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This list of American architects includes notable architects and architecture firms with a strong connection to the United States (i.e., born in the United States, located in the United States or known primarily for their work in the United States).
The Jefferson Memorial, a memorial to Thomas Jefferson built between 1939 and 1943. John Russell Pope (April 24, 1874 – August 27, 1937) was an American architect whose firm is widely known for designing major public buildings, including the National Archives and Records Administration building (completed in 1935), the Jefferson Memorial (completed in 1943) and the West Building of the ...
America's Favorite Architecture" is a list of buildings and other structures identified as the most popular works of architecture in the United States. In 2006 and 2007, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) sponsored research to identify the most popular works of architecture in the United States.
A Field Guide to American Houses (Revised): The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture. Knopf, 2013. ISBN 978-1400043590. Reiff, Daniel D. Houses from Books. Penn State Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0-271-01943-7. Scully, Vincent. American Architecture and Urbanism. New Revised Edition. New York: Henry Holt, 1988.
American colonial architecture 1720–1780s US; American Craftsman 1890s–1930 US, California & east; American Empire 1810; American Foursquare mid. 1890s-late 1930s US; Amsterdam School 1912–1924 Netherlands; Ancient Egyptian architecture 3000 BC – 373 AD; Ancient Greek architecture 776 BC – 265 BC; Angevin Gothic since 1148, western France
Image credits: classicaldamn French painter and sculptor Marcel Duchamp is another great artist who had a pretty prominent funny bone. The quote "Humor is the only reason to live" is attributed to ...
For 'house porn' devotees, architects are the Spielbergs and Polanksis of their realm. With that in mind, Curbed turned the spotlight on the world's most renowned starchitects to compile a gallery ...
Charles Bulfinch (August 8, 1763 – April 15, 1844) was an early American architect, and has been regarded by many as the first American-born professional architect to practice. [ 1 ] Life