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April 11, 2023 Blog, education

James Wyatt

James Wyatt was born on August 3, 1746, in Burton Constable Staffordshire England. He died on September 4, 1813, near Marlborough, Wiltshire. Wyatt was an English architect chiefly remembered for his romantic country houses, especially the extraordinary Gothic Revival Fonthill Abbey. He was considered one of the most outstanding, prolific, and successful architects of his..

April 7, 2023 Architecture, Blog, education

Louis Sullivan

Louis Henry Sullivan was an American architect and has been called the “Father of skyscrapers” and “Father of modernism.” 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. Along with..

March 27, 2023 Architecture, Blog, education

Walter Gropius

German-born architect Walter Gropius (born May 18, 1883, in Berlin) helped to launch modern architecture in the 20th century when he was asked by the German government to run a new school called the Bauhaus, in Weimar in 1919. As an art educator, Gropius soon defined the Bauhaus school of design with his 1923 Idee..

March 20, 2023 Architecture, Blog, News

Le Corbusier

“I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster and leaves less room for lies.” This world-famous quote belongs to an architect named Le Corbusier. Also known as the “Father of International Style.” He was born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris. He emblazoned the spirit of modernism in architecture and ended up with the Bauhaus Movement, or in other..

March 13, 2023 Architecture, Blog, education

Paul Rudolph

Paul Marvin Rudolph, (born October 23, 1918, in Elkton, Kentucky, died August 8, 1997, in New York, New York). was an American architect and the chair of Yale University’s Department of Architecture for six years. He was known for his use of reinforced concrete and highly complex floor plans. His most famous work is the..

March 6, 2023 Architecture, Blog, education

Andrea Palladio

Andrea Palladio, an Italian architect, originally, Andrea di Pietro della Gondola was born on November 30, 1508, in Padua, the Republic of Venice, Italy. He died in August 1580 in Vicenza, Italy. While Andrea was a young mason, he was enrolled in the guild of the bricklayers and stonemasons. He was a stonemason in workshops..