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Michelangelo Buonarroti

Michelangelo Buonarroti worked across sculpture, painting, architecture and poetry during the Italian Renaissance. His m...

Italian Renaissance Religious Sculptural

9.84 Brilliant

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Andrea Palladio

Classical proportion and carefully organized space define Andrea Palladio's contribution to Renaissance architecture. Th...

Classical Italian Renaissance Historic

9.78 Brilliant

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Filippo Brunelleschi

The dome of Florence Cathedral makes Filippo Brunelleschi a central figure in Renaissance architecture and engineering....

Italian Renaissance Historic Dome

9.72 Brilliant

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Antoni Gaudí

Natural forms become structural and decorative ideas in Antoni Gaudí's architecture. The Catalan architect worked within...

Organic Historic Catalan Church

9.68 Brilliant

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Le Corbusier

Born in Switzerland and later based in France, Le Corbusier helped define twentieth-century modernist architecture and u...

Switzerland France Modernist 20TH Century

9.65 Brilliant

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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Glass and steel became tools for architectural clarity in the work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The German-born architec...

Glass Minimal Modernist 20TH Century

9.62 Brilliant

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Sinan

As chief architect of the Ottoman Empire, Sinan shaped the classical Ottoman architectural tradition through buildings t...

Classical Ottoman Imperial Mosques

9.62 Brilliant

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Ictinus

Active in the fifth century BCE, Ictinus was an ancient Greek architect associated with major temple building. He is cre...

Classical Ancient Greek Temple

9.62 Brilliant

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Alvaro Siza

Born in 1933, Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza became a prominent figure in contemporary architecture through work that...

Contemporary Minimalist Modernist Portuguese

9.58 Brilliant

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Luis Barragán

Color and carefully controlled light give Luis Barragán's architecture much of its emotional character. The Mexican arch...

Modernist 20TH Century Landscape Mexican

9.57 Brilliant

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Rem Koolhaas

Rem Koolhaas is a prominent contemporary architect and urbanist associated with the Office for Metropolitan Architecture...

Contemporary Theory Dutch Urbanism

9.54 Brilliant

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Peter Zumthor

Peter Zumthor is a renowned Swiss architect celebrated for his deeply considered designs that prioritize atmosphere and...

Swiss Contemporary Craft Material

9.54 Brilliant

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Callicrates

Callicrates was a Greek architect of the 5th century BCE who worked in Athens during the Periclean building program. He...

Classical Ancient Greek Ionic

9.54 Brilliant

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Renzo Piano Building Workshop

The Renzo Piano Building Workshop is an international architectural firm established by Pritzker Architecture Prize laur...

Italian Contemporary High Tech Firm

9.52 Brilliant

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Louis Kahn

Louis Kahn was a twentieth-century American architect renowned for his monumental designs and exploration of light and s...

American Modernist 20TH Century Monumental

9.38 Excellent

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Hassan Fathy

Hassan Fathy (1903-1983) was an Egyptian architect whose work focused on sustainable housing solutions using vernacular...

20TH Century Egyptian Housing Vernacular

9.02 Excellent

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Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura

Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura is a Spanish architecture studio founded by Ricardo Bofill in Barcelona in 1963. T...

Spanish Historical Monumental Firm

8.72 Great

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Nicholas Hawksmoor

Nicholas Hawksmoor (1668-1734) was a prominent English architect working primarily in the Baroque style. His designs for...

Baroque English Monumental Churches

8.46 Great

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Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil

Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil was a prominent Egyptian architect specializing in traditional Islamic architectural design. He is...

Traditional Cultural Islamic Egyptian

8.12 Great

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Ricardo Bofill

Ricardo Bofill (1939–2022) was a Spanish architect who founded the interdisciplinary firm Taller de Arquitectura. He bec...

Spanish 20TH Century Monumental Postmodern

7.78 Good