ARCHITECTS

Florence Cathedral

Florence Cathedral

The cathedral of St. Maria del Fiore by Filippo Brunelleschi

Tempietto in S. Pietro, Montorio:

Donato bramante

San Biagio , Montepulciano

An example of a Renaissance Greek cross central plan by Antonio da Sangallo

Pallazo de te

a masterpiece of the Late Renaissance by Giulio Romano

St Peter’s Basilica

a combination of Renaissance and Baroque styles by Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Moderno, Bernini

St. Gervais, Paris

earliest example of Renaissance Architecture with a classical church facade by Salomon De Brosse

Palazzo Medici Riccardi in Florence

by Leon Battista Alberti known for its innovative use of rustication

Diotisalvi

Pisa Cathedral, Baptistery, and Campanile

William Van Alen

art deco

kenzo tange

metabolism movement

Pierre Luigi Nervi:

bold designs

Jorn Utzon

fusion of forms

Frei Otto

Tensile Architecture

Walter Gropius

Founder of bahaus

Buckminster Fuller

Machine for living

Frank lloyd wright

the Father of Architecture, known for organic architecture.

Eric Mendelson

known for his Einstein Tower in Potsdam

Oscar Niemeyer

Functionality and the use of pre-stressed concrete dominate his designs.

Eero Saarinen

innovative designs for buildings and monuments, a furniture designer

marcel lajos breuer

simplicity and clarity