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Paul Rudolph

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..
Andrea Palladio

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..
Daniel Libeskind

Daniel Libeskind

Daniel Libeskind, born May 12, 1946, is a Polish American architect, professor, and set designer. Libeskind founded Studio Daniel Libeskind in 1989 with his wife, Nina, and its principal design architect. He is best known for introducing complex ideas and emotions into his designs. His work is often described as Deconstructivist, a style of postmodern..
Christopher Wren

Christopher Wren

Christopher Wren was born on October 20, 1632, in East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England, and died on February 25, 1723, in London. His title was “Sir Christopher Wren.” He was a designer, astronomer, geometrician, and the greatest English architect of his time. Wren designed no less than 53 London churches, including St Paul’s Cathedral, as well..
Michael Graves

Michael Graves

Michael Graves was born on July 9, 1934, in Indianapolis, Indiana, and died on March 12, 2015, in Princeton, New Jersey. He was an American architect, designer, and one of the principal figures in the postmodernist movement. Graves earned a bachelor’s degree in 1958 from the College of Design at the University of Cincinnati, Ohio,..
Eero Saarinen

Eero Saarinen

Eero Saarinen was born on August 20th, 1910, in Kirkkinummi, Finland to Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen and his second wife, Loja Gesellius, a textile designer, and sculptor, on his father’s 37th birthday. He was one of the leaders in a trend toward exploration and experimentation in American architectural design during the 1950s. The family immigrated..