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Louis Sullivan

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..
Walter Gropius

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..
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..