Austrian-American architect. Living and building for the majority of his career in Southern California, he came to be considered a prominent and important modernist architect. He ...
and active in the mid-20th century in California. United States *
Alfred-Philibert Aldrophe Alfred-Philibert Aldrophe (7 February 1834 – 29 October 1895) was a French architect. Biography Born in Paris, he worked on the Great Exhibitions held in the city in 1855 and 1867. As the architect of the Consistory of Paris, in 1867 he began ...
(7 February 1834, Paris, France–29 October 1895, Paris, France), was the architect of the Consistory of Paris and began construction of the Grand Synagogue of Paris in 1867, which opened in 1874. France * Alfred S. Alschuler (2 November 1876, Chicago, IL–11 June 1940, Chicago, IL), was an American architect who designed warehouses, department stores, industrial buildings, synagogues, and offices in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century. United States * Clara Ant (7 February 1948, La Paz, Bolivia–), is a Brazilian architect and served as the personal assistant to Brazilian president
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (; born Luiz Inácio da Silva; 27 October 1945), known mononymously as Lula, is a Brazilian politician, trade unionist, and former metalworker who is the president-elect of Brazil. A member of the Workers' Party, ...
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Michael Arad Michael Arad (Hebrew: מיכאל ארד) is an Israeli-American architect who is best known for being the designer of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. He won the competition to design the memorial in 2004. Early life and education ...
(1969, London, United Kingdom–), is an Israeli-American architect known for his winning design of the
World Trade Center Memorial The National September 11 Memorial & Museum (also known as the 9/11 Memorial & Museum) is a memorial and museum in New York City commemorating the September 11 attacks of 2001, which killed 2,977 people, and the 1993 World Trade Center bomb ...
in New York City. United States * Ron Arad (Hebrew: רון ארד‎) (24 April 1951, Tel Aviv, Israel–), is an industrial designer, artist, and architectural designer. Israel *
Shlomo Aronson Shlomo Aronson may refer to: * (1864–1935), first Ashkhenazi rabbi of Tel Aviv, grandfather of the historian * Shlomo Aronson (landscape architect) (1936–2018), Israeli landscape architect * Shlomo Aronson (historian) Shlomo Aronson (1936 – ...
(Hebrew: שלמה אהרונסון‎) (27 November 1936, Haifa, Mandatory Palestine–12 September 2018), was an Israeli landscape architect and winner of the
Global Award for Sustainable Architecture The Global Award for Sustainable Architecture was founded in 2006 by architect and scholar Jana Revedin. The Global Award Community, which in 2022 consists of the 75 contemporary architects or architect collectives from around the globe who have ...
in 2011. Israel *
David Azrieli David Joshua Azrieli, ( he, דוד יהושע עזריאלי; 10 May 1922 – 9 July 2014) was an Israeli-Canadian real estate tycoon, developer, designer, architect, and philanthropist. With an estimated net worth of US$3.1 billion as of M ...
, CM CQ (Hebrew: דוד עזריאלי‎) (10 May 1922, Maków Mazowiecki, Poland–9 July 2014, Ivry-sur-le-Lac, Canada), was a Canadian builder, designer, architect, developer, and philanthropist. Canada, Israel


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Alexander Baerwald Alexander Baerwald (1877–1930) was a German Jewish architect best known for his work in Haifa, today in Israel, during History of Palestine#Ottoman period, Late Ottoman and Mandate Palestine, British rule. Life and career Baerwald was born i ...
(3 March 1877, Berlin, Germany–27 October 1930, Haifa, Mandatory Palestine), was a German architect best known for his contribution to early Erez Israel architecture. Germany, Erez Israel *
Nahum Barnet Nahum Barnet (16 August 1855 – 1 September 1931) was an architect working in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia during the Victorian and Edwardian periods. Barnet was born in the Melbourne Hospital on Swanston Street, the son of a Polish-born ...
(16 August 1855, Melbourne, Australia–1 September 1931, St Kilda, Australia), was a successful and prolific architect working in Melbourne during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Australia *
Joseph Barsky Joseph Barsky ( he, יוסף ברסקי, Odessa, Russian Empire – 1943 in Haifa, Palestine) was an architect in Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine. Barsky was a graduate of the Architectural College in Grekov Odessa Art school of Odessa an ...
(Hebrew: יוסף ברסקי‎) (?, Odessa, Russian Empire–1943, Haifa, Palestine), was one of Erez Israel's leading architects and designed the
Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium The Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium ( he, הַגִּימְנַסְיָה הָעִבְרִית הֶרְצְלִיָּה, ''HaGymnasia HaIvrit Herzliya'', Also known as ''Gymnasia Herzliya''), originally known as HaGymnasia HaIvrit (lit. Hebrew High Scho ...
in Jerusalem. Erez Israel. *
Armand Phillip Bartos Armand Phillip Bartos (1910 – December 29, 2005) was an American architect and philanthropist. Though active as a philanthropist, Bartos became primarily known as the co-designer of Shrine of the Book that houses the Dead Sea Scrolls in wes ...
(1910, New York, NY–29 December 2005, New York, NY), was an architect and philanthropist, best known for the
Shrine of the Book The Shrine of the Book ( he, היכל הספר, ''Heikhal HaSefer'') is a wing of the Israel Museum in the Givat Ram neighborhood of Jerusalem that houses the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Aleppo Codex, among others. History The building was construct ...
, co-designed with
Frederick John Kiesler Frederick John Kiesler (September 22, 1890 – December 27, 1965) was an Austrian- American architect, theoretician, theater designer, artist and sculptor. Biography Kiesler was born Friedrich Jacob Kiesler in Czernowitz, Austro-Hungarian Empi ...
, housing the gift of the State of Israel of the
Dead Sea Scrolls The Dead Sea Scrolls (also the Qumran Caves Scrolls) are ancient Jewish and Hebrew religious manuscripts discovered between 1946 and 1956 at the Qumran Caves in what was then Mandatory Palestine, near Ein Feshkha in the West Bank, on the nor ...
by his father-in-law
Samuel Gottesman David Samuel Gottesman (February 22, 1884 – April 21, 1956) was a Hungarian-born, American pulp-paper merchant, financier and philanthropist. He was generally known as Samuel Gottesman or D. Samuel Gottesman. Biography He was born to a Jewish ...
. United States * Elias George Basevi (1 April 1794 – 16 October 1845, Ely, United Kingdom), was an English architect, protégé of architect
John Soane Sir John Soane (; né Soan; 10 September 1753 – 20 January 1837) was an English architect who specialised in the Neoclassical architecture, Neo-Classical style. The son of a bricklayer, he rose to the top of his profession, becoming professo ...
, and the first surveyor of the Guardian Assurance Company. United Kingdom *
Lipót Baumhorn Lipót Baumhorn ( hu, Baumhorn Lipót, german: Leopold Baumhorn, 28 December 1860, Kisbér – 8 July 1932, Kisbér) was a Hungarian architect of Jewish heritage, the most influential Hungarian synagogue architect in the first half of the 20th ...
(Hungarian: Baumhorn Lipót) (German: Leopold Baumhorn) (28 December 1860, Kisbér, Hungary–8 July 1932, Kisbér, Hungary), was a Hungarian architect who designed around 20 synagogues in the Kingdom of Hungary. Austria-Hungary, Hungary *
Herbert Bayer Herbert Bayer (April 5, 1900 – September 30, 1985) was an Austrian and American graphic designer, painter, photographer, sculptor, art director, environmental and interior designer, and architect. He was instrumental in the development of the ...
(5 April 1900, Haag, Austria-Hungary–30 September 1985, Montecito, CA), was an Austrian and American graphic designer, painter, photographer, sculptor, art director, environmental and interior designer, and architect. Austria, United States *
Walter Curt Behrendt Walter Curt Behrendt (December 16, 1884 – April 26, 1945) was a German-American architect and active advocate of German modernism. He was an authority on city planning and housing, editor of ''Die Form'', and author of ''The Victory of the New B ...
(16 December 1884, Metz, Germany–26 April 1945), was a German-American architect, an active advocate of German Modernism, and an expert on city planning and public housing. United States *
Artur Berger Artur Semyonovich Berger (german: Arthur Berger, russian: Артур Семёнович Бергер; 27 May 1892 – 11 January 1981) was an Austrian-Soviet film architect and set designer. He was active in Austria between 1920 and 1936, during ...
(Russian: Артур Семёнович Бергер) (27 May 1892, Vienna, Austria–11 January 1981, Moscow, USSR), was an Austrian-Soviet film architect, set designer and co-founder of the Lehrinstitut für Tonfilmkunst (Teaching Institute of Sound Film) in Vienna. Austria, USSR *
Gary Berkovich Gary Berkovich, AIA, NCARB (born May 26, 1935, in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is an American and Soviet architect, and the first Soviet architect of 1960s – 1980s immigration wave, who had opened his office (Gary A. Berkovich Associ ...
(Russian: Гари Беркович) (26 May 1935, Kharkiv, USSR–), is a Soviet-trained architect and writer; among the first former Soviet architect-émigrés of the 1970s to register and open a successful practice in the US. USSR, United States. * Eliyahu Berlin (né Eliyahu Berligne) (Hebrew: אליהו ברלין‎) (1866, Russian Empire–25 February 1959), was a founder of Tel Aviv, an important member of the
Yishuv Yishuv ( he, ישוב, literally "settlement"), Ha-Yishuv ( he, הישוב, ''the Yishuv''), or Ha-Yishuv Ha-Ivri ( he, הישוב העברי, ''the Hebrew Yishuv''), is the body of Jewish residents in the Land of Israel (corresponding to the s ...
in Mandatory Palestine, and a signatory of the
Israeli Declaration of Independence The Israeli Declaration of Independence, formally the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel ( he, הכרזה על הקמת מדינת ישראל), was proclaimed on 14 May 1948 ( 5 Iyar 5708) by David Ben-Gurion, the Executive ...
. Erez Israel * Edward Blum (c. 1867, Paris, France–26 March 1944, New York, NY) and
George Blum George Blum (born France; 1870–1928) was an architect raised in the American architecture, United States. He later returned with his brother, Edward Blum (architect), Edward Blum, to French architecture, France, and studied at the École des Bea ...
(1870, France–1928), were
École des Beaux-Arts École des Beaux-Arts (; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth century ...
-trained brothers, known for their terra cotta-clad Art Nouveau Manhattan apartment buildings. United States *
Moti Bodek Moti Bodek ( he, מוטי בודק; born 1961) is an Israeli architect. He is the CEO of Bodek Architects based in Tel Aviv and a Professor of Architecture at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem & at Tel Aviv University. Biog ...
(1961, Haifa, Israel–), is an Israeli architect and a lecturer at
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design ( he, בצלאל, אקדמיה לאמנות ועיצוב) is a public college of design and art located in Jerusalem. Established in 1906 by Jewish painter and sculptor Boris Schatz, Bezalel is Israel's oldes ...
in Jerusalem. Israel *
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. ...
(né Ricard Bofill Leví) (5 December 1939, Barcelona, Spain–), is the founder of
Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura (RBTA) is a architecture firm that was founded in 1963 by Ricardo Bofill, initially as Taller de Arquitectura ("Architecture Workshop" in Spanish). It is headquartered in Sant Just Desvern near Barcelona, in ...
in 1963 and developed it into a leading international architectural and urban design practice. Spain *
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 im ...
(21 May 1902 Pécs, Hungary–1 July 1981, New York, NY), was a Modernist architect and furniture designer whose work includes art museums, libraries, college buildings, office buildings, and residences. United States * Ella Briggs (née Baumfeld) (5 March 1880, Vienna, Austria-Hungary–20 June 1977, London, United Kingdom), was an Austrian and English architect who became the first female member of the Österreichischer Ingenieur- und Architekten-Verein (Austrian Engineers and Architects Association). United States, Austria, Germany *
Arnold Brunner Arnold William Brunner (September 25, 1857 – February 14, 1925) was an American architect who was born and died in New York City. Brunner was educated in New York and in Manchester, England. He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, wh ...
(25 September 1857, New York, NY–14 February 1925, New York, NY), is considered the first successful US-born Jewish architect and city planner. United States *
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 ...
(9 May 1909, Buffalo, NY–6 August 1990, New York, NY), was a 20th-century
Pritzker Prize The Pritzker Architecture Prize is an international architecture award presented annually "to honor a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produ ...
-winning Modernist architect and a partner in the firm of
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is an American architectural, urban planning and engineering firm. It was founded in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel A. Owings, Nathaniel Owings in Chicago, Illinois. In 1939, they were joined by engineer Jo ...
. United States *
Roberto Burle Marx Roberto Burle Marx (August 4, 1909 – June 4, 1994) was a Brazilian landscape architect (as well as a painter, print maker, ecologist, naturalist, artist and musician) whose designs of parks and gardens made him world-famous. He is accredite ...
(4 August 1909, São Paulo, Brazil–4 June 1994, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), was a Brazilian landscape architect, painter, printmaker, ecologist, naturalist, artist, and musician. Brazil * David Busch was an architect, the chief engineer of Oradea, Romania, and planner of the Neologist Synagogue built 1877–8. Romania


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Giorgio Cavaglieri Giorgio Cavaglieri (August 1, 1911 – May 15, 2007) was an Italian architect and a leading figure in the historic preservationist movement in New York City. He is best known for his 1960s restoration of the Jefferson Market Library in Greenwi ...
(11 August 1911, Venice, Italy–15 May 2007, New York, NY), was an architectural preservationist and painter of gouaches, best known for his 1960s restoration of the
Jefferson Market Library The Jefferson Market Branch of the New York Public Library, once known as the Jefferson Market Courthouse, is a National Historic Landmark located at 425 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue), on the southwest corner of West 10th Street, in Green ...
in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. United States *
Ivan Ceresnjes Ivan Ceresnjes (born 1945, Sarajevo), also known as Ivica Ceresnjes, is a Bosnian architect-researcher at the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem specializing in the documentation of the Jewish architectural-cultural heri ...
(né Ivica Ceresnjes), (1945, Sarajevo, Bosnia, and Herzegovina–), is a Bosnian architect-researcher at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...
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Irwin Chanin Irwin Salmon Chanin (October 29, 1891 – February 24, 1988) was an American architect and real estate developer, best known for designing several Art Deco towers and Broadway theaters. Biography Irwin Chanin was born to a Jewish family, the son ...
(29 October 1891, New York, NY–24 February 1988, New York, NY), was a designer of Art Deco office towers and Broadway theaters, a real estate developer, and benefactor to his alma mater,
The Cooper Union The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (Cooper Union) is a private college at Cooper Square in New York City. Peter Cooper founded the institution in 1859 after learning about the government-supported École Polytechnique in ...
, which named its school of architecture in his honor. United States *
Pierre Chareau Pierre Chareau (4 August 1883 – 24 August 1950) was a French architect and designer. Early life Chareau was born in Bordeaux, France. He went to the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris by the time he was 17. Work Chareau d ...
(4 August 1883, Bordeaux, France–24 August 1950, New York, NY), was a French architect and designer, credited for building the first house in France made of steel and glass, the
Maison de Verre The Maison de Verre ( French for House of Glass) was built from 1928 to 1932 in Paris, France. Constructed in the early modern style of architecture, the house's design emphasized three primary traits: honesty of materials, variable transpar ...
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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 ...
(8 October 1900, Grozny, Russian Empire–8 May 1996, Wellfleet, MA), was an architect whose interwar partnership with
Erich Mendelsohn Erich Mendelsohn (21 March 1887 – 15 September 1953) was a German architect, known for his expressionist architecture in the 1920s, as well as for developing a dynamic Functionalism (architecture), functionalism in his projects for department ...
was noted for bringing Modernism to Great Britain; writer, professor and co-founder of professional societies in the US. United States *
Yakov Chernikhov Yakiv Georgievich Chernikhov (ukr. Яків Георгійович Чернихов) (5 (17) December 1889 in Pavlograd, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire (now Pavlohrad, Ukraine) – 9 May 1951 in Moscow, Soviet Union) was a Russian arc ...
(Russian: Яков Георгиевич Чернихов), (17 December 1889, Pavlograd, Russian Empire–9 May 1951, Moscow, USSR), was a Constructivist architect and graphic designer whose books on architectural design between 1927 and 1933 are among the most innovative texts and illustrations of their time. USSR * Elizabeth Close (née Elizabeth Scheu) (4 June 1912, Vienna, Austria–29 November 2011, Minneapolis, MN), became the first female architect in Minneapolis and received a lifetime achievement award by the
American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to su ...
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Jean-Louis Cohen Jean-Louis Cohen (born 20 July 1949) is a French architect and architectural historian specializing in modern architecture and city planning. Since 1994 he has been the Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture at New York Universi ...
(20 July 1949, Paris, France–), is a French architect and architectural historian specializing in modern architecture and city planning; professor at
New York University Institute of Fine Arts The Institute of Fine Arts (IFA) of New York University is dedicated to graduate teaching and advanced research in the history of art, archaeology and the conservation and technology of works of art. It offers Master of Arts and Doctor of Philoso ...
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Preston Scott Cohen Preston Scott Cohen is a professor of Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD). In 2004, he established a partnership with two registered architects, Amit Nemlich and Gilles Quintal, and became the Design Principal of Preston Scott Cohen, Inc. base ...
is a Boston-based designer and the Gerald M. McCue Professor in Architecture at
Harvard Graduate School of Design The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is the graduate school of design at Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It offers master's and doctoral programs in architecture, landscape architecture, urban ...
(GSD). United States


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Michel de Klerk Michel de Klerk (24 November 1884, Amsterdam – 24 November 1923, Amsterdam) was a Dutch architect. Born to a Dutch Jews, Jewish family, he was one of the founding architects of the movement Amsterdam School (Expressionist architecture) Earl ...
(24 November 1884, Amsterdam, Netherlands–24 November 1923, Amsterdam, Netherlands), was a Dutch architect and one of the founders of the Amsterdam School movement. Netherlands * Joseph de Lange ( nl) (18 April 1883, Amsterdam, Nethlerlands–28 January 1948, Antwerp, Belgium), was the designer of the Eisenmann Synagogue in Antwerp. Netherlands, Belgium *
Julio Deutsch Julio Deutsch ( hr, Julije Dajč; 29 September 1859 – 9 June 1922) was a Croats, Croatian architect known for his architectural Art Nouveau, art nouveau style. Early life and family Deutsch was born in Geppersdorf (now Linhartovy, part of Měs ...
(Croatian: Julije Dajč) (29 September 1859, Geppersdorf, Austria-Hungary–9 June 1922, Zagreb, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes), was a Croatian architect known for his Art Nouveau architectural style and the designer of the Hotel Palace in Zagreb, originally called Schlesinger Palace (1891). Austria-Hungary * Angelo Di Castro ( it) (25 January 1901, Rome, Italy–28 November 1989, Rome, Italy), was an Italian architect known for his design for the
Synagogue of Livorno The Synagogue of Livorno is a historic synagogue in Livorno, Italy. ''Tempio Maggiore'' (1603) The first Synagogue of Livorno, called ''Tempio Maggiore'', dates back to 1603. The synagogue was built in a modest and simple style by Claudio Cog ...
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Elizabeth Diller Elizabeth Diller, also known as Liz Diller, is an American architect and partner in Diller Scofidio + Renfro, which she co-founded in 1979. She is also an architecture professor at Princeton University. Life Elizabeth Diller was born in 1954 in ...
(1954, Lodz, Poland–), is a partner with her husband,
Ricardo Scofidio Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese cognate of the name Richard. It derived from Proto-Germanic ''*rīks'' 'king, ruler' + ''*harduz'' 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a surname. People Given name *Ricardo de Araújo Pereira, Portugu ...
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Charles Renfro 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 " ...
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Diller Scofidio + Renfro Diller Scofidio + Renfro is an American interdisciplinary design studio that integrates architecture, the visual arts, and the performing arts. Based in New York City, Diller Scofidio + Renfro is led by four partners – Elizabeth Diller, Ricardo ...
, the first architectural firm to win the so-called "genius award," a MacArthur Prize. United States * Todd A. Drucker (24 April 1994, New York, NY–), is an American architect that works for GKV Architects in New York City. He focuses on renewable building materials, such as high rise structures predominantly made from timber. He goes by the affectionate nickname "Timber Todd". United States *
Dan Dworsky Daniel Leonard Dworsky (October 4, 1927 – January 19, 2022) was an American architect who was a longstanding member of the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows. Among other works, Dworsky designed Crisler Arena, the basketball ...
(4 October 1927, Minneapolis, MN–), has been a leading Southern California architect since the early 1950s. United States


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* Drew Eberson (1904, Hamilton, OH–July 1989, Stamford, CT), was an architect who designed and renovated many movie theaters in the US and abroad. United States *
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, e ...
(2 January 1875, Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary–5 March 1954, Stamford, CT), was an architect best known for his atmospheric movie theaters. United States *
John H. Edelmann John H. Edelmann (1852–1900) was a socialist-anarchist who worked as an architect in the office of Alfred Zucker, a successful commercial architect of the 1880s and 1890s in New York City. As an architect, Edelmann's sole surviving monument i ...
(1852–July 1900), was a socialist-anarchist architect who worked in the office of
Alfred Zucker Alfred J. R. E. Zucker (January 23, 1852 – August 2, 1913)
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and designed the
Decker Building The Decker Building (also the Union Building) is a commercial building located at 33 Union Square West in Manhattan, New York City. The structure was completed in 1892 for the Decker Brothers piano company, and designed by John H. Edelmann. Fro ...
in New York City. United States * Semyon Eibushits ( ru) (Russian: Семён Семёнович Эйбушиц) (24 June 1851, Austria–4 July 1898, Moscow, Russian Empire), was a Russian architect. Russian Empire *
Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz Cyrus Lazelle Warner Eidlitz (July 27, 1853 – October 5, 1921) was an American architect best known for designing One Times Square, the former New York Times Building on Times Square. He is founder of the architecture firm presently known as ...
(27 July 1853, New York, NY–5 October 1921, New York, NY), was best known for designing
One Times Square One Times Square (also known as 1475 Broadway, the New York Times Building, the New York Times Tower, or simply as the Times Tower) is a 25-story, skyscraper on Times Square in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Designed by ...
, the former New York Times Building, on Times Square. United States *
Leopold Eidlitz Leopold Eidlitz (March 10, 1823, Prague, Bohemia – March 22, 1908, New York City) was a prominent New York architect best known for his work on the New York State Capitol (Albany, New York, 1876–1881), as well as " Iranistan" (1848), P. T. B ...
(10 March 1823, Prague, Bohemia—22 March 1908, New York, NY), was an architect best known for his work on the
New York State Capitol The New York State Capitol, the seat of the Government of New York State, New York state government, is located in Albany, New York, Albany, the List of U.S. state capitals, capital city of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. The seat o ...
in Albany, NY. United States * Aleksandr Eingorn ( ru) (Russian: Александр Львович Эйнгорн) (12 December 1888, Russian Empire–December 1939, USSR), was a Russian and Soviet architect and an honorary member of the
Royal Institute of British Architects The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three suppl ...
. Russian Empire, USSR *
Peter Eisenman Peter Eisenman (born August 11, 1932) is an American architect. Considered one of the New York Five, Eisenman is known for his writing and speaking about architecture as well as his designs, which have been called high modernist or deconstructiv ...
(11 August 1932, Newark, NJ–), is an American architect of global renown noted for his
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (german: Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas), also known as the Holocaust Memorial (German: ''Holocaust-Mahnmal''), is a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, designed by arc ...
in Berlin (2005). United States * Sidney Eisenshtat (6 June 1914, New Haven, CT–1 March 2005, Los Angeles, CA), was an architect best known for Modernist synagogues."Obituaries: United States,"
''American Jewish Yearbook, 2006,'' pp. 712–13 (New York: The
American Jewish Committee The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is a Jewish advocacy group established on November 11, 1906. It is one of the oldest Jewish advocacy organizations and, according to ''The New York Times'', is "widely regarded as the dean of American Jewish org ...
, 2006).
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Mikhail Eisenstein Mikhail Osipovich Eisenstein (russian: Михаил Осипович Эйзенштейн, translit=Michail Osipovič Ejzenštein, lv, Mihails Eizenšteins; – 2 July 1920) was a civil engineer and architect working in Riga, the present-day cap ...
(Russian: Михаил Осипович Эйзенштейн) (5 September 1867, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire–2 July 1921, Berlin, Germany), was a Russian architect and one of the leading proponents of the Russian version of Art Nouveau. Russian Empire *
Otto Eisler Otto Eisler (1 June 1893 – 27 July 1968) was a Czech architect, noted for his contributions to International style in architecture. He was Jewish and is a survivor of the Auschwitz death camp. Biography Eisler was educated at the Deutsche T ...
(1 June 1893, Bystřice nad Pernštejnem, Austria-Hungary–27 July 1968, Brno, Czechoslovakia), was a Czech architect noted for his contributions to the International style. Czechoslovakia * Aryeh Elhanani (Arieh El-Hanani) (né Sapozhnikov) (1898, Poltava, Russian Empire–1985, Israel), was an Israeli architect noted for the reconstruction of The Great Synagogue in Tel Aviv. Israel. * Erez Ella (Hebrew: ארז אלה‎) (1971–), is an Israeli architect based in New York City and heads the sustainable design unit at the
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design ( he, בצלאל, אקדמיה לאמנות ועיצוב) is a public college of design and art located in Jerusalem. Established in 1906 by Jewish painter and sculptor Boris Schatz, Bezalel is Israel's oldest ...
in Jerusalem. Israel, United States * Mark Elman (Russian: Марк Моисеевич Эльман) (1928, Odessa, USSR–), is a Soviet architect, known for his design of entertainment buildings. USSR *
Harry Elte Harry Elte (born with the name Hartog Elte, Amsterdam, 3 September 1880 – Theresienstadt, 1 April 1944) was a Jewish-Dutch architect. His style is that of the Amsterdam School. Elte was educated by Berlage. He designed several synagogues an ...
(né Hartog Elte) (3 September 1880, Amsterdam, Netherlands–1 April 1944, Theresienstadt concentration camp erezín, Czechoslovakia, was a Dutch architect of the Amsterdam School who was murdered by the Nazis. Netherlands * Abraham Elzas ( nl) (14 September 1907, Alkmaar, Netherlands–5 September 1995, Amsterdam, Netherlands), was a Dutch architect. * Paul Engelmann (14 June 1891, Olmütz, Austria-Hungary−5 February 1965, Tel Aviv, Israel), was a Viennese architect who is now best known for his partnership with
Ludwig Wittgenstein Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein ( ; ; 26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian-British philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He is considere ...
in the design and building of the Stonborough House in Vienna before he fled Nazis in 1934. Austria-Hungary, Erez Israel, Israel * Viktor Estrovich ( ru) (Russian: Виктор Абрамович Эстрович) (1881, Rossieny, Russian Empire–1941, Kharkiv, USSR), was a renowned Russian and Soviet architect murdered by Nazis. Russian Empire, USSR


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* Garry Faif (12 June 1942, Tbilisi, USSR–12 April 2002, Paris, France), was a Soviet and French architect, one of the few former Soviet architect-émigrés of the 1970s to practice in the West successfully. USSR, France * Georg Falck ( de) (10 August 1878, Landeck, Germany–22 May 1947, New York, NY), was a German architect before he fled the Nazis to the Netherlands. Germany * Mark Felger ( ru) (Russian: Марк Давидович Фельгер) (1881, Russian Empire–1962, USSR) was a distinguished Russian and Soviet architect. Russian Empire, USSR *
Bedřich Feuerstein Bedřich Feuerstein (15 January 1892 – 10 May 1936) was a Czechs, Czech architect, painter and essayist. Feuerstein was born in Dobrovice and studied at the Czech Technical University under professor Jože Plečnik. Between 1924 and 1926 he ...
(15 January 1892, Dobrovice, Austria-Hungary–10 May 1936, Prague, Czechoslovakia), was a Czech architect, painter, and essayist. Czechoslovakia * Emanuele Fiano (13 March 1963, Milan, Italy–), is an Italian architect, urban planner and member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. Italy * Yuly Filler ( ru) (Russian: Юлий Исаакович Филлер) (1932, Moscow, USSR–), is a well known Soviet and Russian architect. USSR, Russia *
Maurice Herman Finkel Maurice Herman Finkel (1888–1949) was an American architect and Yiddish theater actor, known for buildings designed in and near Detroit, Michigan, where he had his career. Born in Bessarabia, part of the Russian Empire, he immigrated to New York ...
(1888, Bessarabia, Russian Empire–1949), was a Detroit architect who was also a performer in the Yiddish theater. United States *
Ignjat Fischer Ignjat Nathan Fischer (18 June 1870, Zagreb – 19 January 1948, Zagreb) was a Croatian architect who was active in Zagreb during the first half of the 20th century. Early life and education Fischer was born in Zagreb to a Croatian-Jewish fami ...
(18 June 1870, Zagreb, Croatia–19 January 1948, Zagreb, Yugoslavia), was a Croatian architect noted for his design of the City Savings Bank Palace on Ban Jelačić Square in Zagreb (1922–1925). Croatia * Tovy Fishel ( ru) (Russian: Товий Лазаревич Фишель) (8 June 1869, Odessa, Russian Empire–1913?), was a Russian architect in Siberia. Russian Empire * Julien Flegenheimer ( fr) (25 April 1880, Geneva, Switzerland–1 October 1938, Geneva, Switzerland), was a Swiss architect best known for his
Palace of Nations The Palace of Nations (french: Palais des Nations, ) is the home of the United Nations Office at Geneva, located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was built between 1929 and 1938 to serve as the headquarters of the League of Nations. It has served ...
building in Geneva. Switzerland *
Max Fleischer Max Fleischer (born Majer Fleischer ; July 19, 1883 – September 25, 1972) was an American animator, inventor, film director and producer, and studio founder and owner. Born in Kraków, Fleischer immigrated to the United States where he became ...
(1841, Prostějov, Austrian Empire–1905 Vienna, Austria-Hungary), was a Moravian Jewish architect working in Vienna who designed many synagogues throughout the Austrian monarchy. Austria-Hungary * Fred Forbát (né Forbát Alfréd) (31 March 1897, Pécs, Austria-Hungary–22 May 1972, Vällingby, Sweden), was an architect with significant work in Germany and Sweden. Germany, Sweden *
Danny Forster Daniel Keith Forster (born September 19, 1977) is an American designer, television host, film and television producer, director, professor, and speaker. He is best known as the host of the Science Channel series ''Build It Bigger''; as the crea ...
(19 September 1977, New York, NY–), is an American architect, designer, television host, producer, director, professor, and speaker. United States * Sheldon Fox (c. 1930–19 December 2006), was an architect and co-founder of
Kohn Pedersen Fox Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) is an American architecture firm that provides architecture, interior, programming and master planning services for clients in both the public and private sectors. KPF is one of the largest architecture firms in ...
, a firm with particular expertise in the area of office design, supertall structures, and large-scale, urban, mixed-use developments. United States * Josef Frank (15 July 1885, Baden bei Wien, Austria-Hungary–8 January 1967, Stockholm, Sweden), was an Austrian architect, artist, and designer whom the Nazis forced to flee the country; created with
Oskar Strnad Oskar Strnad (26 October 1879 – 3 September 1935) was an Austrian architect, sculptor, designer and set designer for films and theatres. Together with Josef Frank he was instrumental in creating the distinctive character of the '' Wiener Sc ...
the Vienna School of Architecture. Austria, Sweden * Rudolf Fränkel (14 June 1901, Neisse, German Empire–23 April 1974, Oxford, OH), was a German architect who was among the leaders of the pre-war avant-garde movement in Berlin; emigrated to the US and later joined the American Institute of Planners. Germany, Romania, United Kingdom, United States. * Isidor Frantsuz ( ru) (Russian: Исидор Аронович Француз) (19 July 1896, Odessa, Russian Empire–1991, USSR), was a renowned Soviet architect. USSR *
Ulrich Franzen Ulrich Joseph Franzen (January 15, 1921 – October 6, 2012) was a German-born American architect known for his "fortresslike" buildings and Brutalist style.Vitello, Paul (14 October 2012)Ulrich Franzen, Designer of Brutalist Buildings, Dies at 91 ...
(15 January 1921, Düsseldorf, Germany–6 October 2012, Santa Fe, NM), was among the most creative American architects in the second half of the 20th century. United States *
James Ingo Freed James Ingo Freed (June 23, 1930 – December 15, 2005) was an American architect born in Essen, Germany during the Weimar Republic. After coming to the United States at age nine with his sister Betty, followed later by their parents, he studi ...
(23 June 1930, Essen, Germany–15 December 2005, New York, NY), was an American architect among whose major works is the
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, commonly known as the Javits Center, is a large convention center on Eleventh Avenue between 34th Street and 38th Street in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City. It was designed by architect James ...
in New York City. United States * Boris Freidenberg ( de) (German: Bernhard Freudenberg) (Russian: Борис Викторович Фрейденберг) (7 August 1850, Frankfurt am Main, Germany–29 December 1925, Graz, Austria), was a Russian architect. Russian Empire * Konstantin Frenkel ( ru) (Russian: Константин Давидович Френкель) (17 July 1912, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire—28 May 1980, Moscow, USSR), was a renowned Soviet architect. USSR *
Ernst L. Freud Ernst L. Freud (6 April 1892 – 7 April 1970) was an Austrian architect and the fourth child of Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and his German-born wife Martha Bernays. In honour of his wife, Ernst Freud added the initial L. to his name wh ...
(6 April 1892, Vienna, Austria-Hungary–7 April 1970, London, United Kingdom), was a German-Austrian architect and later practiced in Britain, securing a number of commissions for private houses and blocks of flats around Hampstead, including the notable Frognal Close in 1938, Belvedere Court, and Lyttelton Road. Austria-Hungary, Germany, United Kingdom * Dezső Freund ( hu) (10 May 1884, Budapest, Austria-Hungary–18 February 1960, Budapest, Hungary), was a Hungarian architect. * Isaak Fridenthal (Russian: Исаак Фриденталь) (1928, Kharkiv, USSR–), is a Soviet architect and Israeli artist. USSR, Israel *
Semyon Fridlin Semyon Fridlin (russian: Семён Давидович Фридлин; December 28, 1909 – December 12, 1992) was an architect in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R), who was the first architect to be awarded the title of “Disting ...
(Russian: Семён Давидович Фридлин) (28 December 1909, Kremenchug, Russian Empire–12 December 1992), was a Soviet architect among whose notable works in Ukraine were the music and drama theaters in Zaporozhye (1947–1953) and Chernihiv (1958). USSR * Anatoly Fridman ( ru) (Russian: Анатолий Иосифович Фридман) (17 May 1945, Minsk, USSR–), is a Soviet and Belarusian architect. USSR, Belarus * Daniil Fridman ( ru) (Russian: Даниил Фёдорович Фридман) (27 July 1887, Odessa, Russian Empire–31 August 1950, Moscow, USSR), was a renowned Soviet architect. USSR *
M. Paul Friedberg M. Paul Friedberg, FASLA, (born 1931) is an American landscape architect. Biography M. Paul Friedberg was born in New York City where he attended Cornell University. In 1954 he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree. He said that "after n ...
(c. 1931, New York, NY–), is an American landscape architect, one of whose most notable projects was the Jacob Riis Plaza on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, undertaken in the mid-1960s. United States *
Yona Friedman Yona Friedman (5 June 1923 – 20 February 2020) was a Hungarian-born French architect, urban planner and designer. He was influential in the late 1950s and early 1960s, best known for his theory of "mobile architecture". Early years Born in B ...
(5 June 1923, Budapest, Hungary–20 February 2020, Los Angeles, CA), was an architect, urban planner, and designer best known for his theory of mobile architecture. France * Robert Friedmann ( de) (15 February 1888, Hamburg, Germany–10 September 1940, Jerusalem, Erez Israel), was a German architect, active in Hamburg. Germany * Marie Frommer (17 March 1890, Warsaw, Poland–16 November 1976, New York, NY), was a well-known architect in Berlin before the Nazis forced her to flee the country, and whose work reflected the principles of Expressionism and the Neue Sachlichkeit (The
New Objectivity The New Objectivity (in german: Neue Sachlichkeit) was a movement in German art that arose during the 1920s as a reaction against expressionism. The term was coined by Gustav Friedrich Hartlaub, the director of the ''Kunsthalle'' in Mannheim, who ...
). Germany, United Kingdom, United States *
Richard Fuchs Richard Fuchs (; 26 April 1887 – 22 September 1947) was a German composer and architect, the older brother of German national team Olympic football player Gottfried Fuchs. Life Fuchs was in the German Army (German Empire), German Army, and wa ...
(26 April 1887, Karlsruhe, Germany–22 September 1947, Wellington, New Zealand), was an architect and composer, and while in Wellington, worked as an architect with Natusch and Sons and the Housing Department. Germany, New Zealand


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* Vladimir Galperin ( ru) (Russian: Владимир Михайлович Гальперин) (1898, Sevastopol, Russian Empire–1971, Leningrad, USSR), was a Soviet architect. USSR * Robert Geddes (7 December 1932, Philadelphia, PA–), is an American architect, planner, writer, educator, former principal of the firm Geddes Brecher Qualls Cunningham (GBQC), and dean emeritus of the
Princeton University School of Architecture Princeton University School of Architecture is the name of the school of architecture at Princeton University. Founded in 1919, the School is a center for teaching and research in architectural design, history, and theory. The School offers an und ...
(1965–1982). United States * Jakob Gartner (6 October 1861 – 15 April 1921) was an Austrian architect *
Frank Gehry Frank Owen Gehry, , FAIA (; ; born ) is a Canadian-born American architect and designer. A number of his buildings, including his private residence in Santa Monica, California, have become world-renowned attractions. His works are considered ...
CC (né Frank Owen Goldberg) (28 February 1929, Toronto, Canada–), is a Canadian-American
Pritzker Prize The Pritzker Architecture Prize is an international architecture award presented annually "to honor a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produ ...
-winning architect based in Los Angeles, widely acclaimed for the
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, and located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. The museum was inaugurated on 18 October 1997 by King Juan Carlos I of Spai ...
in Spain."Frank Gehry clears the air"
''Globe and Mail'', 28 July 2010
United States * Mikhail Gelfer ( ru) (Russian: Михаил Ефимович Гельфер) (1934, Moscow, USSR–), is a Soviet and Russian Federation architect. USSR, Russia * Solomeya Gelfer ( ru) (Russian: Саломея Максимовна Гельфер) (27 December 1916, Bialystok, Russian Empire–31 January 2011, Moscow, Russia), was a leading Soviet architect and expert in the design of entertainment buildings. USSR * Alfred Gellhorn ( de) (26 May 1885, Ohlau, German Empire–7 May 1972, London, United Kingdom), was a German architect. Germany. * Ofra Gelman is an American architect specializing in hospitality design in Las Vegas, Nevada. United States * Yakov Gevirts ( ru) (Russian: Яков Германович Гевирц) (27 January 1879, Odessa, Russian Empire–1942, Leningrad, USSR), was a Russian and Soviet architect. Russian Empire, USSR * Elsa Mandelstamm Gidoni (12 March 1901, Riga, Russian Empire–19 April 1978, Washington, DC), was a German-American architect and interior designer who became a member of the
American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to su ...
(AIA) in 1943. Erez Israel, United States. * Herman Gincler (1899–?), was a Hungarian architect. Hungary *
Aleksandr Ginzburg Alexander "Alik" Ilyich Ginzburg ( rus, Алекса́ндр Ильи́ч Ги́нзбург, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ɨˈlʲjidʑ ˈɡʲinzbʊrk, a=Alyeksandr Il'yich Ginzburg.ru.vorb.oga; 21 November 1936 – 19 July 2002), was a Russian journalist ...
( ru) (Russian: Александр Маркович Гинзбург) (4 July 1876, Slavyansk, Russian Empire–1949, Kharkiv, USSR), was a renowned Russian and Soviet architect, active in Kharkiv Jewish community affairs. Russian Empire, USSR *
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 ...
(Russian: Моисей Яковлевич Гинзбург) (4 June 1892, Minsk, Russian Empire–7 January 1946, Moscow, USSR), was a Soviet architect, best known for his leading role in the Constructivist movement. USSR * Boris I. Girshovich ( ru) (Russian: Борис Ионович Гиршович) (23 August 1858, Korelichi, Russian Empire–6 July 1911, Pavlovsk, Russian Empire), was a renowned Russian architect. Russian Empire * Boris O. Girshovich (Russian: Борис Осипович Гиршович) (1905, Kiev, Russian Empire–), is a Soviet architect and city planner. USSR * Isidor Gitler (Russian: Исидор Альбертович Гитлер) (1902, Moscow, Russian Empire–1973, Kiev, USSR), was a Soviet architect. USSR *
Bertrand Goldberg Bertrand Goldberg (July 17, 1913 – October 8, 1997) was an American architect and industrial designer, best known for the Marina City complex in Chicago, Illinois, the tallest reinforced concrete building in the world at the time of complet ...
(17 July 1913, Chicago, IL–8 October 1997, Chicago, IL), was an American architect best known for the
Marina City Marina City is a mixed-use residential-commercial building complex in Chicago, Illinois, United States, North America, designed by architect Bertrand Goldberg. The multi-building complex opened between 1963 and 1967 and occupies almost an entire ...
complex in Chicago, the tallest residential concrete building in the world at the time of completion. United States *
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 ...
(11 September 1902, Budapest, Hungary–15 November 1987, London, United Kingdom), was an architect and designer of furniture, and a vital member of the architectural Modern Movement after he had moved from Hungary to the United Kingdom. United Kingdom * David S. Goldgor ( ru) (Russian: Давид Семёнович Гольдгор) (25 October 1912, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire–12 July 1982, Leningrad, USSR), was a distinguished Soviet architect and graphic artist. USSR * Helmut Goldschmidt ( de) (16 October 1918, Magdeburg, Germany–6 August 2005, Cologne, Germany), was a German architect. *
Myron Goldsmith Myron Goldsmith (September 15, 1918 – July 15, 1996) was an American architect and designer.David W. DunlaJuly 17, 1996 New York Times He was a student of Mies van der Rohe and Pier Luigi Nervi before designing 40 projects at Skidmore, Owings & ...
(15 September 1918, New York, NY–15 July 1996, Wilmette, IL), was an American architect, designer and educator; a student of Mies van der Rohe and Pier Luigi Nervi before designing 40 projects at
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is an American architectural, urban planning and engineering firm. It was founded in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel A. Owings, Nathaniel Owings in Chicago, Illinois. In 1939, they were joined by engineer Jo ...
from 1955 to 1983. United States *
Percival Goodman Percival Goodman (January 13, 1904 – October 11, 1989) was an American urban theorist and architect who designed more than 50 synagogues between 1948 and 1983. He has been called the "leading theorist" of modern synagogue design, Philip No ...
(13 January 1904, New York, NY–11 October 1989, New York, NY), was an urban theorist and architect who designed over 50 synagogues. United States * Ezra Gordon ( ru) (Russian: Эзра Гордон) (c. 1921, Detroit, MI–28 June 2009, Chicago, IL), was an architect and educator. United States * J. M. Gerald Gordon (14 December 1933, Vryheid, South Africa−11 September 2016, Johannesburg, South Africa), was an architect, designer, and professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, best known for inventing the thin-skin building method for sustainable, low-cost construction. South Africa * Aaron Green (1917, Corinth, MS−15 June 2001, San Francisco, CA), was an American architect; a protégé of
Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements o ...
, he participated in 40 of Wright's projects. United States * Aleksandr Grinberg ( ru) (Russian: Александр Зиновьевич Гринберг) (1 August 1881, Odessa, Russian Empire–1938, Moscow, USSR), was a Soviet architect. Russian Empire, USSR * Leonid Grinshpun (Russian: Леонид Осипович Гриншпун) (1906, Moscow, Russian Empire–1981, Moscow, USSR), was a Soviet architect. USSR * Arthur Gross (1877–1950) was a partner of
Schwartz and Gross Schwartz & Gross was a New York City architectural firm active from at least 1901 to 1963,An article on 890 West End Avenue Building
/ref> United States * Alfred Grotte (1872–1944, Theresienstadt concentration camp erezín, Czechoslovakia, was a professor, historian, conservator, and architect; reconstructed the
Maisel Synagogue Maisel Synagogue ( cs, Maiselova synagoga) is one of the historical monuments of the former Prague Jewish quarter. It was built at the end of the 16th century which is considered to be the golden age of the ghetto. Since then its appearance has c ...
in Prague in the Neo-Gothic style. *
Victor Gruen Victor David Gruen, born Viktor David Grünbaum
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(July 18, 1903 – February 1 ...
(18 July 1903, Vienna, Austria–14 February 1980, Vienna Austria), was a pioneer in the design of shopping malls in the United States. *
Hector Guimard Hector Guimard (, 10 March 1867 – 20 May 1942) was a French architect and designer, and a prominent figure of the Art Nouveau style. He achieved early fame with his design for the Castel Beranger, the first Art Nouveau apartment building ...
(10 March 1867, Lyon, France–20 May 1942, New York, NY), was a non-Jewish architect, who is now the best-known representative of the French Art Nouveau style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. France * Mikhail Gurevich ( ru) (Russian: Михаил Борисович Гуревич) (1925, Orel, USSR–), is a Soviet architect. USSR * Natan Gurevich ( ru) (Russian: Натан Львович Гуревич) (1896, Kakhovka, Russian Empire–1958, Moscow, USSR), was a Soviet architect involved in designing bridges and riverbanks. Russian Empire, USSR * Viktor Gurevich (Russian: Виктор НатановичГуревич) (1925, Volkhov, USSR–), is a Soviet architect. USSR * Abram Gurkov ( ru) (Russian: Абрам Бенционович Гурков) (24 January 1919, Lubny, USSR–27 March 1998), was a renowned Soviet architect. USSR * Erwin Anton Gutkind (20 May 1886, Berlin, Germany–7 August 1968, Philadelphia, PA), was an architect, city planner and educator; primary architect for the Berlin building firm, Gruppe Nord. Germany, United Kingdom, United States * Aleksey Gutnov ( de) ( ru) (Russian: Алексей Эльбрусович Гутнов) (26 June 1937, Moscow, USSR–14 July 1986, Moscow, USSR), was a Soviet architectural theoretician and urban planner. USSR * Yakov Guzman ( ru) (Russian: Яков Наумович Гузман) (1925, Odessa, USSR–1990, Moscow, USSR), was a Soviet architect. USSR


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* Moritz Hadda ( de) (16 January 1887, Cosel, Upper Silesia–1942, Riga, Kaiserwald concentration camp, USSR), was a German architect murdered by the Nazis. Germany *
Alfréd Hajós Alfréd Hajós (1 February 1878 – 12 November 1955) was a Hungarian swimmer, football player and manager, and architect. He was the first modern Olympic swimming champion and the first Olympic champion of Hungary. No other swimmer ever won s ...
(1 February 1878, Budapest, Austria-Hungary–12 November 1955, Budapest, Hungary), was an architect specializing in sports facilities and an Olympic champion swimmer. Hungary * Wilhelm Ze’ev Haller ( de) (11 June 1884, Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia–10 May 1956, Tel Aviv, Israel), was a German and Israeli architect. Germany, Erez Israel, Israel *
Lawrence Halprin Lawrence Halprin (July 1, 1916 – October 25, 2009) was an American landscape architect, designer and teacher. Beginning his career in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, in 1949, Halprin often collaborated with a local circle of modernist a ...
(1 July 1916 – 25 October 2009), was a landscape architect and educator, one of whose notable projects was the master landscaping plan for the
1962 Seattle World's Fair The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) was a world's fair held April 21, 1962, to October 21, 1962, in Seattle, Washington (state), Washington, United States.Moshe Harel (13 October 1920, Sittard, Netherlands–15 August 2001, Herzlia, Israel), was an Israeli architect. Netherlands, Israel *
Arthur Loomis Harmon Arthur Loomis Harmon (July 13, 1878 – October 17, 1958) was an American architect. He is most famous as the design partner of the firm Shreve, Lamb and Harmon. Biography He was born in Chicago in 1878 and graduated from Columbia University's S ...
(13 July 1878, Chicago, IL–17 October 1958, White Plains, NY), was an American architect and partner in
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon, founded as Shreve & Lamb, was an architectural firm, best known for designing the Empire State Building, the tallest building in the world at the time of its completion in 1931. History The firm was founded in 1920 as Sh ...
, designers of
740 Park Avenue 740 Park Avenue is a luxury cooperative apartment building on the west side of Park Avenue between East 71st and 72nd Streets in the Lenox Hill neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was described in ''Business Insider'' in 2011 as "a l ...
, the
Empire State Building The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The building was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931. Its name is derived from "Empire State", the nickname of the st ...
, and
3 Park Avenue 3 Park Avenue is a mixed-use office building and high school erected in 1973 on Park Avenue in Manhattan, New York City. The building, surrounded on three sides by a plaza, is categorized as a Midtown South address in the Kips Bay, Manhattan, M ...
in New York City. United States, Erez Israel * Ricardo Havilah Ben-Yehudah (1991, Tampico, Mexico–), is a Mexican-Israeli architect known for his emphasis on parametric geometry, computational sciences, and digital fabrication. Mexico, Erez Israel, Israel * David A. Haymes is a renowned Chicago architect and a founder of Pappageorge Haymes Partners. United States *
Zvi Hecker Zvi Hecker ( he, צבי הקר; born 31 May 1931) is a Polish-born Israeli architect. His work is known for its emphasis on geometry and asymmetry. Biography Zvi Hecker was born as Tadeusz Hecker in Kraków, Poland. He grew up in Poland and Sa ...
(Hebrew: צבי הקר‎)‎ (31 May 1931, Cracow, Poland–), is an Israeli architect known for his emphasis on geometry and asymmetry. Israel * Ármin Hegedűs ( hu) (5 October 1869, Szecseny, Austria-Hungary–29 June 1945, Budapest, Hungary), was a Hungarian architect. Austria-Hungary, Hungary *
Gregory Henriquez Gregory Henriquez (born 1963) is a Canadian architect who has designed community-based mixed-use projects in Vancouver, Toronto and Seattle. He is the managing principal of Vancouver-based Henriquez Partners Architects, founded in 1969 by his fat ...
(1963, Winnipeg, Canada–), is a Canadian architect, best known for the design of complex mixed-use, institutional, retail, and office, with both market and social housing projects in Canada. Canada *
Hermann Henselmann Hermann Henselmann (3 February 1905 – 19 January 1995) was a German architect most famous for his buildings constructed in East Germany during the 1950s and 1960s. Early years Henselmann was born in Roßla and studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule ...
(3 February 1905, Roßla, Germany–19 January 1995, Berlin, Germany), was a German architect most well-known for his buildings constructed in East Germany during the 1950s and 60s. Germany * Manfred Hermer ( ru) (Russian: Манфред Хермер) (1915, Volksrust, South Africa–), is a leading South African architect. South Africa *
Henry Beaumont Herts Henry Beaumont Herts (January 23, 1871 – March 27, 1933) was an American architect. Herts was born in New York City, attended Columbia University without graduating, and apprenticed under Bruce Price. He studied architecture in Europe at th ...
(23 January 1871, New York, NY–27 March 1933, New York, NY), was an American architect among whose works is the
Brooklyn Academy of Music The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is a performing arts venue in Brooklyn, New York City, known as a center for progressive and avant-garde performance. It presented its first performance in 1861 and began operations in its present location in ...
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Manuel Herz Manuel Herz is an architect with his own practice in Basel, Switzerland and Cologne, Germany. He was educated at the RWTH Aachen in Germany and at the Architectural Association in London. He has received numerous prizes and awards, published wid ...
(1969–) is an architect with his own practice in Basel, Switzerland, and Cologne, Germany, and teaches at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. Germany, Switzerland * Ludwig Karl Hilbersheimer (14 September 1885, Karlsruhe, Germany–6 May 1967, Chicago, IL), was an American architect, taught at the
Bauhaus The Staatliches Bauhaus (), commonly known as the Bauhaus (), was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts.Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 4th edn., 200 ...
, and was involved with
Arbeitsrat für Kunst The Arbeitsrat für Kunst (German language, German: 'Workers council for art' or 'Art Soviet') was a union of architects, painters, sculptors and art writers, who were based in Berlin from 1918 to 1921. It developed as a response to the Workers and ...
and other avant-garde groups, including the Expressionist
Der Sturm ''Der Sturm'' () was a German List of avant-garde magazines, avant-garde art and literary magazine founded by Herwarth Walden, covering Expressionism, Cubism, Dada and Surrealism, among other artistic movements. It was published between 1910 an ...
and Der Ring. United States, Germany *
Franz Hillinger Franz Hillinger (March 30, 1895, in Nagyvárad, Hungary – August 18, 1973, in New York) was an architect of the ''Neues Bauen'' (New Objectivity) movement in Berlin and in Turkey. Early life Hillinger was born to Jewish parents in the dual mo ...
(30 March 1895, Oradea, Romania–18 August 1973, New York, NY), was a German architect, forced by the Nazis to leave the country; supervised construction of the new Parliament building in Ankara, Turkey, in the 1950s. Germany, Turkey, United States * Pinhas Hitt ( ru) (Hebrew: פנחס היט‎) (Russian: Пинхас Хитт) (1888, Lvov, Austria-Hungary–1949, Israel). Austria-Hungary, Poland, Mandatory Palestine, Israel *
Friedrich Hitzig Georg Friedrich Heinrich Hitzig (8 November 1811, in Berlin – 11 October 1881, in Berlin) was a German architect, born into the Jewish Itzig family, converted to Lutheranism. He was a student of Karl Friedrich Schinkel. After his diploma in ...
(né Georg Friedrich Heinrich Hitzig) (8 November 1811, Berlin, Germany–11 October 1881, Berlin, Germany), was a German architect and became a member of the
Prussian Academy of Arts The Prussian Academy of Arts (German: ''Preußische Akademie der Künste'') was a state arts academy first established in Berlin, Brandenburg, in 1694/1696 by prince-elector Frederick III, in personal union Duke Frederick I of Prussia, and late ...
in 1855. Germany *
Leo Hönigsberg Leo Hönigsberg ( hr, Lavoslav Hoenigsberg, ; born in 1861, died in 1911) was a famous Croatian architect and co-owner of the architecture studio Hönigsberg & Deutsch. Early life and family Hönigsberg was born in Zagreb, Austro-Hungarian Monar ...
(Croatian: Lavoslav Hoenigsberg) (1861, Zagreb, Austria-Hungary–2 May 1911, Zagreb, Austria-Hungary), was a famous Croatian architect and co-founder with
Julio Deutsch Julio Deutsch ( hr, Julije Dajč; 29 September 1859 – 9 June 1922) was a Croats, Croatian architect known for his architectural Art Nouveau, art nouveau style. Early life and family Deutsch was born in Geppersdorf (now Linhartovy, part of Měs ...
of
Hönigsberg & Deutsch Hönigsberg & Deutsch was an architecture studio and construction company formed in Zagreb by architects Leo Hönigsberg and Julio Deutsch, active between 1889 and 1911. They produced over 90 known works in the Lower Town area of Zagreb, built du ...
. Austria-Hungary, Croatia *
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 ...
(né Friedrich Stowasser) (15 December 1928, Vienna, Austria–19 February 2000, aboard the ''Queen Elizabeth 2''), was an Austrian painter and architect whose best-known work is the
Hundertwasserhaus The Hundertwasserhaus ("Hundertwasser house") is an apartment house in Vienna, Austria, built after the idea and concept of Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Outline This expressionist landmark of Vienna is located in the Landstr ...
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Marcel Iancu Marcel Janco (, ; common rendition of the Romanian language, Romanian name Marcel Hermann Iancu ; 24 May 1895 – 21 April 1984) was a Romanian and Israeli visual artist, architect and art theorist. He was the co-inventor of Dadaism and a leading ...
(24 May 1895, Bucharest, Romania–21 April 1984, El Hod, Israel), was an architect, plastic artist, and art theorist; co-inventor of Dadaism and a leading exponent of Constructivism in Eastern Europe. Romania * Benjamin Idelson ( de) (1 April 1911, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire–30 November 1972, Tel Aviv, Israel), was a successful Israeli architect. Erez Israel *
Boris Iofan Boris Mikhailovich Iofan ( rus, Борис Михайлович Иофан, p=ɪɐˈfan; April 28, 1891 – March 11, 1976) was a Soviet architect of Jewish origin, known for his Stalinist architecture buildings like 1931 House on the Embankment ...
(Russian: Борис Михайлович Иофан) (28 April 1891, Odessa, Russian Empire–11 March 1976, Moscow, USSR), was a Soviet architect known for his Stalinist architecture buildings, such as the
House on the Embankment The House on the Embankment (russian: link=no, Дом на набережной) is a block-wide apartment building on the banks of the Moskva River on Balchug in downtown Moscow, Russia. It faces Bersenevskaya Embankment on one side and Serafim ...
(1931). USSR * Dmitry Iofan (Russian: Дмитрий Михайлович Иофан) (1885, Odessa, Russian Empire–1961, Moscow, USSR), was a Russian and Soviet architect. Russia, USSR * Yevgeny Ioheles ( ru) (Russian: Евгений Львович Иохелес) (12 May 1908, Moscow, Russian Empire–1989, Moscow, USSR), was a famous Soviet architect. USSR * Garold Isakovich ( ru) (Russian: Гарольд Григорьевич Исакович) (7 November 1931, Moscow, USSR–1992, Moscow, Russia), was a distinguished Soviet architect best known for the design of the Lenin Memorial. USSR * Franklin D. Israel (c. 1945, New York City, NY–1995, Los Angeles, CA), was an architect whose designs for private houses and offices for film production companies epitomized the creative ferment of contemporary Hollywood. United States


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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 ...
(11 February 1902, Copenhagen, Denmark–24 March 1971, Copenhagen, Denmark), was a Danish architect and furniture designer, known for his contribution to architectural functionalism. Denmark *
Ernst Jacobsson Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst" * Anton Ernst (1975-) ...
( sv) (16 August 1839, Stockholm, Sweden–6 December 1905, Stockholm, Sweden), was a Swedish architect. Sweden *
Johann Eduard Jacobsthal Johann, typically a male given name, is the German language, German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin language, Latin form of the Greek language, Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew language, Hebrew name ''Johanan (name ...
( de) (17 September 1839, Preußisch Stargard, Germany–1 January 1902, Berlin, Germany), was a German architect. Germany * Alfred Jacoby (3 September 1950, Offenbach am Main, Germany–), is a German architect and architectural lecturer, principally known for his synagogues in post-war Germany. Germany * Lajos Jámbor (architect) ( hu) (31 October 1869, Pest, Hungary–6 November 1955, Budapest, Hungary), was a Hungarian architect. Hungary * Hans Sigmund Jaretzki ( de) (26 June 1890, Berlin, Germany–16 March 1956, London, United Kingdom), was a renowned German and British architect. Germany, United Kingdom *
Herman Jessor Herman J. Jessor (June 15, 1894 – April 8, 1990) was an American architect who helped build more than 40,000 units of cooperative housing in New York City. He, along with Abraham Kazan, was a driving force of the cooperative housing movement in ...
(15 June 1894, Russian Empire–8 April 1990, New York, NY), was the architect of more than 40,000 union-sponsored, publicly assisted, cooperative housing units in New York City. United States * Kurt Jonas (1914, South Africa–1942, Erez Israel), was a South African architect. South Africa * Nathan S. Joseph (17 December 1834, London, United Kingdom–1909), was a British architect, philanthropist, social reformer, and Jewish communal leader. United Kingdom * Rudolf Joseph (14 August 1893, Pforzheim, Germany–17 January 1963, New York, NY). United States *
Erik Josephson Erik Semmy Josephson (7 March 1864 - 17 November 1929) was a Swedish architect. Biography Josephson was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He was the son of wholesaler August Abraham Josephson (1822-67) and Augusta Hortensia Jacobsson (1836-1915). ...
(7 March 1864, Stockholm, Sweden–17 November 1929, Stockholm, Sweden), was a Swedish architect and known as an industry architect and specialist in bank buildings. Sweden


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* Boris Kagan (Russian: Борис Маркусевич Каган) (1949, USSR–), is a leading Ukrainian architect. USSR, Ukraine * Uriel Kahana ( ru) (Hebrew: אוריאל כהנא‎) (Russian: Уриэль Кахана) (1903, Kiev, Russian Empire–1965, Israel), was a well-known Israeli architect, artist, scholar, author and publisher. Erez Israel, Israel. * Albert Kahn (21 March 1869, Rhaunen, Germany–8 December 1942, Detroit, MI), was the foremost American industrial architect of his day. United States *
Ely Jacques Kahn Ely Jacques Kahn (June 1, 1884September 5, 1972) was an American commercial architect who designed numerous skyscrapers in New York City in the twentieth century. In addition to buildings intended for commercial use, Kahn's designs ranged throug ...
(1 June 1884, New York, NY–5 September 1972, New York, NY), was an American commercial architect who designed numerous skyscrapers in New York City in the 20th century. United States *
Julius Kahn Julius Kahn may refer to: *Julius Kahn (inventor) (1874–1942), engineer of reinforced concrete *Julius Kahn (congressman) Julius Kahn (February 28, 1861 – December 18, 1924) was a United States Congressman who was succeeded by his wife ...
(8 March 1874, Münstereifel, Germany–4 November 1942, Cleveland, OH), was an American engineer, industrialist, and manufacturer. United States *
Louis I. 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 ...
(20 February 1901, Kuressaare, Russian Empire–17 March 1974, New York, NY), was an influential, world-renowned Modernist architect and professor at
Yale School of Architecture The Yale School of Architecture (YSOA) is one of the constituent professional schools of Yale University, and is generally considered to be one of the best architecture schools in the United States. The School awards the degrees of Master of Arc ...
from 1947 to 1957. United States * Gershen Kantorovich ( ru) (Russian: Гершен Давидович Канторович) (18 December 1937, Leningrad, USSR–21 October 2003, Perm, Russia), was a renowned Soviet architect and preservationist. USSR, Russia * Roy Herman Kantorowich ( ru) (1917, South Africa–1996, Manchester, United Kingdom), was an internationally acclaimed South African and British architect, town planner, and educator. South Africa, United Kingdom * Iosif Karakis ( ru) (Russian: Иосиф Юльевич Каракис) (29 May 1902, Balta, Russian Empire–23 February 1988, Kiev, USSR), was a distinguished Soviet architect and educator. USSR *
Irma Karakis Irma Yosypivna Karakis (4 November 1930 - 1 February 2022) was a Ukrainian Soviet architect, interior and furniture designer, candidate of architecture, winner of the gold medals of the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy of the USSR. ...
( de) ( ru) (Russian: Ирма Иосифовна Каракис) (4 November 1930, Kiev, USSR–), was a Soviet architect and interior designer. USSR *
Dov Karmi Dov Karmi ( he, דב כרמי; ‎1905 – 14 May 1962) was a renowned architect of Mandate Palestine and Israel. Biography Dov Karmi was born in 1905, the son of Hannah and Sholom Weingarten, in Zhvanets, Russian Empire. In 1921 the Weingar ...
(Hebrew: דב כרמי‎) (1905, Zhvanets, Russian Empire–14 May 1962, Tel Aviv, Israel), was a renowned Israeli architect awarded the
Israel Prize The Israel Prize ( he, פרס ישראל; ''pras israél'') is an award bestowed by the State of Israel, and regarded as the state's highest cultural honor. History The Israel Prize is awarded annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state cer ...
for architecture in 1957. Erez Israel, Israel. *
Ram Karmi Ram Karmi ( he, רם כרמי; 1931 – 11 April 2013) was an Israeli architect. He was head of the Tel Aviv-based Ram Karmi Architects company, and is known for his Brutalist architecture, Brutalist style. Biography Ram Karmi was born in Jerusale ...
(Ram Carmi) (Hebrew: רמ כרמי‎) (1931, Jerusalem–11 April 2013), was a leading Israeli architect and head of the Tel Aviv-based Ram Karmi Architects company; known for his Brutalist style. Israel *
Ada Karmi-Melamede Ada Karmi-Melamede ( he, עדה כרמי-מלמד; born 1936) is a noted Israeli architect. Biography Karmi-Melamede was born on December 24, 1936, in Tel Aviv, in Mandate Palestine (now Israel). She studied at the Architectural Association S ...
(Ada Carmi-Melamed) (Hebrew: מלמד–דה כרמיע‎) (24 December 1936, Tel Aviv, Israel–), is an Israeli architect who, with her brother, Ram Karmi, won an international competition in 1986 to design the
Supreme Court of Israel The Supreme Court (, ''Beit HaMishpat HaElyon''; ar, المحكمة العليا) is the Supreme court, highest court in Israel. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all other courts, and in some cases original jurisdiction. The Supreme C ...
compound. Israel * Joseph Kashdan (1910–?, Israel), was a renowned Israeli architect. Erez Israel, Israel * Nikolay Katsenelenbogen ( ru) (Russian: Николай Давидович Каценеленбоген) (1879, Ponevezh, Russian Empire–1943, USSR), was a Russian and Soviet architect. Russian Empire, USSR * Tamara Katsenelenbogen ( ru) (Russian: Тамара Давыдовна Каценеленбоген) (1894, Dvinsk, Russian Empire–1976, Leningrad, USSR), was a Soviet Constructivist architect and urban planner. USSR * Yuly Katsnelson ( ru) (Russian: Юлий Израилевич Кацнельсон) (1928, Korma, USSR–), is a renowned Soviet and Russian architect. USSR, Russia * Eugen Carl Kaufmann (Eugene Charles Kent) (8 January 1892, Frankfurt am Main, Germany–21 June 1984, London, United Kingdom), was a German, Soviet and British architect engaged at the
New Frankfurt New Frankfurt (German: ''Neues Frankfurt'') was an affordable public housing program in Frankfurt started in 1925 and completed in 1930. It was also the name of the accompanying magazine that was published from 1926 to 1931 dedicated to interna ...
project under the leadership of
Ernst May Ernst May (27 July 1886 – 11 September 1970) was a German architect and city planner. May successfully applied urban design techniques to the city of Frankfurt am Main during the Weimar Republic period, and in 1930 less successfully expor ...
. Germany, USSR, United Kingdom *
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 , ...
(2 February 1873, Újszentanna, Austria-Hungary–8 September 1956, Budapest, Hungary), was a Hungarian-Jewish architect; an expert in construction and design in Berlin since 1900. Austria-Hungary, Germany, Erez Israel, Israel *
Richard Kauffmann Richard Kauffmann (1887–1958) was a German-Jewish architect who migrated to Palestine in 1920. His architecture was influenced by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, a proponent of the International Style, and was applied to the local landscape, laying ...
(1887, Frankfurt, Germany–1958, Israel), was one of the leading architects of Erez Israel and Israel; designed several new Israeli cities, such as Afula and Herzliya. Germany, Erez Israel, Israel * Nataliya Kazhdan ( de) ( ru) (Russian: Наталия Абрамовна Каждан) (1941, USSR–2017, Moscow, USSR), was a distinguished Soviet and Russian architect and educator. USSR, Russia * Yakov Kazhdan (Russian: Яков Шаевич Каждан) (3 February 1922–), is a Soviet and Russian architectural educator. USSR, Russia * Vladimir Khavin ( ru) (Russian: Владимир Иосифович Хавин) (27 July 1931, Moscow, USSR–2005, Moscow, Russia), was a Soviet and Russian architect. USSR, Russia * Izrail Khazanovsky ( ru) (Russian: Израиль Самойлович Хазановский) (1901, Orel, Russian Empire–1985, Kharkiv, USSR), was a Soviet architect and educator. USSR * Vadim Khesin (Russian: Вадим Александрович Хесин) (1959, Kharkiv, USSR–), is a Soviet and Ukrainian architect. USSR, Ukraine *
Lazar Khidekel Lazar Markovich Khidekel (Vitebsk 1904 – Leningrad 1986) was an artist, designer, architect and theoretician, who is noted for realizing the abstract, avant-garde Suprematist movement through architecture. Early life In 1918 at the age of 14 ...
(Russian: Лазарь Маркович Хидекель) (1904, Vitebsk, Russian Empire–1986, Leningrad, USSR), was an artist and architect, and one of the most important representatives of the Soviet avant-garde in the 1920s. USSR * Lev Khidekel ( ru) (Russian: Лев Маркович Хидекель) (1909, Vitebsk, Russian Empire–1977, Leningrad, USSR), was a Soviet architect. USSR *
Mark Khidekel Mark Khidekel (russian: Марк Хидекель; born in 1946 in Leningrad) is an architect and designer. Biography Khidekel earned a M.A. and Ph.D. from the Leningrad Institute of Architecture and Construction. He began his study of architect ...
(Russian: Марк Лазаревич Хидекель) (1946, Leningrad, USSR–), is an architect and designer; collaborated with
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 pos ...
in 1995 on a large Russian-American urban project, The New Business Center in St. Petersburg. United States * Roman Khiger (Russian: Роман (Рувим) Яковлевич Хигер) (1901, Russian Empire–1985, USSR), was a well known Soviet architect and architectural theoretician. USSR *
Frederick John Kiesler Frederick John Kiesler (September 22, 1890 – December 27, 1965) was an Austrian- American architect, theoretician, theater designer, artist and sculptor. Biography Kiesler was born Friedrich Jacob Kiesler in Czernowitz, Austro-Hungarian Empi ...
(né Friedrich Jacob Kiesler) (22 September 1890, Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary–27 December 1965, New York, NY), was a theater designer, artist, theoretician and architect. Austria, United States. * Yisrael Kimhi (Jerusalem, Israel–), is an urban planner, senior researcher, and head of Jerusalem research at the Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research. Israel * Lev Kisilevich (Russian: Лев Н. Кисилевич) was a Soviet architect, interior designer and author. USSR *
Ossip Klarwein Ossip (Yosef) Klarwein (6 February 1893 – 9 September 1970) was a Polish-born German-Israeli architect who designed many works in Germany and Israel. Between 1921 and 1933 he was employed with Johann Friedrich Höger, and became chief design ar ...
(Hebrew: ארוויינלקוספ י‎) (6 February 1893, Warsaw, Russian Empire–9 September 1970, Jerusalem, Israel), was an architect in Germany and Israel, most of whose works were public and commercial buildings, as well as development plans for cities and neighborhoods in Israel. Erez Israel, Israel *
Alexander Klein Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
( ru) (Russian: Александр Иванович Клейн) (17 June 1879, Odessa, Russian Empire–15 November 1961, New York, NY), was a Russian, German and Israeli architect and urban planner. Russian Empire, Germany, Erez Israel, United States * Boris Klein ( ru) (Russian: Борис Гершович Клейн) (14 September 1918, Kharkiv, USSR–20 May 2009, Longmeadow, MA), was a Soviet architect who emigrated to the US. USSR *
Roman Klein Roman Ivanovich Klein (russian: Роман Иванович Клейн), born Robert Julius Klein, was a Russian architect and educator, best known for his Neoclassical Pushkin Museum in Moscow. Klein, an eclectic, was one of the most prolific ar ...
(né Robert Julius Klein) (Russian: Роман Иванович Клейн) (31 March 1858, Moscow, Russian Empire–3 May 1924, Moscow, USSR), was a Russian architect and educator, best known for his Neoclassical
Pushkin Museum The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (russian: Музей изобразительных искусств имени А. С. Пушкина, abbreviated as ) is the largest museum of European art in Moscow, located in Volkhonka street, just oppo ...
in Moscow. Russian Empire * Zelman Kleinerman ( ru) (Russian: Зельман Вениаминович Клейнерман) (1867, Belostok, Russian Empire–1930?, Samara, USSR), was a renowned Russian architect, best known for his Choral Synagogue in Samara. Russian Empire * Yevsey Klevitsky ( ru) (Russian: Евсей Менделевич Клевицкий) (1905, Russian Empire–1989, USSR), was a leading Soviet urban planner. USSR * Rosa Grena Kliass (15 October 1932, São Roque, Brazil–), is a renowned pioneer in the field of landscape architecture. Brazil *
David Kogan David Barnett Kogan (born September 1957) is a British media executive, historian and journalist, living in London. He has worked as both a journalist and a senior executive at the BBC, Reuters Television, Granada Channels, Wasserman Media Grou ...
(Russian: Давид Моисеевич Коган) (1884, Odessa, Russian Empire–1954, Moscow, USSR), was a Russian and Soviet architect. Russian Empire, United States * Isaak Kogan (Russian: Исаак Аронович Коган) (1923, USSR–1998, Ukraine), was a Soviet architect. USSR * A. Eugene Kohn (c. 1930, United States–), is an architect and co-founder of
Kohn Pedersen Fox Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) is an American architecture firm that provides architecture, interior, programming and master planning services for clients in both the public and private sectors. KPF is one of the largest architecture firms in ...
. United States * Robert D. Kohn (12 May 1870, New York, NY–16 June 1953), was a one-time
American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to su ...
president, best known for his designs of reform synagogues and buildings for the
New York Society for Ethical Culture The Ethical movement, also referred to as the Ethical Culture movement, Ethical Humanism or simply Ethical Culture, is an ethical, educational, and religion, religious movement that is usually traced back to Felix Adler (professor), Felix Adler ...
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Ottó Komoly Ottó Komoly (also known as Nathan Kohn) (26 March 1892 – 1 January 1945) was a Hungarian Jewish engineer, officer, Zionist, and humanitarian leader in Hungary. He is credited with saving thousands of children during the German occupation of ...
(26 March 1892, Budapest, Hungary–1 January 1945, Budapest, Hungary), was an architect and Zionist leader. Hungary *
Marcell Komor Marcell may refer to: * Joseph Marcell, an actor from St. Lucia * Marcell, Minnesota, an unincorporated town * Marcell Township, Minnesota See also * Marcel (disambiguation) * Marcelle (disambiguation) * Marcelling Marcelling is a hair styli ...
( hu) (7 November 1868, Pest, Austria-Hungary–29 November 1949, Sopronkeresztur, Hungary), was a leading Hungarian architect. Austria-Hungary, Hungary *
Arthur Korn Arthur Korn (20 May 1870 – 21 December/22 December 1945) was a German physicist, mathematician and inventor. He was involved in the development of the fax machine, specifically the transmission of photographs or telephotography, known as the B ...
(4 June 1891, Breslau, Germany–14 November 1978, Klosterneuberg, Austria), was a German architect, urban planner and a proponent of Modernism in Germany and the UK. Germany, United Kingdom * Fritz Kornberg (14 January 1890, Bad Pyrmont, Germany–18 September 1944), was an acclaimed German and Erez Israel architect who designed the plans for Kibbutz
Degania Bet Degania Bet ( he, דְּגַנְיָה ב', ) is a kibbutz, kvutza or kibbutz in northern Israel. Located to the south of the Sea of Galilee adjacent to Degania Alef, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. Degania Bet w ...
and restored Beth Ticho and the Amphitheatre at Mount Scopus in Jerusalem, Israel. Germany, Erez Israel * Yakov Kornfeld ( ru) (Russian: Яков Абрамович Корнфельд) (23 February 1896, Berdichev, Russian Empire–4 June 1962, Moscow, USSR), was a leading Soviet architect and theoretician. USSR * Lucjan Korngold ( pl) (1 July 1897, Warsaw, Russian Empire–1963, São Paulo, Brazil), was an Erez Israel and Brazil architect. Erez Israel, Israel. Brazil *
Albert Kálmán Kőrössy Albert Kálmán Kőrössy (Szeged, Kingdom of Hungary, 18 June 1869 - Budapest, 21 April 1955), known as Albert Neumann until 1891, was a Hungarian architect of Jewish heritage. He was one of the more prominent Hungarian practitioners of the Szec ...
( hu) (18 June 1869, Szeged, Austria-Hungary–21 April 1955, Budapest, Hungary), was a Hungarian architect. Austria-Hungary, Hungary *
Lajos Kozma Lajos Kozma (1938–2007) was a Hungarian operatic tenor, particularly associated with lyric Italian roles, baroque operas and oratorios. Born on 2 September 1938 in Lepsény, Hungary, he studied at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, and made h ...
( hu) (8 June 1884, Kiskorpád, Austria-Hungary–26 November 1948, Budapest, Hungary), was a Hungarian architect who made an indelible mark on early-20th-century European design, buildings and furniture. Austria-Hungary, Hungary * Samuil Kravets ( ru) (Russian: Самуил Миронович Кравец) (27 August 1891, Vilna, Russian Empire–22 January 1966, Moscow, USSR), was a Soviet architect, best known for his Gosprom building in Kharkiv, USSR. USSR * Reed Kroloff is an architect, critic, former editor of ''
Architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...
'', former dean of
Tulane School of Architecture The Tulane School of Architecture is the school of architecture at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a student body of approximately 442 students. The school is home to 5 academic programs (Architecture, Design, Histori ...
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Cranbrook Academy of Art The Cranbrook Educational Community is an education, research, and public museum complex in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. This National Historic Landmark was founded in the early 20th century by newspaper mogul George Gough Booth. It consists of Cr ...
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David Kroyanker David Kroyanker (born 1939) is an Israeli architect and architectural historian of Jerusalem. He has written dozens of popular books about Jerusalem neighborhoods, streets, and buildings, and urban planning. Biography Kroyanker was born and rai ...
(Hebrew: דוד קרוינקר‎) (1939, Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine–), is an Israeli researcher and preservationist of historic neighborhoods and buildings in Jerusalem. Israel * Dov Kutchinsky (1883, Cracow, Poland–1966, Israel), was an Erez Israel and Israel architect. Erez Israel, Israel.


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Béla Lajta Béla Lajta (until 1907 Béla Leitersdorfer) (Óbuda, 23 January 1873 – Vienna, 12 October 1920) was a prominent Hungarian architect. Career Lajta finished his degree at the Budapest Technical University and worked briefly under Alajos Haus ...
(until 1907 Béla Leitersdorfer) (23 January 1873, Budapest, Austria-Hungary−12 October 1920, Vienna, Austria), was a Hungarian architect who designed a number of buildings in the Hungarian offshoot style of Art Nouveau, called ''szecesszió''. Austria-Hungary, Hungary *
Phyllis Lambert Phyllis Barbara Lambert, (née Bronfman; born January 24, 1927) is a Canadian architect, philanthropist, and member of the Bronfman family. Life Born in Montreal, Quebec, she studied at The Study, a premier independent school for girls, and wa ...
(née Phyllis Barbara Bronfman) (24 January 1927, Montreal, Canada–), is a Canadian architect, philanthropist and member of the
Bronfman family The Bronfman family is a Canadian family, known for its extensive business holdings. It owes its initial fame to Samuel Bronfman (1889–1971), the most influential Canadian Jew of the mid-20th century, who made a fortune in the alcoholic distille ...
. Canada * Fritz Landauer ( de) (13 June 1883, Augsburg, Germany–17 November 1968, London, United Kingdom), was an architect in Munich, Germany, before the Nazis forced him to flee the country in 1937. Germany * Anton Lang (1 August 1860, Vienna, Austrian Empire–28 February 1940, Gars am Kamp, Germany), was a German architect. Germany *
Iosif Langbard Iosif Grigor’evich Langbard, also Josef Langbard (6 January 1882 in Bielsk Podlaski, Grodno Governorate – 3 January 1951 in Leningrad) was a Soviet Belarusian architect and Honored Artist of the Byelorussian SSR (1934). Langbard studied arch ...
(Russian: Иосиф Григорьевич Лангбард) (6 January 1882, Belsk, Russian Empire–3 January 1951, Leningrad, USSR), was a distinguished Soviet architect of many of the most important Soviet-era buildings in Minsk. USSR * Arkady Langman ( ru) (Russian: Аркадий Яковлевич Лангман) (31 October 1886, Kharkiv, Russian Empire–1968, Moscow, USSR), was a Soviet architect, best known for the building design for the Council of People's Commissariats (now
Duma A duma (russian: дума) is a Russian assembly with advisory or legislative functions. The term ''boyar duma'' is used to refer to advisory councils in Russia from the 10th to 17th centuries. Starting in the 18th century, city dumas were for ...
), Moscow. USSR *
Morris Lapidus Morris Lapidus (November 25, 1902 – January 18, 2001) was an architect, primarily known for his Neo-baroque "Miami Modern" hotels constructed in the 1950s and 60s, which have since come to define that era's resort-hotel style, synonymous w ...
(25 November 1902, Odessa, Russian Empire–18 January 2001, Miami Beach, FL), was an architect celebrated as an exemplar of Miami Modernist architecture (MiMo). United States. *
Denys Lasdun Sir Denys Louis Lasdun, CH, CBE, RA (8 September 1914, Kensington, London – 11 January 2001, Fulham, London) was an eminent English architect, the son of Nathan Lasdun (1879–1920) and Julie ('' née'' Abrahams; 1884–1963). Probably his ...
CH (8 September 1914, London, United Kingdom–11 January 2001, London, United Kingdom), was an eminent English architect of the 20th century among whose best known works is the
Royal National Theatre The Royal National Theatre in London, commonly known as the National Theatre (NT), is one of the United Kingdom's three most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House. I ...
in London. United Kingdom *
Paul László Paul László or Paul Laszlo (6 February 1900 – 27 March 1993) was a Hungarian-born architect and interior designer whose work spanned eight decades and many countries. László built his reputation while designing interiors for houses, but in ...
(6 February 1900, Debrecen, Austria-Hungary–27 March 1993, Santa Monica, CA), was an architect and interior designer whose work spanned eight decades and many countries. Germany, United States. * Siegfried Latté (1884, Thorn, Germany–1938, Berlin, Germany), was a German architect and interior designer. Germany *
Edgar M. Lazarus Edgar Marks Lazarus (June 6, 1868 – October 2, 1939) was an American architect who was prominent in the Portland, Oregon, area for more than 45 years. He was best known as the architect of the Vista House on Crown Point in the Columbia River G ...
(6 June 1868, Baltimore, MA–2 October 1939, Portland, OR), was an architect in the Portland, Oregon, area for more than 45 years and best known for the Vista House. United States * Harold Hersh Le Roith (24 March 1905, Grahamstown, South Africa–?), was an internationally acclaimed South African architect who was commissioned to design three synagogues in Johannesburg. South Africa * David Froim Lebensold ( fr) (1917, Warsaw, Poland−30 July 1985, Kingston, Canada), was a Canadian architect and theater design consultant. Canada, *
Ödön Lechner Ödön Lechner (born Eugen Lechner, 27 August 1845 – 10 June 1914) was a Hungarian architect, one of the prime representatives of the Hungarian Szecesszió style, which was related to Art Nouveau in the rest of Europe, including the Vienna ...
(né Eugen Lechner) (27 August 1845, Pest, Austrian Empire–10 June 1914, Budapest, Austria-Hungary), was a Hungarian architect, nicknamed the "Hungarian Gaudí," and whose work was submitted in 2008 for inclusion on the
World Heritage List A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNES ...
. Hungary * Aleksandr Leibfreid ( ru) (Russian: Александр Юрьевич Лейбфрейд) (3 October 1910, Kharkiv, Russian Empire–26 April 2003, Dortmund, Germany), was a renowned Soviet architect and researcher. USSR * Moisey Lerman ( ru) (Russian: Моисей Маркович Лерман) (1905, Vitebsk, Russian Empire–1993, Moscow, Russia), was a Soviet architect. USSR * Rafael Lerman (1936, Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine–), is a prize-winning Israeli architect. Israel *
Jaime Lerner Jaime Lerner (17 December 1937 – 27 May 2021) was a Brazilian politician. He was the governor of the state of Paraná, in southern Brazil. He is renowned as an architect and urban planner, having been mayor of Curitiba, capital of Paraná, th ...
(17 December 1937, Curitiba, Brazil – 27 May 2021), is a renowned architect and urban planner; elected in 1994 governor of Paraná, and re-elected in 1998. Brazil * Moritz Ernst Lesser (1882, Berlin, Germany–1958, Lisbon, Portugal), was a German architect, forced by the Nazis to flee the country. Germany, Portugal * Aleksandr Levi (Hebrew: אלכסנדר לוי‎) (Russian: Александр Леви) (Berlin, Germany–1943, Auschwitz, Poland). * Rino Levi (31 December 1901, São Paulo, Brazil–29 September 1965, Morro do Chapéu, Brazil), was an architect important to the development of Modernism in Brazil. Brazil * Zigfrid Levi (Russian: Зигфрид (Григорий) Яковлевич Леви) (1860–1913), was a Russian architect. Russian Empire *
Gino Levi-Montalcini Luigi "Gino" Levi-Montalcini (April 21, 1902 – November 29, 1974) was an Italian architect and designer. Biography Luigi Levi was born in Milan to Adamo Levi, an engineer from Turin, and Adele Montalcini, a painter. Like his sisters Anna (1905 ...
(né Luigi Levi) (21 April 1902, Milan, Italy–29 November 1974, Turin, Italy), was an Italian architect, designer and educator. Italy *
Leonid Levin Leonid Anatolievich Levin ( ; russian: Леони́д Анато́льевич Ле́вин; uk, Леоні́д Анато́лійович Ле́він; born November 2, 1948) is a Soviet-American mathematician and computer scientist. He is kn ...
( ru) (Russian: Леонид Менделевич Левин) (25 July 1936, Minsk, USSR–1 March 2014, Minsk, Belarus), was a renowned Belarusian architect. USSR, Belarus * Yevgeny Levinson ( de) ( ru) (Russian: Евгений Адольфович Левинсон) (19 October 1894, Odessa, Russian Empire–21 March 1968, Leningrad, USSR), was a Soviet architect, urban planner, and teacher. USSR * Efim Levitan ( ru) (Russian: Ефим Иосифович Левитан) (31 December 1915, Elizabethgrad, Russian Empire—21 September 2007, Volgograd, Russia), was a Soviet and Russian architect. USSR, Russia *
Ludwig Levy Ludwig Levy (18 April 1854 – 30 November 1907) was a German Jewish architect of the Historicist school. He designed a number of synagogues, amongst which was the huge Neue Synagoge in Strasbourg, as well as official buildings such as the ministri ...
(18 April 1854, Landau, Germany–30 November 1907, Karlsruhe, Germany), was a German architect who designed a number of synagogues, among which was the huge
Neue Synagoge The New Synagogue (german: Neue Synagoge) on Oranienburger Straße in Berlin is a mid-19th century synagogue built as the main place of worship for Berlin's History of the Jews in Germany, Jewish community, succeeding the Old Synagogue (Berlin ...
in Strasbourg. Germany * William Alexander Levy (later William Alexander) (21 October 1909, New York, NY–2 June 1997, West Hollywood, CA), was an American architect and interior designer, best known for the design and building of
Hangover House Hangover House (also known as the Halliburton House) was designed and built by William Alexander for his friend the travel writer Richard Halliburton. Halliburton had first spotted the ridgetop site while riding on horseback on the beach in 1930 ...
in Laguna Beach, California. United States * Shlomo Liaskovsky ( ru) (Russian: Шломо Лясковский) (1903, Winterthur, Switzerland–after 1982, Argentina), was an Israeli and Argentinian architect. Erez Israel, Argentina. *
Daniel Libeskind Daniel Libeskind (born May 12, 1946) is a Polish–American architect, artist, professor and set designer. Libeskind founded Studio Daniel Libeskind in 1989 with his wife, Nina, and is its principal design architect. He is known for the design a ...
(12 May 1946, Lodz, Poland–), is an American architect, artist, and set designer, known for the design and completion of the
Jewish Museum A Jewish museum is a museum which focuses upon Jews and may refer seek to explore and share the Jewish experience in a given area. List of Jewish museums Notable Jewish museums include: *Albania ** Solomon Museum, Berat *Australia ** Jewish Muse ...
in Berlin, Germany, which opened in 2001. United States * Vladimir Libson ( ru) (Russian: Владимир Яковлевич Либсон) (20 April 1910, Vitebsk, Russian Empire–21 September 1991, Moscow, USSR), was an acclaimed Soviet architect and renovator. USSR * Irina Lichtenberg (Russian: Ирина Лихтенберг) (1958, Moscow, USSR–), is a Soviet and Israeli architect and town planner. USSR, Israel * Viktor Lifshits ( ru) (Russian: Виктор Исаакович Лифшиц) (1924, USSR–2013, Kharkiv, Ukraine), was a Soviet and Ukrainian architect and educator. USSR, Ukraine * Yury Lifshits (Russian: Юрий Владимирович Лифшиц) (1921, Krasnodar, USSR–), is a Soviet architect, best known for the design of industrial buildings. USSR * Eleonora Likhtenberg ( ru) (Russian: Элеонора Яковлевна Лихтенберг) (1925, Kharkiv, USSR–), is a Soviet architect. USSR * Yakov Likhtenberg ( ru) (Russian: Яков Григорьевич Лихтенберг) (1899, Brest-Litovsk, Russian Empire–1982, Moscow, USSR), was an acclaimed Soviet architect. USSR * Solomon Lisagor ( ru) (Russian: Соломон Абрамович Лисагор) (24 May 1898, Riga, Russian Empire–1937, USSR), was a prominent Constructivist Soviet architect. USSR * Aleksandr Lishnevsky ( ru) (Russian: Александр Львович Лишневский) (1868, Kherson, Russian Empire–6 February 1942, Yaroslavl, USSR), was a noted Russian and Soviet Art Nouveau and Neoclassical architect and artist. Russian Empire, USSR *
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 ...
(Russian: Эль Лиси́цкий) (Yiddish: על ליסיצקי‎) (23 November 1890, Pochinok, Russian Empire–30 December 1941, Moscow, USSR), was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, typographer, polemicist, writer and architect. USSR *
Max Littmann Max Littmann (3 January 1862 – 20 September 1931) was a German architect. Littmann was educated in the Gewerbeakademie Chemnitz and the Technische Hochschule Dresden. In 1885, he moved to Munich where he met Friedrich Thiersch and Gabriel ...
(3 January 1862 – 20 September 1931), was a German architect who specialized in the design of theaters, department stores and spas. Germany * Avi Livay (1965, Israel–), is a renowned Israeli architect and partner with Yoel Dvoriansky in Livay Dvoriansky Architects Ltd, founded in 2001. Israel * Béla Löffler (1880, Budapest, Austria-Hungary–?), was a noted Hungarian architect. Hungary * Samu Sándor Löffler (1877, Budapest, Austria-Hungary–?), was a noted Hungarian architect. Hungary *
Slavko Löwy Slavko Löwy (August 7, 1904 – April 1, 1996) was well-known Croatian architect. Background, family and education Löwy was born in Koprivnica to a respectable and wealthy Croatian Jewish family, who were engaged in trade. In Koprivnica he att ...
(7 August 1904, Koprivnica, Austria-Hungary–1 April 1996, Zagreb, Croatia), was a well-known Croatian architect, best known for the nine-floor skyscraper on Masarykova Street in Zagreb (1933). Croatia * Liya Loyevskaya (Russian: Лия Наумовна Лоевская) (1918, USSR–?), was a renowned Soviet architect. USSR *
Berthold Lubetkin Berthold Romanovich Lubetkin (14 December 1901 – 23 October 1990) was a Georgian-British architecture, architect who pioneered International style (architecture), modernist design in Britain in the 1930s. His work includes the Highpoint I, Hi ...
(Russian: Бертольд Романович Любеткин) (14 December 1901, Tbilisi, Russian Empire—23 October 1990, Bristol, United Kingdom), was a Russian émigré architect who pioneered the International style in Britain in the 1930s. United Kingdom. * Rudolf Lubinski (31 October 1873, Zagreb, Austria-Hungary–27 March 1935, Zagreb, Yugoslavia), was a leading Croatian Art Nouveau architect who designed numerous residential houses in Nazorova, Petrinjska and Masarykova Streets in Zagreb. Croatia * Yehuda Lulka (1905, Vinnitsa, Russian Empire–1980, Israel), was a renowned Israeli architect. Erez Israel * Dmitry Lurie ( ru) (Russian: Дмитрий Ефимович Лурье) (1921, Cherikov, USSR–1993, Moscow, Russia), was a Soviet architect. USSR * Leopold Lustig (1889, Kattowitz, Germany–1980, Tel Aviv, Israel), was an architect in Dresden, Germany, who resumed his career in Erez Israel after the Nazis forced him to flee Germany in 1934. Germany, Erez Israel, Israel. * Inna Lyutomskaya ( ru) (Russian: Инна Львовна Лютомская) (1925, Moscow, USSR–), is a leading Soviet and Russian architect. USSR


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* John Macsai (né János Lusztig) (20 May 1926, Budapest, Hungary–August 2017), was an acclaimed American architect. United States. *
Yehuda Magidovitch Yehuda Magidovitch (1886–1961) was one of the most prolific Israeli architects. Among his prominent works are the Galei Aviv Casino, a café-restaurant (demolished in 1939), and the Cinema Esther (now Cinema Hotel), both in Tel Aviv.Aisenberg, L ...
(Hebrew: יהודה מגידוביז‎) (1886, Uman, Russian Empire–1961, Tel Aviv, Israel), was the architect and general contractor who for about 20 years built most of the buildings in Tel Aviv. Erez Israel, Israel *
Paul Mandelstamm Paul Mandelstamm ( lv, Pauls Mandelštams; – 1941) was a Baltic German-Jewish architect, working mainly in present-day Latvia. Biography Paul Mandelstamm was born in Kovno Governorate in present-day Lithuania (then part of the Russian Empire) ...
(Latvian: Pauls Mandelštams) (19 September 1872, Zhagory, Russian Empire–August, 1941, Riga, USSR), was an architect in Riga who designed more than 50 buildings in the Eclectic, Art Nouveau and Functionalist styles. USSR * Alfred Mansfeld (Hebrew: אלפרד (אל) מנספלד‎) (2 March 1912, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire—15 March 2004, Haifa, Israel), was an Israeli architect and taught for over 40 years at the
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology ( he, הטכניון – מכון טכנולוגי לישראל) is a public research university located in Haifa, Israel. Established in 1912 under the dominion of the Ottoman Empire, the Technion ...
. Israel * Fritz Marcus (Frederick Lucas Marcus) ( ru) (19 July 1888, Dessau, Germany–8 September 1975, London, United Kingdom), was a German architect who fled the Nazis and became Head of Furniture and Interior Design at the
Central School of Arts and Crafts The Central School of Art and Design was a public school of fine and applied arts in London, England. It offered foundation and degree level courses. It was established in 1896 by the London County Council as the Central School of Arts and Cr ...
in London. Germany, United Kingdom * Emanuel Josef Margold ( de) (4 May 1888, Vienna, Austria-Hungary–2 May 1962, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia), was a distinguished German architect and designer. Germany, Czechoslovakia * Abraham Markusfeld (1904, Lodz, Russian Empire–? lost in Holocaust), was a Polish and Israeli architect. Poland, Erez Israel * Oskar Marmorek (Hebrew: אוסקר מרמורק‎) (9 April 1863, Pieskowa Skała, Austria-Hungary–7 April 1909, Vienna, Austria-Hungary), was an Austro-Hungarian architect and Zionist. Austria-Hungary *
Géza Maróti Géza Maróti (1875-1941) was a Hungarian architect, sculptor, painter, and applied artist.
(1 March 1875, Barsvörösvár, Austria-Hungary–6 May 1941, Budapest, Hungary), was a Hungarian architect, sculptor, painter, and applied artist, whose sculptures adorn the
Franz Liszt Academy of Music The Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music ( hu, Liszt Ferenc Zeneművészeti Egyetem, often abbreviated as ''Zeneakadémia'', "Liszt Academy") is a music university and a concert hall in Budapest, Hungary, founded on November 14, 1875. It is home to the ...
in Budapest. Hungary *
Niccolò Matas Niccolò "Nicola" Matas (6 December 1798 – 11 March 1872) was an Italian architect and professor. He is best known for being the architect of the 19th century Gothic Revival façade of the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy. Matas was a ...
( it) (6 December 1798, Ancona, Italy–11 March 1872, Florence, Italy), was an Italian architect of the polychrome Gothic façade of
Basilica di Santa Croce The (Italian for 'Basilica of the Holy Cross') is the principal Franciscan church in Florence, Italy, and a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church. It is situated on the Piazza di Santa Croce, about 800 meters south-east of the Duomo. The ...
in Florence (1857–63). Italy * Edward Matasek (Eduard Matasek) (1867–1912), was an architect best known for his Sha'ar Hashamayim Synagogue in Cairo. Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire * Rudolf Maté was a German architect who created a number of residential buildings and settlements in Berlin. Germany * Frank Charles Mears (11 July 1880, Tynemouth, United Kingdom–25 January 1953), was one of Scotland's leading urban planners in the 1930s and 1940s. Scotland, United Kingdom * Andrey Meerson ( ru) (Russian: Андрей Дмитриевич Меерсон) (27 March 1930, Moscow, USSR–29 January 2020), was a leading Soviet and Russian architect. USSR, Russia * Iosif Meerzon (Russian: Иoсиф Айзикович Меерзон) (1900, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire–1941, Leningrad, USSR), was a noted Soviet architect. USSR *
Richard Meier Richard Meier (born October 12, 1934) is an American abstract artist and architect, whose geometric designs make prominent use of the color white. A winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1984, Meier has designed several iconic buildings ...
(12 October 1934, Newark, NJ–), is an American
Pritzker prize The Pritzker Architecture Prize is an international architecture award presented annually "to honor a living architect or architects whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision and commitment, which has produ ...
-winning architect, whose Rationalist buildings make prominent use of the color white. United States *
Erich Mendelsohn Erich Mendelsohn (21 March 1887 – 15 September 1953) was a German architect, known for his expressionist architecture in the 1920s, as well as for developing a dynamic Functionalism (architecture), functionalism in his projects for department ...
(21 March 1887, Allenstein, Germany–15 September 1953, San Francisco, CA), was an architect and co-founder of the German Architectural Collaborative
Der Ring Der Ring was an architectural collective founded in 1926 in Berlin. It emerged from expressionist architecture with a functionalist agenda. Der Ring was a group of young architects, formed with the objective of promoting Modernist architecture. ...
, later practicing in Mandatory Palestine before settling in the US in 1941. Germany, Erez Israel, United States *
Alfred Messel Alfred Messel (22 July 1853 – 24 March 1909) was a German architect at the turning point to the 20th century, creating a new style for buildings which bridged the transition from historicism to modernism. Messel was able to combine the structure, ...
(22 July 1853, Darmstadt, Germany−24 March 1909, Berlin, Germany), was one of the most well-known German architects at the turn of the 20th century, whose most famous work is the
Wertheim department store Wertheim was a large department store chain in pre-World War II Germany. It was founded by Georg Wertheim and operated various stores in Berlin, one in Rostock, one in Stralsund (where it had been founded), and one in Breslau. It was Aryanized ...
on Leipziger Platz in Berlin, executed between 1896 and 1906. Germany * Shmuel Mestechkin ( ru) (Hebrew: שמואל מסטציקין‎) (Russian: Шмуэл Местечкин) (12 May 1908, Vasylkiv, Russian Empire–2 June 2004, Tel Aviv, Israel), was a leading Israeli architect. Erez Israel, Israel *
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 i ...
(Hans Emil "Hannes" Meyer) (18 November 1889, Basel, Switzerland–19 July 1954, Lugano, Switzerland), was a non-Jewish Swiss architect and second director of the Bauhaus in Dessau, Germany, from 1928 to 1930. Switzerland, Germany, USSR, Mexico. * Claude Meyer-Levy (1908–2008), was a French architect, best known for his design of Synagogue de la Paix in Strasbourg. France * Avraam Miletsky ( ru) (Russian: Авраам Моисеевич Милецкий) (10 March 1918, Kiev, USSR–6 June 2004, Ashkelon, Israel), was a Soviet architect. USSR * Adolf Minkus ( ru) (Russian: Адольф Борисович Минкус) (21 September 1870, Odessa, Russian Empire–22 December 1948, USSR) was a Soviet architect. Russian Empire, USSR * Mikhail Minkus ( ru) (Russian: Михаил Адольфович Минкус) (25 December 1905, Odessa, Russian Empire–31 August 1963, Turku, Finland), was a Soviet architect. Russian Empire, USSR * Moisey Mints (Russian: Моисей Львович Минц) (1908, Russian Empire–1994, Russia), was a Soviet architect. USSR *
Daniel Mintz Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength" ...
(1961, Riga, USSR–), is an Israeli architect and educator. Israel * Lev Misozhnikov ( ru) (Russian: Лев Валентинович Мисожников) (22 March 1935, Moscow, USSR–2 August 2010, Russia), was a renowned Soviet and Russian architect. USSR, Russia *
David Mocatta David Alfred Mocatta (1806–1882) was a British architect and a member of the Anglo-Jewish Mocatta family. Early career David Alfred Mocatta was born to a Sephardic Jewish family in 1806, the son of the licensed bullion broker Moses Mocatta ...
(17 February 1806, London, Great Britain–1 May 1882, London, Great Britain), was a British architect and a member of the Anglo-Jewish
Mocatta Mocatta (also ''de Mattos Mocatta'', ''Lumbroso de Mattos Mocatta'' and ''Lumbrozo de Mattos Mocatta'') is a surname. The Mocatta family is a leading Anglo-Jewish family that traces its ancestry to the Sephardic Jewish communities of Spain and P ...
family; appointed architect of the
London and Brighton Railway The London and Brighton Railway (L&BR) was a railway company in England which was incorporated in 1837 and survived until 1846. Its railway ran from a junction with the London and Croydon Railway (L&CR) at Norwood – which gives it access fro ...
in 1839. United Kingdom * Dagan Mochly (1957, Haifa, Israel–), is a noted Israeli architect; chief architect and owner of Mochly-Eldar Architects in Haifa. Israel *
Eric Owen Moss Eric Owen Moss (born 1943 in Los Angeles) practices architecture with his eponymously named LA-based firm founded in 1973. Education Moss was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1943. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Califo ...
(25 July 1943, Los Angeles, CA–), is an architect with his eponymously named Los Angeles-based firm, whose urban revitalization project in Culver City, California, is on-going. United States * Gennady Movchan ( ru) (Russian: Геннадий Яковлевич Мовчан) (30 June 1901, Lapy, Russian Empire–2 November 1998, Moscow, Russia), was a Soviet architect and educator. USSR


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* Leo Nachtlicht ( de) (12 August 1872, Bielitz, Austria-Hungary–22 September 1942, Berlin, Germany), was a German architect who was murdered by the Nazis. Germany. * Barbara A. Nadel is an architect who specializes in healthcare and justice facilities and is editor of ''Building Security: Handbook for Architectural Planning and Design''. United States * Yury Naimark (Russian: Юрий Иосифович Наймарк) (1939, Kiev, USSR–), is a Soviet and Ukrainian architect and artist. USSR, Ukraine *
Fritz Nathan Fritz Nathan (30 June 1895 in Munich - 28 February 1972 in Zurich) was a German-Swiss gallery owner and art dealer. Early life Fritz Nathan was born as a son from the second marriage of Alexander Nathan; from his father's first marriage he had ...
( de) (14 April 1891, Bingen am Rhein, Germany–3 November 1960, New York, NY), was one of the leading Jewish architects in Germany. Germany, United States *
Joseph Neufeld Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...
( he) (16 February 1899, Monastarjiska, Austria-Hungary–9 September 1980, New York, NY), was a German, Israeli and American architect. Germany, Erez Israel, United States * Gustav Neustein (1880, Hammerstein, Germany–1963, New York, NY), was a German architect before he fled the Nazis and settled in America. Germany *
Richard Neutra Richard Joseph Neutra ( ; April 8, 1892 – April 16, 1970) was an Austrian-American architect. Living and building for the majority of his career in Southern California, he came to be considered a prominent and important modernist architect. He ...
(8 April 1892, Vienna, Austria-Hungary–16 April 1970, Wuppertal, West Germany), was an important Modernist architect known for rigorously geometric but airy structures that symbolized a West Coast variation on the mid-century modern residence. United States * Aleksandr Nisselson ( ru) (Russian: Александр Ефремович Ниссельсон) (1856, Russian Empire–1910, Russian Empire), was a Russian architect. Russian Empire *
Amnon Niv Amnon Niv ( he, אמנון ניב) (February 23, 1930 – June 6, 2011) was an Israeli architect and urban designer. Niv was the chief architect for the Negev Nuclear Research Center and the City Engineer of Jerusalem. Together with Amnon Schwartz, ...
(Hebrew: אמנון ניב‎)‎ (23 February 1930, Haifa, Mandatory Palestine–6 June 2011), was an Israeli architect and urban designer, and served as the chief architect for the Nuclear Research center in the Negev. Israel * Iosif Notkin ( ru) (Russian: Иосиф Исаакович Ноткин) (15 May 1928, Odessa, USSR–), is a well-known Soviet architect, renovator and writer. USSR * Feliks Novikov ( ru) (Russian: Феликс Аронович Новиков) (3 August 1927, Baku, USSR–), is a distinguished Soviet and Russian architect and writer. USSR, Russia


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* Mikhail Okhitovich (Russian: Михаил Александрович Охитович) (1896, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire–1937, Moscow, USSR), was a Bolshevik sociologist, town planner and Constructivist architectural theorist who was murdered by the KGB. USSR *
Rivka Oxman Rivka Oxman ( he, רבקה אוקסמן; born 1950) is an Israeli architect, researcher, and professor at the Technion Institute in Haifa. Her research interests are related to design and computation, including digital architecture and methods, ...
(1950–), is an architect, researcher, professor and author; awarded an Honorary Doctorate (Honoris Causas) by the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya in Barcelona. Israel


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* Gyula Pártos (né Julius Puntzmann) (17 August 1845, Apatin, Hungary–22 December 1916, Budapest, Austria-Hungary), was a Hungarian architect who designed the city halls of Szeged and Kecskemét with
Ödön Lechner Ödön Lechner (born Eugen Lechner, 27 August 1845 – 10 June 1914) was a Hungarian architect, one of the prime representatives of the Hungarian Szecesszió style, which was related to Art Nouveau in the rest of Europe, including the Vienna ...
. Hungary * Yury Paskevich (Russian: Юрий Абрамович Паскевич) (1931–6 September 2007, Kiev, Ukraine), was a Soviet architect. USSR * Iosif Patskin (Russian: Иосиф Григорьевич Пацкин) (1925, Moscow, USSR–), is a Soviet and Russian architect. USSR, Russia * Ephraim Henry Pavie ( fr)(Hebrew: אפרים פאבי‎) (29 January 1947, Paris, France–), is an architect best known for his free-shaped biomorphic architecture. Israel * Dan Peleg (1937, Poland–), is an Israeli architect. Israel. *
César Pelli César Pelli (October 12, 1926 – July 19, 2019) was an Argentine-American architect who designed some of the world's tallest buildings and other major urban landmarks. Two of his most notable buildings are the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur a ...
(12 October 1926, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina–19 July 2019, New Haven, CT), was an American architect and the one-time dean of the
Yale School of Architecture The Yale School of Architecture (YSOA) is one of the constituent professional schools of Yale University, and is generally considered to be one of the best architecture schools in the United States. The School awards the degrees of Master of Arc ...
. United States * Yevsey Perchenkov ( ru) (Russian: Евсей Вульфович Перченков) (21 September 1929, Moscow, USSR–30 October 2020), was a leading Soviet architect. USSR * Alexandre Persitz (4 June 1910, Moscow, Russian Empire–15 July 1975, Paris, France), was a French Modernist architect and writer; designed the Synagogue Don Isaac Abravanel with Arthur-Georges Héaume. France *
Nikolaus Pevsner Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983) was a German-British art historian and architectural historian best known for his monumental 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, ''The Buildings of England'' (1 ...
CBE FBA (30 January 1902, Leipzig, Germany–18 August 1983, London, United Kingdom), was a British scholar of the history of art and architecture. United Kingdom * Kurt Pick (1890, Lissa, Germany–1959, Tel Aviv, Israel), was a German architect and interior designer. Germany, Erez Israel, Israel. * Doron Pinchas (Hebrew: דורון פנחס‎) is an Israeli architect and town planner. Israel. *
Jacob Pinkerfeld Jacob Pinkerfeld, also spelled Pinkerfield (1897–1956) ( he, יעקב פינקרפלד) was an Israeli archaeologist and architect. Biography Jacob Pinkerfeld was born in the city of Przemysl, Galicia, Poland in 1897, the son of an architect ...
(Hebrew: יעקב פינקרפלד‎) (1 April 1897, Premissel, Austria-Hungary–23 September 1956, Ramat Rachel, Israel), was an Israeli architect and designer who built a large number of public structures and was murdered by Arab terrorists. Erez Israel, Israel. * Rada Podgornaya (Russian: Рада Моисеевна Подгорная) (1911, Zhitomir, Russian Empire–1997, Kharkiv, Ukraine), was a Soviet architect. USSR * Noi Podgorny ( ru) (Russian: Ной Моисеевич Подгорный) (30 October 1897, Zhitomir, Russian Empire–1988, Kharkiv, USSR), was a Soviet architect. USSR * Anatoly Pokrass (Russian: Анатолий Яковлевич Покрасс) (1922, Baku, USSR–), was a Soviet architect. USSR *
James Polshek James Stewart Polshek (February 11, 1930September 9, 2022) was an American architect based in New York City. He was the founder of Polshek Partnership, the firm at which he was the principal design partner for more than four decades. He worked ...
(1930, Akron, OH–), is an American architect based in New York City and was dean of Columbia University's
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) is the architecture school of Columbia University, a private research university in New York City. It is regarded as an important and highly prestigious architecture school.
for 15 years. United States * Shlomo Ponaroff was a distinguished Israeli architect. Erez Israel *
Julius Posener Julius Posener (4 November 1904, Lichterfelde – 29 January 1996, Berlin) was a German architectural historian, author and higher education teacher. Coming from a bourgeois-Jewish background, son of the painter Moritz Posener and a daughter of th ...
(4 November 1904, Berlin, Germany–26 January 1996, Berlin, Germany), was a German-Jewish architect, author, an historian in Berlin, and a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin-Charlottenburg. Germany *
Joshua Prince-Ramus Joshua Ramus (born August 11, 1969) is founding principal of REX, an architecture and design firm based in New York City, whose name signifies a re-appraisal (RE) of architecture (X). His current projects include The Ronald O. Perelman Perform ...
(11 August 1969, United States–), is an American architect, one of whose current projects is The Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center in New York. United States * Boris Printsker ( ru) (Russian: Борис Абрамович Принцкер) (1910, Kiev, Russian Empire–1988, Kiev, USSR), was a Soviet architect. USSR * Igor Pritsker ( ru) (Russian: Игорь Аркадьевич Притцкер) (26 March 1953, Kuibyshev, USSR–), is a Soviet and Russian architect. USSR, Russia * Martin Punitzer (7 July 1889, Berlin, Germany–7 October 1949, Santiago, Chile), was a German architect of the
New Objectivity The New Objectivity (in german: Neue Sachlichkeit) was a movement in German art that arose during the 1920s as a reaction against expressionism. The term was coined by Gustav Friedrich Hartlaub, the director of the ''Kunsthalle'' in Mannheim, who ...
, who worked in Berlin in the 1920s and was forced by the Nazis to flee the country. Germany, Chile


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Zsigmond Quittner Zsigmond Quittner (born as Sigismund Quittner, 13 February 1859 – 25 October 1918) was a Hungarian architect.Yury Rabayev ( ru) (Russian: Юрий Романович Рабаев) (September 1927, Makhachkala, USSR–May 1993, Moscow, Russia), was a Soviet and Russian architect. USSR, Russia * Georgy Rabinovich (Russian: Георгий Исаакович Рабинович) (1925, Moscow, USSR–), is a Soviet and Russian architect. USSR Russia * Mikhail Rabinovich ( ru) (Russian: Михаил Самуилович Рабинович) (3 January 1954, Kharkiv, USSR–), is a leading Soviet and Ukrainian architect. USSR, Ukraine *
Michael Rachlis Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...
(1884, Moscow, Russian Empire–1953, London, United Kingdom), was a successful Russian, German and British architect. Russian Empire, Germany, United Kingdom *
Amos Rapoport Amos Rapoport (28 March 1929, Warsaw) is an architect and one of the founders of Environment-Behavior Studies (EBS). Ingold, Tim (2002) ''Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology'', Taylor & Francis He is the author of over 200 academic publications ...
(28 March 1929, Warsaw, Poland–), is an architect, one of the founders of Environment-Behavior Studies (EBS) Ingold, Tim (2002) ''Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology'', Taylor & Francis and is the author of over 200 academic publications. * Yitzhak Rapoport (1901, Berdichev, Russian Empire–1989, Israel), was an Israeli architect. Erez Israel, Israel * Johanan (Yohanan) Ratner ( ru) (Russian: Иоханан Ратнер) (1891, Odessa, Russian Empire–1965, Haifa, Israel), was one of the leading Israeli Modernist architects in Erez Israel and a politician. Erez Israel, Israel. *
Mark Ratner Mark A. Ratner (born December 8, 1942) is an American chemist and professor emeritus at Northwestern University whose work focuses on the interplay between molecular structure and molecular properties. He is widely credited as the "father of mo ...
(Russian: Марк Моисеевич Ратнер). USSR * Heinrich Heinz Rau (10 November 1896, Berlin, Germany–13 February 1965, Bad Teinach im Schwarzwald, Germany), was a German and Israeli architect who designed small residential buildings in Jerusalem, Haifa and Tel Aviv. Germany, Erez Israel, Israel *
Yaakov Rechter Yaakov Rechter (14 June 1924 – 26 February 2001) ( he, יעקב רכטר) was an Israeli architect and an Israel Prize recipient. Biography Yaakov Rechter was born to Paula Singer and the architect Zeev Rechter on 14 June 1924 in Tel ...
(Hebrew: יעקב רכטר‎) (14 June 1924, Tel Aviv, Erez Israel–28 April 2001, Kibbutz Shfayim, Israel), was a distinguished Israeli architect and designer of the Charles Bronfman Auditorium in Tel Aviv, 1957. Israel *
Zeev Rechter Ze'ev ( he, זאב \ זְאֵב ''zeév''), also spelled Zeev or Zev, is a name of Hebrew origin which means wolf. The given name is a masculine form used among Ashkenazi Jews. It is a Biblical name, adapted from a reference to Benjamin in Genesi ...
(Hebrew: זאב רכטר‎) (12 April 1899, Kovalevka, Russian Empire–18 December 1960, Tel Aviv, Israel), was a leading Israeli architect and designed the
Binyanei HaUma The International Convention Center ( he, מרכז הקונגרסים הבינלאומי, ''Merkaz HaKongresim HaBeinLeumi''), commonly known as Binyenei HaUma ( he, בנייני האומה, lit. ''Buildings of the nation''), is a concert hall and ...
(International Convention Center) in Jerusalem. Erez Israel, Israel. *
David Resnick David Resnick ( he, דוד רזניק; August 5, 1924 – November 4, 2012) was a Brazilian-born Israeli architect and town planner whose awards include the Israel Prize in architecture
(also Resnik or Reznik) (5 August 1924, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil–4 November 2012, Israel), was an Israeli architect and winner of the Israel Prize for architecture and whose works include
Yad Kennedy Yad Kennedy ( he, יד קנדי, Kennedy Memorial ), located in the Mateh Yehuda Region near Jerusalem, is a memorial to John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, who was assassinated in Dallas, Texas in 1963. The memorial is ...
and the Israel Goldstein Synagogue. Israel * Abram Rivkin ( ru) (Russian: Абрам Бенцианович Ривкин) (1914, Starodub, Russian Empire–1993, Chelyabinsk, USSR), was a successful Soviet architect and educator. USSR *
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 ...
(16 March 1909, Trieste, Italy–7 November 1969), was an Italian architect, writer and educator, known for the
Torre Velasca The Torre Velasca (''Velasca Tower'', in English) is a skyscraper built in the 1950s by the BBPR architectural partnership, in Milan, Italy. The tower is part of the first generation of Italian modern architecture, while still being part of the M ...
(Velasca Tower), located in the historic city center of Milan. Italy *
Richard Rogers Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside (23 July 1933 – 18 December 2021) was a British architect noted for his modernist and Functionalism (architecture), functionalist designs in high-tech architecture. He was a senior partner a ...
CH Kt FRIBA (Baron Rogers of Riverside) (23 July 1933, Florence, Italy – 18 December 2021), was a British architect noted for his Modernist and Functionalist designs. United Kingdom * William H. Rogers (18 February 1914 – 26 July 2008), was an English architect whose most notable building was
20 Fenchurch Street 20 Fenchurch Street is a commercial skyscraper in London that takes its name from its address on Fenchurch Street, in the historic City of London financial district. It has been nicknamed "The Walkie-Talkie" because of its distinctive shape, ...
in the City of London. United Kingdom * Ernő Román ( hu) (4 May 1883, Budapest, Austria-Hungary–5 April 1959, Budapest, Hungary), was a Hungarian architect. Hungary * Miklós Román ( hu) (8 June 1879, Budapest, Austria-Hungary–15 January 1945, Budapest, Hungary), was a Hungarian architect. Hungary *
Eugene Rosenberg Eugene Rosenberg ( he, יוג'ין רוזנברג) (October 16, 1935) is a microbiologist at the Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University, an expert in the field of applied environmental microbiology, in particular his work on Myxobacter ...
(né Evžen Rosenberg) (24 February 1907, Topoľčany, Slovakia–21 November 1990, London, United Kingdom), was a Slovak Modernist architect and established the firm
Yorke Rosenberg Mardall Yorke Rosenberg Mardall (Yorke, Rosenberg and Mardall, YRM) was a British architectural firm established by F. R. S. Yorke (1906-1962), Eugene Rosenberg (1907-1990) and Cyril Mardall (Sjöström) (1909-1994) in 1944.Melvin, Jeremy (1997). Obituary ...
with F. R. S. Yorke and C. S. Mardall that was responsible for a number of innovative architectural projects such as
Gatwick Airport Gatwick Airport (), also known as London Gatwick , is a major international airport near Crawley, West Sussex, England, south of Central London. In 2021, Gatwick was the third-busiest airport by total passenger traffic in the UK, after H ...
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Harry Rosenthal Harry Rosenthal (15 May c. 1893 – 10 May 1953) was an orchestra leader, composer, pianist and actor. Biography Rosenthal was born in Belfast in 1893, and by the 1920s he was in London where he had a thriving musical career as a composer ...
(Posen, Germany–1966, London, United Kingdom), was a successful German architect, before he was forced by the Nazis to flee the country. Germany, Erez Israel, United Kingdom. * Sharon Rotbard (Hebrew: שרון רוטברד‎) (2 October 1959, Tel Aviv, Israel–), is an Israeli architect, publisher, author, and senior lecturer in the architecture department of
Bezalel Academy Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design ( he, בצלאל, אקדמיה לאמנות ועיצוב) is a public college of design and art located in Jerusalem. Established in 1906 by Jewish painter and sculptor Boris Schatz, Bezalel is Israel's oldest ...
, Jerusalem. Israel *
Emery Roth Emery Roth ( hu, Róth Imre, July 17, 1871 – August 20, 1948) was an American architect of Hungarian-Jewish descent who designed many of the definitive New York City hotels and apartment buildings of the 1920s and 1930s, incorporating Beaux-A ...
(né Róth Imre) (1871, Gálszécs, Austria-Hungary–20 August 1948, New York, NY), was an apprentice to
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 ...
and architect of classic Jazz Age New York apartment buildings and hotels; founded the firm Emery Roth & Sons. United States * Julian Roth (2 September 1902 – 9 December 1992), was an American architect who with his brother, Richard, led Emery Roth & Sons after their father's death. United States * Richard Roth, Jr., was an American architect who with his brother, Julian, led Emery Roth & Sons after their father's death. United States * Mark Rozenberg ( ru) (Russian: Марк Борисович Розенберг) (1939, Moscow, USSR–), is a Soviet architect. USSR * Zinovy Rozenfeld ( ru) (Russian: Зиновий Моисеевич Розенфельд) (1904, Chashniki, Russian Empire–1991, Moscow, USSR), was a Soviet architect. USSR * Konstantin Rozenshtein ( ru) (Russian: Константин Исаевич Розенштейн) (1878, Odessa, Russian Empire–1951, Leningrad, USSR), was a Russian and Soviet architect and real estate developer. Russian Empire, USSR * Meer Rozenson ( ru) (Russian: Меер Давидович Розензон), was a Russian architect. Russian Empire * Yakov Rubanchik (Russian: Яков Осипович Рубанчик) (29 June 1899, Taganrog, Russian Empire–20 December 1948, Leningrad, USSR), was a Soviet architect and artist; part of the Leningrad-based ASNOVA (Association of New Architects), an avant-garde architectural association. USSR * Boris Rubanenko ( ru) (Russian: Борис Рафаилович Рубаненко) (16 August 1910, Samara, Russian Empire–6 May 1985, Moscow, USSR), was a Soviet architect. USSR * Carl Rubin (24 June 1899, Sniatyn, Austria-Hungary−7 February 1955, Tel Aviv, Israel), was an architect mostly active in the International style, with projects focused around Tel Aviv. Austria-Hungary, Erez Israel, Israel *
Bernard Rudofsky Bernard Rudofsky (April 19, 1905 - March 12, 1988) was an Austrian American writer, architect, collector, teacher, designer, and social historian. His most notable work is ''Architecture Without Architects: A Short Introduction to Non-pedigreed Ar ...
(19 April 1905, Suchdol nad Odru, Austria-Hungary–12 March 1988, New York, NY), was an American writer, architect, collector, teacher, designer, and social historian. United States. * Fritz Ruhemann (Friedrich Abraham Ruhemann) (8 May 1891, Berlin, Germany–November 1982, London, United Kingdom), was a successful German and British architect. Germany, United Kingdom


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Alexander Saeltzer Alexander Saeltzer (31 July 1814 Eisenach, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Germany — 23 September 1883 New York City) was a German-American architect active in New York City in the 1850s and 1860s. His work includes the Anshe Chesed Synagogue (now the Ang ...
(31 July 1814, Eisenach, Germany—23 September 1883, New York, NY), was the architect of a synagogue, theaters, and the Jacob Astor Library. United States *
Moshe Safdie Moshe Safdie ( he, משה ספדיה; born July 14, 1938) is an architect, urban planner, educator, theorist, and author, with Israeli, Canadian, and American citizenship. He is known for incorporating principles of socially responsible desi ...
CC FAIA (Hebrew: משה ספדיה‎) (14 July 1938, Haifa, Israel–), is an architect, urban planner, educator, theorist, and author; best known for designing
Marina Bay Sands Marina Bay Sands (abbreviation: MBS) is an integrated resort fronting Marina Bay in Singapore. The resort is owned by the Las Vegas Sands Corporation and at its opening in 2010, it was deemed the world's most expensive standalone casino prop ...
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Jewel Changi Airport Jewel Changi Airport (also known as Jewel or Jewel Changi) is a nature-themed entertainment and retail complex surrounded by and linked to Changi Airport, Singapore, linked to one of its passenger terminals. Its centrepiece is the world's talle ...
, as well as his debut project,
Habitat 67 HABITAT 67, or simply Habitat, is a housing complex at Cité du Havre, on the Saint Lawrence River, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, designed by Israeli-Canadian architect Moshe Safdie. It originated in his master's thesis at the School of Architect ...
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Stanley Saitowitz Stanley Saitowitz is an American designer. He was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1949. He received his Bachelor of Architecture at the University of Witwatersrand in 1974. He received a Masters in Architecture from the University of Calif ...
(1949, Johannesburg, South Africa–), is an architect and emeritus architecture professor at UC Berkeley. United States *
Edward Salomons Edward Salomons (1828–1906) was an English architect based in Manchester, active in the late 19th century. He is known for his architecture in the Gothic Revival and Italianate styles. His prominent commissions in Manchester include the Manchest ...
(1828–1906), was active in late 19th-century Manchester and designed the
Manchester Jewish Museum Manchester Jewish Museum occupies the former Spanish and Portuguese Jews, Spanish and Portuguese synagogue and an adjacent building on Cheetham Hill Road in Manchester, England. It is a grade II* listed building. The synagogue was completed in 1 ...
. United Kingdom * Grigory Sayevich ( ru) (Russian: Григорий Ефимович Саевич) (1936, Moscow, USSR–2009, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian architect. USSR *
Lawrence Scarpa Lawrence Scarpa (born October 28, 1959) is an American architect based in Los Angeles, California. He used conventional materials in unexpected ways and is considered a pioneer and leader in the field of sustainable design. Personal life Scarpa ...
(28 October 1959, New York, NY–), is an architect based in Los Angeles and known for the creative use of conventional materials in unique and unexpected ways. United States * Richard Scheibner ( sk) (1880, Trenčín, Austria-Hungary–?), was a German architect lost in the Holocaust. Germany *
Ionel Schein Ionel Schein (1927 – 30 December 2004) was a Romanian-born French architect. Schein was a pioneer in the use of synthetic materials and created the first plastic house in 1956. On his death ''Le Monde ''Le Monde'' (; ) is a French daily af ...
( fr) (1927, Bucharest, Romania–30 December 2004, Paris, France), was a French architect, a pioneer in the use of synthetic materials, and created the first plastic house in 1956. France * Rudolph Schindler (né Rudolf Michael Schlesinger) (10 September 1887, Vienna, Austria-Hungary–22 August 1953, Los Angeles, CA), was a Modernist architect known for his private houses in Los Angeles. United States *
Patrik Schumacher Patrik Schumacher (born 1961, Bonn, Germany) is a London based architect and architectural theorist. He is the principal architect of Zaha Hadid Architects. Education and early career Schumacher studied Philosophy and Mathematics at the Friedr ...
(1961–) is an architect and director of
Zaha Hadid Architects Zaha Hadid Architects is a British architecture and design firm founded by Zaha Hadid (1950–2016), with its main office situated in Clerkenwell, London. Architectural work Conceptual projects *Price Tower extension hybrid project (2002), B ...
who coined the term
Parametricism Parametricism is a style within contemporary avant-garde architecture, promoted as a successor to Modern and Postmodern architecture. The term was coined in 2008 by Patrik Schumacher, an architectural partner of Zaha Hadid (1950–2016). Parame ...
for an avant-garde architectural style. United Kingdom * Amnon Schwartz is a successful Israeli architect and co-designer with
Amnon Niv Amnon Niv ( he, אמנון ניב) (February 23, 1930 – June 6, 2011) was an Israeli architect and urban designer. Niv was the chief architect for the Negev Nuclear Research Center and the City Engineer of Jerusalem. Together with Amnon Schwartz, ...
of the
Moshe Aviv Tower Moshe Aviv Tower ( he, מגדל משה אביב), is a skyscraper located in the demarcated area of the Diamond Exchange District (Israel Diamond Exchange) on Jabotinsky Road (No. 7) in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. The 68-sto ...
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Frederic Schwartz Frederic David Schwartz (April 1, 1951 – April 28, 2014) was an American architect, author, and city planner whose work includes ''Empty Sky'', the New Jersey 9-11 Memorial, which was dedicated in Liberty State Park on September 11, 2011, the ...
(1 April 1951, New York, NY–28 April 2014, New York, NY), was an award-winning American architect, author and city planner whose work includes ''
Empty Sky ''Empty Sky'' is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter Elton John, released on 6 June 1969. It was not issued in the United States until January 1975 (on MCA), with different cover art, well after John's fame had been established ...
'', the New Jersey 9-11 Memorial, dedicated in Liberty State Park on 11 September 2011. United States *
Martha Schwartz Martha Schwartz (born November 21, 1950) is an American landscape architect and educator. Schwartz is the founding principal of Martha Schwartz Partners, an architecture firm based in London, New York City, and Shanghai. She is also Professor in P ...
(21 November 1950, Philadelphia, PA–), is a landscape architect and educator; founding principal of Martha Schwartz Partners, an architecture firm based in London, New York City, and Shanghai. United States * Simon I. Schwartz (1877–1956), was a partner of
Schwartz and Gross Schwartz & Gross was a New York City architectural firm active from at least 1901 to 1963,Denise Scott Brown Denise Scott Brown (née Lakofski; born October 3, 1931) is an American architect, planner, writer, educator, and principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates in Philadelphia. Scott Brown and her husband and partner, Robert Venturi, ...
(née Lakofski) (3 October 1931, Nkana, Northern Rhodesia–), is an architect, city planner and partner/spouse of architect
Robert Venturi Robert Charles Venturi Jr. (June 25, 1925 – September 18, 2018) was an American architect, founding principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, and one of the major architectural figures of the twentieth century. Together with h ...
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Harry Seidler Harry Seidler (25 June 19239 March 2006) was an Austrian-born Australian architect who is considered to be one of the leading exponents of Modernism's methodology in Australia and the first architect to fully express the principles of the Bauh ...
AC OBE (25 June 1923, Vienna, Austria—9 March 2006, Sydney, Australia), was the first architect to fully express the principles of the Bauhaus in Australia. Australia. *
Richard Seifert Richard Seifert (born Reubin Seifert; 25 November 1910 – 26 October 2001) was a Swiss-British architect, best known for designing the Centre Point tower and Tower 42 (previously the NatWest Tower), once the tallest building in the City of ...
(25 November 1910, Zurich, Switzerland–26 October 2001), was an architect best known for designing the Centrepoint tower and
Tower 42 Tower 42, commonly known as the NatWest Tower, is a skyscraper in the City of London. It is the fifth-tallest tower in the City of London, having been overtaken as the tallest in 2010 by the Heron Tower. It is the fifteenth- tallest in Lond ...
or the NatWest Tower, formerly the tallest building in the
City of London The City of London is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the historic centre and constitutes, alongside Canary Wharf, the primary central business district (CBD) of London. It constituted most of London fr ...
. United Kingdom * Werner Seligmann (30 March 1930, Osnabrück, Germany–12 November 1998, United States), was an architect, urban designer and educator. United States * Abram Shapiro ( ru) (Russian: Абрам Генрихович Шапиро) (1927, Lugansk, USSR–1995, Moscow, Russia), was a successful Soviet architect. USSR *
Arieh Sharon Arieh Sharon ( he, אריה שרון; May 28, 1900 – July 24, 1984) was an Israeli architect and winner of the Israel Prize for Architecture in 1962. Sharon was a critical contributor to the early architecture in Israel and the leader of the f ...
(né Ludwig Kurzmann) (Hebrew: אריה שרון‎‎) (28 May 1900, Jarosław, Austria-Hungary–24 July 1984, Paris, France), was an Israeli architect and winner of the
Israel Prize The Israel Prize ( he, פרס ישראל; ''pras israél'') is an award bestowed by the State of Israel, and regarded as the state's highest cultural honor. History The Israel Prize is awarded annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state cer ...
for architecture in 1962, the first in this discipline. Germany, Erez Israel, Israel. * Derek Joseph Sharp is a British architect who formed the Derek Sharp Partnership and later became a partner in Comprehensive Design Group. United Kingdom * Zadok Sherman (1944, USSR–), is a successful Israeli architect. Israel * Viktor Shifrin (Russian: Виктор Моисеевич Шифрин) (1931, Moscow, USSR–), is a successful Soviet and Israeli architect. USSR, Israel * Zaki Shlush (Zaki Chelouche)] (Hebrew: זכי שלוש‎) (1894, Jaffa–1975), worked for his own firm 1928–1934 and simultaneously served as a member in the Tel-Aviv Committee for Cities Designing. Erez Israel, Israel * Semyon Shoikhet ( ru) (Russian: Семен Михайлович Шойхет) (1 January 1931, Dubossary, USSR–24 December 2010, Germany), was a Soviet architect. USSR * Anna Shpirtus (Russian: Анна Ароновна Шпиртус) (1907, Russian Empire–), is a Soviet architect. USSR * Yakov Shteinberg ( ru) (Russian: Яков Аронович Штейнберг) (25 April 1896, Kiev, Russian Empire–11 February 1982, Kiev, USSR), was a Soviet architect, educator and scholar. USSR * Grigory Shubik ( ru) (Russian: Григорий Моисеевич Шубик) (1920, USSR–), is a successful Soviet architect. USSR * Igor Shubik (Russian: Игорь Григорьевич Шубик) (1942, USSR–), is a Soviet, Ukrainian and Israeli architect. USSR, Ukraine, Israel. * Ella Shur ( ru) (Russian: Элла Моисеевна Шур) (1928, USSR–), is a Soviet architect. USSR *
Isaak Shvartsev Isaak Sergivich Shvartsev (russian: Исаак Сергеевич Шварцев) (born 1949) is a Moldavian Soviet architect, known for his work in Chișinău. In 1970 he graduated from the Chișinău Construction College, and then Chișinău Po ...
(Russian: Исаак Сергеевич Шварцев) (1949, Kishinev, USSR–), is a Moldovan Soviet architect, known for his work in Kishinev. USSR * Galina Simanovskaya (Russian: Галина Львовна Симановская) (1946, Kharkiv, USSR–), is a Soviet and Ukrainian architect. USSR, Ukraine * Otto G. Simonson (1862, Dresden–25 June 1922, Baltimore, MD), was Superintendent of Public Buildings for the US and designed many public buildings and residences in Baltimore. Germany, United States * Oskar Singer ( 27. 10. 1899 Dolné Vestenice, Austro Hungarian Empire – † 1972 London, Great Britain), was an modernist architect who emigrated to London in 1939. He also worked in Peshawar, Pakistan between 1952-1958. * Mikhail Sinyavsky ( ru) (Russian: Михаил Исаакович Синявский) (1895, Odessa, Russian Empire–1979, Moscow, USSR), was a distinguished Soviet architect and educator. USSR * Jacob Ben Sira ( ru)itect and engineer in Tel Aviv. Erez Israel * Grigory Slutsky ( ru) (Russian: Григорий Маркович Слуцкий) (8 September 1916, Kiev, Russian Empire–1 March 1990, Kiev, USSR), was a Soviet architect. USSR * Iliya Smolyar ( ru) (Russian: Илья Моисеевич Смоляр) (1928, Moscow, USSR– 2008, Moscow, Russia), was a renowned Soviet and Russian architect and urban planner. USSR, Russia * Hayim (Monia) Sokolinsky (1896, Russian Empire–1961, Israel), was an Israeli architect. Erez Israel, Israel * Lewis Solomon (14 March 1848, London, United Kingdom–1928). United Kingdom * Zinoviy Sominsky ( ru) (Russian: Зиновий Самойлович Соминский) (5 February 1917, Petrograd, Russian Empire–10 September 1995), was a Soviet architect. USSR * Yury Somov ( ru) (Russian: Юрий Соломонович Сомов) (1918, Gadyach, USSR–2004, Moscow, Russia), was a Soviet architect and interior designer. USSR *
Raphael Soriano Raphael S. Soriano, FAIA, (August 1, 1904 – July 21, 1988) was an architect and educator, who helped define a period of 20th-century architecture that came to be known as Mid-century modern. He pioneered the use of modular prefabricated ...
(1 August 1904, Rhodes, Greece–21 July 1988, Claremont, CA), was an architect and educator whose work epitomized mid-century modern. United States. *
Michael Sorkin Michael David Sorkin (August 2, 1948 – March 26, 2020) was an American architectural and urban critic, designer, and educator. He was considered to be "one of architecture's most outspoken public intellectuals", a polemical voice in contemporar ...
(2 August 1948, Washington, DC–26 March 2020, New York, NY), was an American architectural and urban critic, designer, and educator; founder of Michael Sorkin Studio, a global design practice with special interests in urban planning, urban design and green urbanism. United States * Sergey Speransky ( ru) (Russian: Сергей Борисович Сперанский) (23 May 1914, Kazan, Russian Empire–13 March 1983, Leningrad, USSR), was a Soviet architect. USSR * Abraham Sprachman (15 January 1896, Honczarov, Austria-Hungary–6 August 1971, Toronto, Canada), was a Canadian theatrical and institutional architect; partner of Kaplan and Sprachman, a firm that designed 70%–80% of all movie theaters in Canada from 1919–1950. Canada * Mandel Sprachman (1925, Toronto, Canada–2002, Toronto, Canada), was a Canadian theatrical and institutional architect. Canada. *
Clarence Stein Clarence Samuel Stein (June 19, 1882 – February 7, 1975) was an American urban planner, architect, and writer, a major proponent of the garden city movement in the United States. Biography Stein was born in Rochester, New York into an upwardly ...
(19 June 1882, Rochester, NY–7 February 1975), was an American urban planner, architect and writer best known for advancing the Garden City movement in the US. United States * Andrew Steiner (also known as Endre, André, or Andrej Steiner) (22 August 1908, Dunaszerdahely, Austria-Hungary–2 April 2009, Atlanta, GA), was a Czechoslovak-American architect who participated in Jewish resistance to the Holocaust as a member of the
Bratislava Working Group The Working Group ( sk, Pracovná Skupina) was an underground Jewish organization in the Axis-aligned Slovak State during World War II. Led by Gisi Fleischmann and Rabbi Michael Dov Weissmandl, the Working Group rescued Jews from the Holocaust ...
, an underground Jewish organization. Czechoslovakia, United States * Robert Stern (1885, Cologne, Germany−1964, New York, NY), was a renowned German architect working in Cologne before he was forced by the Nazis to emigrate to London in 1936. Germany, United States *
Robert A. M. Stern Robert Arthur Morton Stern, usually credited as Robert A. M. Stern (born May 23, 1939), is a New York City–based architect, educator, and author. He is the founding partner of the architecture firm, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, also known as ...
(23 May 1939, New York, NY–), is an American architect and was dean of the
Yale University School of Architecture The Yale School of Architecture (YSOA) is one of the constituent professional schools of Yale University, and is generally considered to be one of the best architecture schools in the United States. The School awards the degrees of Master of Arc ...
from 1998 to 2016. United States * Wilhelm Stiassny (1842, Pressburg, Austria-Hungary–1910, Bad Ischl, Austria-Hungary), was an Austro-Hungarian architect who oversaw the construction of 180 palaces, schools, residences, factories, hospitals, and synagogues. Austria-Hungary * Judith Stolzer-Segall (20 May 1904, Riga, Russian Empire–12 January 1990, Munich, Germany), was an Israeli architect who won the commission for the design of the Central Synagogue of Hadera. Erez Israel, Israel * Eugen Stolzer (12 May 1886, Győr, Austria-Hungary–22 December 1958, Rome, Italy), was an Israeli architect. Austria-Hungary, Erez Israel, Israel * Arieh Streimer (1897, Russian Empire–1967, Israel), was an Israeli architect. Erez Israel *
Oskar Strnad Oskar Strnad (26 October 1879 – 3 September 1935) was an Austrian architect, sculptor, designer and set designer for films and theatres. Together with Josef Frank he was instrumental in creating the distinctive character of the '' Wiener Sc ...
(26 October 1879, Vienna, Austria-Hungary–3 September 1935, Bad Aussee, Austria), was an Austrian architect, sculptor, designer and set designer for films and theaters. Austria-Hungary, Austria *
Joseph Sunlight Joseph Sunlight ( – 15 April 1978), was a Belarusian/ England, English architect whose energy amassed him a great fortune in Manchester and left at least one fine building in Sunlight House. He was also a Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician ...
(2 January 1889, Novogrudok, Russian Empire–15 April 1978), was a Russian/English architect and designer of
Sunlight House Sunlight House is a Grade II listed building in the art deco style on Quay Street in Manchester, England. Completed in 1932 for Joseph Sunlight, at 14 storeys it was the tallest building in Manchester, and the top floors of turrets and multiple do ...
. Great Britain * Yakov Svirsky ( ru) (Russian: Яков Осипович Свирский) (1902–1990?), was a Soviet architect. USSR * Harley Swedler (16 April 1962, Ottawa, Canada–), is an architect whose projects have been exhibited at
Palais de Tokyo The Palais de Tokyo (''Tokyo Palace'') is a building dedicated to modern and contemporary art, located at 13 avenue du Président-Wilson, facing the Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The eastern wing of the building belongs to ...
, Jüdisches Museum in Berlin, and New York's
The Jewish Museum The Jewish Museum is an art museum and repository of cultural artifacts, housed at 1109 Fifth Avenue, in the former Felix M. Warburg House, along Museum Mile on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. The first Jewish museum in the Unit ...
; worked with
Diller Scofidio + Renfro Diller Scofidio + Renfro is an American interdisciplinary design studio that integrates architecture, the visual arts, and the performing arts. Based in New York City, Diller Scofidio + Renfro is led by four partners – Elizabeth Diller, Ricardo ...
, Richard Meier + Partners, and
Martha Stewart Living ''Martha Stewart Living'' is a magazine and former television program Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of ...
. * Helena Syrkus (née Niemirowska) (14 May 1900, Warsaw, Russian Empire–19 November 1982, Warsaw, Poland), was an architect active in the Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne ( CIAM). Poland * Szymon Syrkus ( pl) (1893, Warsaw, Russian Empire–1964, Warsaw, Poland), was an architect and theoretician of architecture. Poland * Nitza Metzger Szmuk (1945, Tel Aviv, Israel–), is an architect, professor and author of ''Dwelling on the Dunes—Tel Aviv Modern Movement and Bauhaus Ideals''. Israel


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Edgar Tafel Edgar A. Tafel (March 12, 1912 – January 18, 2011)Dunlap, David W''The New York Times'' (January 24, 2011) was an American architect, best known as a disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright. Early life and career Tafel was born in New York City to R ...
(12 March 1912, New York, NY–18 January 2011, New York, NY), was an American architect and a disciple of
Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements o ...
who designed St. John's in the Village Episcopal Church in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. United States * Iliya Talalai ( ru) (Russian:, Илья Владимирович Талалай) (11 August 1934, Leningrad, USSR–14 September 1987, Chelyabinsk, USSR), was a Soviet architect. USSR * Eugenio Gentili Tedeschi (14 March 1916, Turin, Italy–14 April 2005, Milan, Italy), was an Italian architect, designer, teacher and writer who managed the rebuilding of the Heichal David u-Mordechai Synagogue in Milan in the early 1950s. Italy *
Stanley Tigerman Stanley Tigerman (September 20, 1930 – June 3, 2019) was an American architect, theorist and designer. Biography Early years Tigerman was born into a Jewish family, the only child of Emma (Stern), a typist for the federal government, and Sam ...
(20 September 1930, Chicago, IL–3 June 2019), was an American architect, theorist and designer who designed the
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center is a museum located in Skokie, Illinois, near Chicago. According to the Center's mission statement, its founding principle is to "Remember the Past; Transform the Future." Its mission is to prese ...
in Skokie, Illinois. United States *
Heinrich Tischler Heinrich may refer to: People * Heinrich (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Heinrich (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Hetty (given name), a given name (including a list of peo ...
( de) (25 May 1892, Cosel, Germany–16 December 1938, Breslau, Germany), was a German architect, interior designer, painter and graphic artist, who died from injuries sustained in the Buchenwald concentration camp. Germany * Naum Trakhtenberg ( ru) (Russin: Наум Ефимович Трахтенберг) (4 January 1909, Bakhmach, Russian Empire–16 October 1977, Minsk, USSR), was a Soviet architect. USSR *
Norbert Troller Norbert Troller (1896 in Bruenn, Austria-Hungarian Empire – 1984 in New York City, United States) was a Czech and American architect of Jewish descent. He was also an artist notable for his portrayal on life in the Theresienstadt concentration c ...
(1896, Bruenn, Austria-Hungary–1984, New York, NY), was a Czech and American architect who designed Jewish community centers in the US, Canada and Colombia. Czechoslovakia, United States *
Noi Trotsky Noi (Noah) Abramovich Trotsky (russian: Ной Абра́мович Тро́цкий; March 15, 1895 – November 19, 1940) was a Soviet architect. Biography Born in St. Petersburg to a family of a typesetter, Trotsky took art classes from ...
(Russian: Ной Абра́мович Тро́цкий) (15 March 1895, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire–19 November 1940, Leningrad, USSR), was a renowned Soviet architect whose best-known project is the House of Soviets in St. Petersburg. USSR * Fedor Troupyansky ( ru) (Russian: Федор Абрамович Троупянский) (14 May 1874, Odessa, Russian Empire–12 May 1949, Odessa, USSR), was a famous Russian and Soviet architect. Russian Empire, USSR * Yuly Tsaune ( ru) (Russian: Юлий Семенович Цауне) (4 March 1862, Saaremaa, Russian Empire–1930, Kharkiv, USSR), was a renowned Russian and Soviet architect. Russian Empire, USSR * Manuil Tseil ( ru) (Russian: Мануил Александрович Цейль) was a Russian architect. Russian Empire * Semyon Tulchinsky (Russian: Семен Абрамович Тульчинский) (1914, Russian Empire–1994, Kharkiv, Ukraine), was a Soviet architect and educator. USSR * Moshe Tzur (1948, Tel Aviv, Israel–), is an Israeli architect. Israel


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Joseph Urban Joseph Urban (May 26, 1872 – July 10, 1933) was an Austrian-American architect, illustrator, and scenic designer. Life and career Joseph Urban was born on May 26, 1872, in Vienna. He received his first architectural commission at age 19 wh ...
(26 May 1872, Vienna, Austria-Hungary–10 July 1933, New York, NY), was an Austrian-American architect, illustrator, and scenic designer.


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Pierre Vago Pierre Vago (30 August 1910, in Budapest – 1 February 2002, in Noisy-sur-École) was a French architect. Vago was known internationally as the publisher of ''L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui'' and General Secretary of the International Union of Arch ...
(30 August 1910, Budapest, Austria-Hungary–1 February 2002, Noisy-sur-École, France), was a notable French architect who worked on the Hansaviertel in Berlin. France, Germany *
Samuil Vainshtein Samuil Osipovich Vainshtein (Weinstein, Wainstein, Vainstein, Wajnsztejn) (1894–1942) was a Russian chess master, organizer, publisher and editor. In July/August 1914, he was playing in Mannheim at (the 19th DSB Congress, when it was interrupted ...
( ru) (Russian: Самуил Миронович Вайнштейн) (12 February 1918, Kiev, USSR–21 April 1996, Kiev, Russia), was a Soviet and Russian architect. USSR, Russia


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Gregori Warchavchik Gregori I. Warchavchik (April 2, 1896 – July 27, 1972) was a Jewish-Brazilian architect. Warchavchik was born in Odessa, Ukraine which was then a part of the Russian Empire. He began his architectural studies at Odessa University and moved to Ro ...
(2 April 1896, Odessa, Russian Empire–27 July 1972, São Paulo, Brazil), was a successful Brazilian architect who designed the Lasar Segall Museum in São Paulo that opened in 1967. Brazil * Václav Weinzett (4 January 1862, Straz, Austria-Hungary–24 April 1930, Prague, Czechoslovakia), was a distinguished Bohemian and Moravian architect. Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia * Eyal Weizman (1970, Haifa, Israel–), is a British-Israeli architect and the director of the research agency Forensic Architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London. Israel, United Kingdom * Rudolf Wels (28 April 1882, Osek, Bohemia–8 March 1944, Auschwitz, Poland), was a Czech architect active in western Bohemia and Prague. Czechoslovakia * Ernst Wiesner (né Arnošt Wiesner) (21 January 1890, Malacky, Austria-Hungary–15 July 1971, Liverpool, United Kingdom), was a Modernist architect and one of the foremost interwar period architects of Brno. Czechoslovakia * Rachel Wischnitzer (German: Rahel Wischnitzer-Bernstein) (14 April 1885, Minsk, Russian Empire–20 November 1989, New York, NY), was an architect and art historian; art and architecture editor of the ''Encyclopaedia Judaica'', from 1928 to 1934, and worked with the Jewish Museum Berlin. Germany, United States * Adolf Wolff (architect), Adolf Wolff (:de:Adolf Wolff (Architekt), de) (10 August 1832, Esslingen, Germany–29 March 1885, Stuttgart, Germany), was an architect active in Stuttgart. Germany * Cremer & Wolffenstein, Richard Wolffenstein (7 September 1846, Berlin, Germany–13 April 1919, Berlin, Germany), was a founding member of the Vereinigung Berliner Architekten. Germany * Hans Norbert Wormann (1898, Berlin, Germany–1982, Florida), was a successful American architect. Germany, United States


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* Avraham Yaski (Hebrew: אברהם יסקי‎)‎ (14 April 1927, Kishinev, Romania–28 March 2014), was an Israeli architect, founded the architectural firm now known as Moore Yasky Sivan Architects, and in 1982 was awarded the
Israel Prize The Israel Prize ( he, פרס ישראל; ''pras israél'') is an award bestowed by the State of Israel, and regarded as the state's highest cultural honor. History The Israel Prize is awarded annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state cer ...
in architecture. Erez Israel, Israel


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* Julian Oktawian Zachariewicz-Lwigród, Julian Zachariewicz (17 July 1837, Lemberg, Austrian Empire–27 December 1898, Lvov, Russian Empire), was a Polish architect and renovator who supervised (alongside Franciszek Skowron) the construction of more than 100 pavilions for the General National Exhibition in Lviv, Ukraine. Russian Empire * Viktor Zaidenberg (architect), Viktor Zaidenberg (Russian: Виктор Абрамович Зайденберг). USSR * Nahum Zalkind (Russian: Нахум Залкинд) (1895, Russian Empire–1976, Israel), was a German and Israeli architect. Germany, Israel. * Mikhail Zapol (:ru:Михаил Юделевич Заполь, ru) (Russian: Михаил Юделевич Заполь) (20 November 1914, Krasnaya Sloboda, Russian Empire–?), was a Soviet architect. USSR * Moshe Zarhy (1923, Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine–), is an Israeli architect and founder of Zarhy Architects in Tel Aviv. Israel * Abram Zaslavsky (:ru:Абрам Моисеевич Заславский, ru) (Russian: Абрам Моисеевич Заславский) (9 April 1899, Odessa, Russian Empire–22 September 1962, Moscow, USSR), was a Soviet architect. USSR * Iosif Zektser (:ru:Иосиф Абрамович Зекцер, ru) (Russian: Иосиф Абрамович Зекцер) (1867, Vinnitsa, Russian Empire–1933, Kiev, USSR), was a Russian and Soviet architect. Russian Empire, USSR * Adolf Noyevich Zeligson (:ru:Адольф Ноевич Зелигсон, ru) (Russian: Адольф Ноевич Зелигсон) (1867, Warsaw, Russian Empire–10 June 1919, Lodz, Poland), was a renowned Russian architect. Russian Empire * Bruno Zevi (22 January 1918, Rome, Italy–9 January 2000, Rome, Italy), was an Italian architect, historian, professor, curator, author and editor. Italy * Luca Zevi (1948–), is an Italian architect, professor, curator and author. Italy * Aleksandr Zhuk (:ru:Александр Владимирович Жук, ru) (Russian: Александр Владимирович Жук) (18 June 1917, Kiev, Russian Empire–4 January 2008, St. Petersburg, Russia), was a renowned Soviet and Russian architect. USSR, Russia * Martin Ziegler (1896, Vienna, Austria-Hungary–12 August 1974, New York, NY), was an Austrian architect. Austria * Bernard Zimmerman (22 April 1930, Cleveland, CA–4 June 2009, Los Angeles, CA), was an American architect, urban planner, educator and preservationist; helped create the Department of Architecture at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. United States * Moshe Zippor (1931, Tel Aviv, Israel–), is an Israeli architect. Israel * Alejandro Zohn (né Alexander Zohn) (8 August 1930, Vienna, Austria–2000, Guadalajara, Mexico), was a Mexican architect notable for the acoustic shell in Agua Azul Park (1958), the San Juan de Dios Market, Libertad Market (1959), and the Adolfo López Mateos sports center (1962), all in Guadalajara. Mexico. *
Alfred Zucker Alfred J. R. E. Zucker (January 23, 1852 – August 2, 1913)
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(23 January 1852, Freiburg, Prussia– 2 August 1913, Buenos Aires, Argentina), was an American architect who briefly served as State Architect of Mississippi.Alfred Zucker
United States, Argentinea. * Paul Zucker (14 August 1888, Berlin, Germany–14 February 1971, New York, NY), was an architect and city planner in Berlin who joined the University in Exile at the New School for Social Research. United States. * Anatol Zukerman (Russian: Анатолий Анатольевич Цукерман) (1937, Kharkiv, USSR–), was a Soviet and American architect. USSR, United States * Georgy Zunblat (:ru:Георгий Александрович Зунблат, ru) (Russian: Георгий Александрович Зунблат) (1898, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire–1979, Moscow, USSR), was a renowned Soviet architect. Russian Empire, USSR


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