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Several architects occur in worldwide mythology, including Daedalus, builder of the Labyrinth, in Greek myth. In the Bible, Nimrod is considered the creator of the Tower of Babel, and King Solomon built Solomon's Temple with the assistance of the architect Hiram. In Hinduism, the palaces of the gods were built by the architect and artisan ...
Image credits: Crafty_Promise The sprawling architecture subreddit—which we can’t directly name here because internet culture has changed a ton since the online community was founded in 2011 ...
His initial designs in HawaiĘ»i were eclectic. Influences of the then popular Richardsonian Romanesque style can be seen in Punahou School's Pauahi Hall (1894–96), the Bishop Estate Building on Merchant Street (1896), the Irwin Block (Nippu Jiji building) on Nuuanu Street (1896), [4] and Progress Block on Fort Street (1897) in Downtown Honolulu, the last now occupied by Hawaii Pacific ...
Wright was born on June 8, 1867, in the town of Richland Center, Wisconsin, but maintained throughout his life that he was born in 1869. [4] [5] In 1987 a biographer of Wright suggested that he had been christened as "Frank Lincoln Wright" or "Franklin Lincoln Wright" but these assertions were not supported by any documentation.
This list of American architects includes notable architects and architecture firms with a strong connection to the United States (i.e., born in the United States, located in the United States or known primarily for their work in the United States).
John Harvey (1911–1997), English Gothic architecture and architects; Bruno Zevi (1918-2000), modern achitecture; Reyner Banham (1922–1988), taught by Pevsner and author of Theory and Design in the First Machine Age (1960) Leonardo Benevolo (1923–2017), twentieth-century architecture; James S. Ackerman (1920–2016), Italian Renaissance ...
For 'house porn' devotees, architects are the Spielbergs and Polanksis of their realm. With that in mind, Curbed turned the spotlight on the world's most renowned starchitects to compile a gallery ...
Watercolor from the Canberra Design Artist's Studio (Section). Watercolor and ink by Marion Griffin 1894 Design for Suburban Residence Exhibit plan 2 Design for Suburban Residence Exhibit Plan 1. Marion Mahony Griffin (née Marion Lucy Mahony; February 14, 1871 – August 10, 1961) was an American architect and artist.