List of architects

The following is a list of famous architects - well known individuals with a large body of published work or notable structures.

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See also: List of architecture firms.

Early architects

• Abbot Suger
• Anthemius of Tralles
• Apollodorus of Damascus
• Iktinos
• Imhotep
• Isidore of Miletus
• Kallikrates
• Lu Ban (鲁班)
• Marcus Agrippa
• Mnesicles
• Rabirius
• Senemut
• Vitruvius
• Yu Hao

13th century architects

• Renaud de Cormont
• Thomas de Cormont
• Villard de Honnecourt
• Jean de Loup
• Robert de Luzarches
• Jean d'Orbais
• Gaucher de Reims
• Bernard de Soisons

14th century architects

• Cristoforo da Bolzano
• Jacopo Celega
• Pier Paolo Celega
• Frà Giovanni degli Eremitani
• Giotto di Bondone
• Peter Parler

15th century architects

• Leon Battista Alberti
• Donato Bramante
• Filippo Brunelleschi
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Annibale Maggi detto Da Bassano
• Michelozzo Michelozzi
• Jean Texier
• Jacob van Thienen

16th century architects

• Galeazzo Alessi
• Bartolomeo Ammanati
• Michelangelo Buonarroti
• Juan de Herrera
• Philibert de l'Orme
• Hans Hendrik van Paesschen
• Andrea Palladio
• Antonio da Sangallo
• Michele Sammicheli
• Raffaello Santi (Raphael)
• Vincenzo Scamozzi
• Koca Mimar Sinan Agha
• Giorgio Vasari
• Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola

17th century architects

• Gian Lorenzo Bernini
• Francesco Borromini
• Ustad Ahmad Lahauri
• Pietro da Cortona
• Guarino Guarini
• Jules Hardouin-Mansart
• Inigo Jones
• Louis Le Vau
• Baldassarre Longhena
• Carlo Maderno
• François Mansart
• Nicodemus Tessin the Younger
• Carlo Rainaldi
• John Webb
• Elizabeth Mytton Wilbraham
• Christopher Wren

18th century architects

19th century architects

20th century architects

21st century architects

Mythological/fictional architects

Several architects occur in worldwide mythology, including Daedalus, builder of the Labyrinth, in Greek myth. In the Bible, Nimrod is considered the creator of the Tower of Babel, and King Solomon built Solomon's Temple with the assistance of the architect Hiram. In Hinduism, the palaces of the gods were built by the architect and artisan Vivasvat.

Architects also occur in modern fiction. Examples include Howard Roark, protagonist in Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead, Bloody Stupid Johnson, a parody of Capability Brown who appears in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, and Slartibartfast, designer of planets in Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Several films have included central characters who are architects, including Henry Fonda's character "Juror 8" (Davis) in 12 Angry Men (1957), Tom Hanks' character in Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Michael J. Fox's character in The Frighteners (1996), John Cassavetes' character in Tempest (1982), and Michael Keaton's character in White Noise (2005), among many examples. In television, Mike Brady, father of The Brady Bunch, is an architect, as is Wilbur Post, owner of Mister Ed, and Ted Mosby, from How I Met Your Mother. Architect Halvard Solness is the protagonist of Henrick Ibsen's 1892 play The Master Builder.

Lists of architects by country

References

• Steele, James Architecture Today Phaidon Press, (1997), ISBN 0-7148-3617-6
• Russian architects directory
• Famous architects