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Andrea Palladio

Andrea Palladio was a significant Italian architect of the Renaissance period. He developed influential architectural pr...

Classical Italian Renaissance Historic

9.8 Brilliant

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Mimar Sinan

Mimar Sinan (1489-1588) was a prominent Ottoman architect who profoundly shaped Islamic architecture during the sixteent...

Classical Historic Ottoman Mosque

9.6 Brilliant

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Sinan

Sinan was a prominent Ottoman architect working primarily during the reign of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. He is rec...

Classical Ottoman Imperial Mosques

9.6 Brilliant

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Ictinus

Ictinus was an ancient Greek architect active in the fifth century BCE. He is most widely credited with designing the Pa...

Classical Ancient Greek Temple

9.6 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

9.5 Brilliant

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Donato Bramante

Donato Bramante (1444-1516) was a pivotal Italian architect of the High Renaissance. His work significantly shaped class...

Classical Italian Renaissance Historic

9.5 Brilliant

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Leon Battista Alberti

Leon Battista Alberti was a key figure in the Italian Renaissance as both an architect and scholar. His comprehensive th...

Classical Italian Renaissance Theory

9.5 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

9.5 Brilliant

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Edwin Lutyens

Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944) was a leading British architect recognized for his country houses, public monuments, and u...

Classical Early 20TH Century British Civic

9.5 Brilliant

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Jože Plečnik

Jože Plečnik (1872–1957) was a Slovenian architect who trained in Vienna under Otto Wagner before establishing his pract...

Classical Modern Urban Sacred

9.4 Excellent

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Josef Plečnik

Jože Plečnik was a Slovenian architect whose work significantly impacted the urban landscape of Ljubljana during the ear...

Classical Modernist 20TH Century Urbanism

9.2 Excellent

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A.W.N. Pugin

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812–1852) was an English architect, designer, and theorist who played a fundamental rol...

Theory British Victorian Church

9.1 Excellent

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Adolf Loos

Adolf Loos (1870-1968) was an Austrian architect whose work challenged conventional architectural practices. He develope...

Austrian Theory Historic Minimal

9.0 Excellent

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Apollodorus of Damascus

Apollodorus of Damascus was a highly influential Roman architect active primarily in the first two centuries CE. He is b...

Roman Imperial Civic Bridges

9.0 Excellent

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Eugène Viollet-le-Duc

Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879) was a French architect profoundly influential in 19th-century architectural theory and...

French Theory Historic Restoration

8.9 Great

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Étienne-Louis Boullée

Étienne-Louis Boullée was a prominent French architect of the late 18th century. He is recognized for his highly influen...

French Theory Historic Neoclassical

8.8 Great

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Christopher Alexander

Christopher Alexander is a British-American architect and theorist known for his work exploring the fundamental patterns...

Theory Urbanism Patterns Housing

8.8 Great

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Claude Perrault

Claude Perrault was a 17th-century French physician, anatomist, and architect best remembered for his architectural work...

Classical French 17TH Century Civic

8.8 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

8.7 Great

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Inigo Jones

Inigo Jones was a pivotal 17th-century British architect renowned for his application of classical Palladian principles...

Classical Historic British Palladian

8.7 Great