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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 ...
Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid DBE RA (Arabic: زها حديد Zahā Ḥadīd; 31 October 1950 – 31 March 2016) was an Iraqi and British architect, artist and designer, recognised as a key figure in architecture of the late-20th and early-21st centuries.
Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator.He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years.
Image credits: Downtown_Duty3437 The APA states that city living is linked to worse air pollution, increased noise, crime, social inequality, stress from sensory overload, and a lack of open space.
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-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 1887 – 27 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier (UK: / l ə k ɔːr ˈ b juː z i. eɪ / lə kor-BEW-zee-ay, [2] US: / l ə ˌ k ɔːr b uː z ˈ j eɪ,-b uː s ˈ j eɪ / lə KOR-booz-YAY, -booss-YAY, [3] [4] French: [lə kɔʁbyzje]), [5] was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner and writer, who was one of the pioneers of what is ...
Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) [1] was an American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" [2] and "father of modernism". [3] He was an influential architect of the Chicago School, a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, and an inspiration to the Chicago group of architects who have come to be known as the Prairie School.
O'Neil Ford (December 3, 1905 – July 20, 1982) was an American architect of the mid-20th century in Texas, and a leading architect of the American Southwest.He is considered one of the nation's best unknown architects, and his designs merged the modernism of Europe with the indigenous qualities of early Texas architecture. [1]