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Andrea Palladio

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Classical Italian Renaissance Historic

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Sinan

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Classical Ottoman Imperial Mosques

9.62 Brilliant

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Ictinus

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Classical Ancient Greek Temple

9.62 Brilliant

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Rem Koolhaas

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Contemporary Theory Dutch Urbanism

9.54 Brilliant

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Callicrates

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Classical Ancient Greek Ionic

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Donato Bramante

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Classical Italian Renaissance Historic

9.46 Excellent

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Edwin Lutyens

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Classical Early 20TH Century British Civic

9.46 Excellent

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Jože Plečnik

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Classical Modern Urban Sacred

9.38 Excellent

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Josef Plečnik

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Classical Modernist 20TH Century Urbanism

9.16 Excellent

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A.W.N. Pugin

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Theory British Victorian Church

9.11 Excellent

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Apollodorus of Damascus

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Roman Imperial Civic Bridges

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Adolf Loos

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Austrian Theory Historic Minimal

8.98 Great

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Eugène Viollet-le-Duc

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French Theory Historic Restoration

8.88 Great

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Claude Perrault

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Classical French 17TH Century Civic

8.83 Great

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Christopher Alexander

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Theory Urbanism Patterns Housing

8.82 Great

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Mimar Sinan

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Classical Historic Ottoman Mosque

8.81 Great

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Étienne-Louis Boullée

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French Theory Historic Neoclassical

8.78 Great

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Aldo Rossi

Aldo Rossi was a prominent Italian architect and architectural theorist known for his rigorous approach to urbanism. His...

Italian Theory Postmodern Rationalist

8.72 Great

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Michelozzo

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Classical Italian Renaissance Historical

8.72 Great

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Leon Battista Alberti

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Classical Italian Renaissance Theory

8.70 Great