17 famous architects

  1. filippo brunelleschi (1377-1446, italy)

    • florence cathedral dome (1420-1436, florence, italy)

    • a pioneer of perspective and structural engineering

    • revolutionized renaissance architecture

  2. andrea palladio (1508-1580, italy)

    • villa rotonda (1567-1592, vincenza, italy)

    • his symmetrical & classical designs heavily influenced western architecture

  3. christopher wren (1632-1723, england)

    • st. paulā€™s cathedral (1675-1710, london, uk)

    • a leading architect of the english baroque period

    • responsible for rebuilding london after the great fire

  4. karl friedrich schinkel (1781-1841, germany)

    • altes museum (1823-1830, berlin, germany)

    • a key figure in neoclassical and gothic revival architecture

  5. frank furness (1839-1912, usa)

    • pennsylvania academy of the fine arts (1871-1876, philadelphia, usa)

    • known for his bold and ornamental victorian designs

  6. antoni gaudi (1852-1926, spain)

    • sagrada familia (1882-present, barcelona, spain)

    • master of catalan modernism

    • organic and whimsical designs

  7. frank lloyd wright (1867-1959, usa)

    • fallingwater (1935=1939, pennsylvania, usa)

    • pioneer of organic architecture

    • integrated structures with their natural surroundings

  8. le corbusier (1887-1965, switzerland/france)

    • villa savoye (1928-1931, france)

    • pioneer of modern architecture and international style

  9. ludwig mies van der rohe (1886-1969, germany/usa)

    • seagram building (1954-1958, new york, usa)

    • known for minimalist ā€œless is moreā€ designs

  10. walter gropius (1883-1969, germany)

    • bauhaus school (1925-1926, dessau, germany)

    • founder of bauhaus movement ā†’ revolutionized modern design

  11. oscar niermeyer (1907-2012, brazil)

    • brasiliaā€™s national congress (1960, brazil)

    • master of curvilinear modern architecture

  12. eero saarinen (1910-1961, finland/usa)

    • twa terminal (1962, jfk airport, usa)

    • famous for futuristic, sculptural designs

  13. louis kahn (1901-1974, usa)

    • national assembly building (1962-1963, bangladesh)

    • monumental and light-conscious architecture

  14. i. m. pei (1917-2019, china/usa)

    • louvre pyramid (1984-1989, paris, france)

    • geometric forms

    • glass structures

  15. frank gehry (1929-present, canada/usa)

    • guggenheim museum bilbao (1991-1997, spain)

    • deconstructivist, structural buildings

  16. zaha hadid (1950-2016, iraq/uk)

  • heydar aliyev center (2007-2012, azerbaijan)

  • pioneer of futuristic, fluid architecture

  1. norman foster (1935-present, uk)

    • the gherkin (30 st mary axe) (2001-2003, london, uk)

    • high-tech, sustainable designs