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Architecture: 100 Notable Architects

These architects are among the best known in history. Dates given for major works are completion dates. Architects have been chosen for their influence on the history of architecture, as well as for the fame and importance of their works.

Name

Dates

Nationality

Major Works

Aalto, Alvar

1898–1976

Finnish

Finlandia Conference Center, Helsinki (1975); Baker Dormitory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (1949)

Adam, Robert

1728–1792

English

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London (1776); Apsley House, London (1778)

Alberti, Leone Battista

1404–1472

Italian

Sant’ Andra, Mantua (1472); façade of Santa Maria Novella, Florence (1471)

Andrews, John

1933–

Australian

American Express Tower, Sydney (1970); School of Art, Kent State University (1970)

Apollodorus of Damascus

2nd century
AD

Roman

Trajan’s Baths, Rome (109); Trajan’s Forum, Rome (112)

Ashbee, C. R.

1863–1942

English

The Wodehouse, Staffordshire (1901)

Asplund, Erik Gunner

1885–1943

Swedish

Bredenburg Department Store, Stockholm (1935); Goteburg Law Courts Annex (1937)

Barragán, Luis

1902–1987

Mexican

Hotel Pierre Marquez Gardens, Acapulco (1955); Eggerstrom House, Mexico City (1968)

Barry, Charles

1795–1860

English

Houses of Parliament, London (1860)

Bentley, John Francis

1830–1902

English

Westminster Cathedral, London (1903)

Berlage, Hendrick Petrus

1856–1934

Dutch

Municipal Museum, The Hague (1935); Stock Exchange, Amsterdam (1903)

Bernini, Gioanlorezo

1598–1680

Italian

St. Peter’s, Rome (1626 renovation); Piazza di San Pietro, Rome (1667)

Borromini, Francesco

1599–1667

Italian

Lateran Tombs, Rome (1655); Villa Falconieri, Frascati (1667)

Bramante, Donate

1444–1514

Italian

S. Maria Presso San Satiro, Milan (1478 renovation); Belvedere Court (1504)

Brunelleschi, Filippo

1377–1446

Italian

Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence (cupola, lantern & tribune morte) (1446)

Burlington, Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of

1664–1753

English

Wade House, London (1723); Assembly Rooms, York (1732)

Burton, Decimus

1800–1881

English

Cornwall Terrace, London (nd); Hyde Park Screen, London (1825)

Butterfield, William

1814–1900

English

Keble College, Oxford (1883); All Saints, (London) 1859

Chambers, William

1732–1790

English

Trent Palace, Middlesex (1777); Theatre Royal, Liverpool (1772)

Cortona, Pietro

1596–1669

Italian

Santi Luci et Marchina, Rome (1650)

Deane, Thomas

1792–1871

Irish

Museum of Natural History, Oxford (1861); Trinity College Library, Dublin (1862)

Fischer von Erlach, Johann

1656–1723

Austrian

Holy Trinity Plague Column, Vienna (1689); Imperial Library, Vienna (1730)

Gandon, James

1743–1823

Irish

County Hall, Nottingham (1772); Emsworth, Dublin (1794)

Gaudi, Antonio

1852–1926

Spanish

Casa Vicens, Barcelona (1880); Casa Mila, Barcelona (1910)

Gibbs, James

1682–1754

Scottish

Alexander Pope Villa, Middlesex (1720); Radcliffe Library, Oxford (1754)

Gehry, Frank

1929–

American

California Aerospace Museum, Santa Monica (1984); Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao (1997)

Goff, Bruce

1904–1982

American

Hopewell Baptist Church, Oklahoma (1950); Nicol House, Kansas City (1967)

Gomez de Mora, Juan

1580–1648

Spanish

Encarnación Church, Madrid (1611–16)

Gropius, Walter

1883–1969

German

Chicago Tribune Building, Chicago (1922); Pan Am Building, New York (1957)

Guimard, Hector

1867–1942

French

Humbert De Romans Auditorium, Paris (1901)

Hansen, Christian

1803–1883

Danish

Mint, Athens (1836); Observatory, Copenhagen (1861)

Hildebrandt, Johann

1668–1745

Austrian

Garden House, Siebenbrunn Palace (1730); Parish Church, Asperdorf (1733)

Hittorff, Jacques

1792–1867

German

Church of St. Vincent De Paul, Paris (1848)

Horta, Victor

1861–1947

Belgian

Horta House, Belgium (1989); Hallet House, Brussels (1903)

Iktinos

c.450–400 BC

Greek

The Parthenon, Athens (437 BC)

Jefferson, Thomas

1742–1826

American

Monticello, Virginia (1782)

Jones, Inigo

1573–1652

English

Whitehall Palace, London (1622); Somerset House, London (1635)

Kahn, Albert

1869–1942

American

General Motors Building, Detroit (1925); Fisher Building, Detroit (1929)

Keyser, Hendrick de

1565–1621

Dutch

Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands (1614)

Krier, Rob

1938–

Austrian

Façade for Hotel, Salzburg Germany (1988); Apartment Building, Bilbao Spain (1992) Medical Facility Buildings Complex, Belgium (1977)

Kroll, Lucien

1927–

Belgian

Medical Facility Buildings Complex, Belgium (1977)

Latrobe, Benjamin

1764–1820

American

Roman Catholic Cathedral, Baltimore (1818); Capitol Building, Washington DC (1817)

Le Brun, Charles

1619–1690

French

Palais de Versailles (1678)

Le Corbusier

1887–1965

French

Villa Planiex, Paris (1927); Musuem, Ahmedabad India (1957)

Loos, Adolf

1870–1933

Czecho-slovakian

American bar, Vienna (1907); Muller House, Prague (1930)

Lutyens, Edwin Landeer

1869–1944

English

Munstead Wood, Surrey (1896); Tigbourne Court, Surrey (1899)

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

1868–1928

Scottish

Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow (1909)

Maki, Fumihiko

1928–

Japanese

Toyota Memorial Hall, Nagoya (1960); National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (1986)

Mansart, Francois

1598–1666

French

Chateau of Berny (1623); Hotel du Jars, Paris (1645)

Meier, Richard

1934–

American

High Museum of Art, Atlanta (1983); Getty Center, Los Angeles (1997)

Mendelson, Erich

1887–1953

German-born American

Atomic Energy Commission Labratories, Berkeley (1953)

Michelangelo Buonarrati

1475–1564

Italian

San Lorenzo façade, Florence (1517); St. Peter’s, Rome (1564)

Mies Van der Rohe, Ludwig

1886–1969

German-born American

Wolf House, Germany (1926); Toronto Dominion Center, Canada (1969)

Moore, Charles W.

1925–1993

American

Hood Museum of Art, Hanover NH (1985)

Morgan, Julia

1872–1957

American

Elliott House, Berkeley CA (1920); Hearst Estate, California (1941)

Nash, John

1752–1835

English

Terraces and facades, Regents Park, London (1827)

Neumann, Johann

1687–1753

German

High Altar, Cathedral of Worms (1749); Schloss Augustusburg (1748)

Neutra, Richard

1892–1970

Austrian-born American

Lincoln Memorial Museum, Gettysburg PA (1959); Hall of Records, Los Angeles (1961)

Niemeyer, Oscar

1907–

Brazilian

City of Brasília (1964); Mondadori Headquarters, Milan (1975)

O’Gorman, Juan

1905–1982

Mexican

Diego Rivera House, Mexico City (1930); Juan O’Gorman House II (1956)

Olmstead, Frederick Law

1822–1903

American

Park System, Rochester NY (1888); United States Capitol Grounds (1874)

Palladio, Andrew

1508–1580

Italian

Villa of Leonardo Emo, Vincenza, Italy (1567)

Pei, I. M.

1917–

American

Le Grand Louvre, Paris (1983)

Perrault, Claude

1613–1688

French

East Façade of the Louvre, Paris (1670)

Piano, Renzo

1937–

Italian

Centre Pompidou, Paris (1977 with Richard Rogers)

Playfair, William

1790–1857

English

Donaldson Hospital, Edinburgh (1842–54); National Gallery of Scotland (1850–57)

Plecnik, Joze

1872–1957

Yugoslav

Market, Ljubljana (1942); Monastery of the German Knights, Ljubljana (1953)

Pugin, Augustus

1812–1852

English

Manor House, Wiburton (1848); St. Augustine’s Church, Kent (1850)

Rastrelli, Bartolomeo

1700–1771

Russian

Fourth Winter Palace, Petrograd (1762)

Renwick, James

1818–1895

American

Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC (1855)

Richardson, Henry

1838–1886

American

Grace Church, Massachusetts (1869); City Hall, Albany NY (1882)

Riefveld, Gerrit T.

1888–1964

Dutch

Juliana Hall and Entrance, Utrecht (1956); Van Sloobe House, Heerlen (1964)

Roebling, John

1806–1859

American

Brooklyn Bridge, New York City (1883)

Roebling, Washington Augustus

1837–1926

American

Brooklyn Bridge, New York City (1883 with father, John)

Saarien, Eliel

1910–1961

Finnish

Railway station, Viborg (1904); City Hall, Lahti (1912)

Sansovino, Jacopo

1486–1570

Italian

Piazza San Marco, Venice (1540)

Schindler, Rudolph

1887–1953

American

Buena Shore Club, Chicago (1918); Tucker House, Hollywood (1950)

Schinkel, Karl Friedrich

1791–1841

German

Schauspielhaus, Berlin (1821)

Scott, H. M. Baillie

1865–1945

English

The Garth, Cobham, Surrey (1900); Oakhams, Kent (1921)

Scott, George Gilbert

1811–1878

English

Exeter College Chapel, Oxford (1860); St. Mary Abbots Church, London (1872)

Shaw, Richard Norman

1831–1913

English

New Scotland Yard, London (1907)

Soane, John

1753–1857

English

St. Peter’s Church, Walworth (1824); Holy Trinity Marylebone, London (1827)

Soleri, Paolo

1919–

Italian

Cosanti Foundaion, Scottsdale AZ (1976); Dome House, Arizona (1949)

Stirling, Sir James

1926–1992

English

House, Isle of Wight (1956); Biennale Bookshop, Venice (1989)

Street, George Edmund

1824–1881

English

Law Courts, London (1882)

Stuart, James

1713–1788

English

Infirmary, Greenwich Hospital (1764); Chapel, Greenwich Hospital (1788)

Sullivan, Louis

1856–1924

American

Guaranty Building, Buffalo (1896); Stock Exchange, Chicago (1894)

Thomson, Alexander

1817–1875

Scottish

New Campus, University of Glasgow (1850); Egyptian Halls, Glasgow (1871)

Vasari, Giogorio

1511–1574

Italian

Uffizi Palace, Florence (1580)

Voysey, Charles F.

1857–1941

English

Memorial Manor House, Tonbridge (1920)

Wagner, Otto

1841–1918

Austrian

Synagogue, Budapest (1871); Lupus Sanatorium, Vienna (1913)

Warschavick, Gregori

1896–1972

Brazilian

First Modern House Exhibition, São Paulo (1930); Raul Crespi Beach House (1943)

Webb, Aston

1879–1930

English

Victoria Azzize Courts, Birmingham (1891); Victoria & Albert Museum London (1909)

Webb, Philip

1831–1915

English

Standen, Sussex (1892); 19 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London (1869)

White, Stanford

1853–1906

American

Boston Public Library (1888); J. Pierpont Morgan Library, New York (1907 with McKim, Mead and White)

Wren, Sir Christopher

1632–1723

English

Royal Hospital, Greenwich (1691); St. Paul’s Cathedral. London (1710)

Wright, Frank Lloyd

1867–1959

American

Robie House, Chicago (1909); Falling Water, Bear Run PA (1936)

Wyatt, James

1764–1813

English

Lee Priory, Kent (1790); Ashbridge Park, Hertfordshire (1813)


Image University of Buffalo. “Cyburia-Famous Architects resources page,” http://cyburbia.ap.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/pairc/archtcts
Van Vynckt, Randall J., ed. International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture. London: St James, 1993.