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World Architect Studios from the Past
Major Architecture Offices from the 20th Century and beyond
post updated 26 Apr 2021
Famous Architects – Historic
We’ve selected who we feel are the key architects from the past. We aim to include celebrated historical architects from various centuries. There is an emphasis on the 20th Century designers information.
Bruce Graham
picture : SOM / Stuart Rodgers Photography
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Alvar Aalto I Robert Adam I Gunnar Asplund
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Luis Barragan I Marcel Breuer I David Bryce I William Burn
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William Chambers I Pierre Chareau I Wells Coates I CR Cockerell I Le Corbusier
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Charles Garnier I Antoni Gaudi I Bruce Goff I Ernö Goldfinger I Bruce Graham
I Walter Gropius
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Thomas Hamilton I Nicholas Hawksmoor I Hugo Häring
Herman Hertzberger I Josef Hoffmann
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Arne Jacobsen I Philip Johnson
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Louis Kahn I William Kininmonth
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Henri Labrouste I Morris Lapidus I Denys Lasdun I John Lautner I Claude Ledoux
Sigurd Lewerentz I Adolf Loos I Berthold Lubetkin I Edwin Lutyens
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Rennie Mackintosh I Leslie Martin I Robert Matthew I Sydney Mitchell
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Pier Luigi Nervi I Richard Neutra
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William Playfair I Jean Prouvé
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Eero Saarinen I Hans Scharoun I Rudolf Schindler I Baillie Scott
George Gilbert Scott I John Soane I Jacques Soufflot I James Stirling
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Thomas Tait I Kenzo Tange I Giuseppe Terragni I Alexander Thomson
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Mies van der Rohe I Aldo van Eyck
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Otto Wagner I William Wilkins I Christopher Wren I Frank Lloyd Wright
Architects : geographical / alphabetical / historical
World Architect Portraits – Photos of key designers
The Prouvé family © VG Bildkunst, Bonn
Key examples of Historic Architecture: we aim to include buildings that are either of top quality or interesting, or ideally both.
Historic Architecture : A-I
image © Adrian Welch
Historic Buildings : J-Z
photo © Isabelle Lomholt
More information on one of the key architectural studios listed above:
Mies van der Rohe Architect
Mies van der Rohe
Mies van der Rohe Gas Station, Nun’s Island, Montréal, Quebec, Canada. This building restoration design was by Les architectes FABG:
photograph : Steve Montpetit
This Modern architect originally based in Germany, but he spent most of his career in the United States. He is a celebrated International Style architect with an international reputation.
He was the winner of the RIBA Gold Medal in 1959. Key buildings by the architect include the Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona, Spain; Farnsworth House, Plano, USA ; Lake Shore Apartments, Chicago, Illinois, USA ; Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany ; Seagram Building, New York, USA ; Crown Hall + IIT Masterplan, Chicago, Illinois, USA ; Chicago Federal Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA; and the IBM Building, Chicago, USA.
Le Corbusier Architect
Former architect studio based in Paris, France – a world-famous Modernist architect. He is often referred to siply as ‘Corb.
His architect studio was located at 35 rue de Sèvres, from 1922. He worked with his cousin Pierre Jeanneret.
Architect Le Corbusier on the roof of the Cité Radieuse in Marseille, under construction:
photograph from Stefano Meneghetti
His architectural work formed an outstanding contribution to the Modern Movement. He helped develop a new architectural language that made a break with the past.
His designs span over a period of a half-century. The architect’s grave – designed by himself – in the south of France:
photo from author Colin Bisset
Comments / photos for the Historic Architecture Studios page welcome