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A master builder or master mason was the central figure leading construction projects in pre-modern times, thus, a precursor to the modern architect and engineer. Master Builder(s) may also refer to: The Master Builder, an 1892 play by Henrik Ibsen; A Master Builder, a 2013 film directed by Jonathan Demme "Master Builder", a song on Gong's 1974 ...
The Master Builder was the first work Ibsen wrote upon his return to Norway in July 1891 after many years spent elsewhere in Europe. It is usually grouped with Ibsen's other works written during this late period of Ibsen's life such as Little Eyolf , John Gabriel Borkman , When We Dead Awaken , and Hedda Gabler .
A Master Builder is a 2013 film directed by Jonathan Demme, based on Henrik Ibsen's 1892 play The Master Builder. The film was released in the United States in June 2014 and stars Wallace Shawn, Julie Hagerty, Lisa Joyce and André Gregory. The film is a production of the Ibsen play dealing with the relationship between an aging architect and a ...
Historically, a master craftsman or master tradesman (sometimes called only master or grandmaster) was a member of a guild. The title survives as the highest professional qualification in craft industries. In the European guild system, only masters and journeymen were allowed to be members of the guild.
The Ancient Greek noun tektōn (τέκτων) is a common term for an artisan/craftsman, in particular a carpenter, woodworker, or builder. The term is frequently contrasted with an ironworker , or smith ( χαλκεύς ) and stone-worker or mason ( λιθολόγος, λαξευτής ).
In his book The Sufis, the Afghan scholar Idries Shah suggested that Dhul-Nun al-Misri might have been the origin of the character Hiram Abiff in the masonic Master Mason ritual. The link, he believes, was through the Sufi sect Al-Banna ("The Builders") who built the Jami Al-Aqsa and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.
The master mason and master carpenters learnt their trades by word of mouth and relied on experience, models and rules of thumb to determine the sizes of building elements. Vitruvius, however, describes in detail the education of the perfect architect who, he said, must be skilled in all the arts and sciences.
Thomas Cubitt (25 February 1788 – 20 December 1855) was a British master builder, notable for his employment in developing many of the historic streets and squares of London, especially in Belgravia, Pimlico [a] and Bloomsbury. [b] His great-great-great-granddaughter is Queen Camilla.