Famous architects

The following is a list of famous architects - well known individuals with a large body of published work.


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See also:  List of architecture firms and List of emerging architects.

Mythological Architects

 * Daedalus
 * Nimrod
 * Vivasvat

Early architects

 * Marcus Agrippa
 * Anthemius of Tralles
 * Imhotep
 * Iktinos
 * Isidore of Miletus
 * Kes
 * Lu Ban(鲁班)
 * Mnesicles
 * Senemut
 * Vitruvius

12th century architects

 * William of Sens
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13th century architects

 * Renaud de Cormont
 * Thomas de Cormont
 * Villard de Honnecourt
 * Jean de Loup
 * Robert de Luzarches
 * Jean d'Orbais
 * Gaucher de Reims
 * Bernard de Soisons

14th century architects

 * Cristoforo da Bolzano
 * Jacopo Celega
 * Pier Paolo Celega
 * Frà Giovanni degli Eremitani
 * Giotto di Bondone
 * Peter Parler

15th century architects

 * Leon Battista Alberti
 * Donato Bramante
 * Filippo Brunelleschi
 * Leonardo da Vinci
 * Annibale Maggi detto Da Bassano
 * Michelozzo Michelozzi
 * Jean Texier
 * Jacob van Thienen

16th century architects

 * Galeazzo Alessi
 * Bartolomeo Ammanati
 * Michelangelo Buonarroti
 * Juan de Herrera
 * Philibert de l'Orme
 * Hans Hendrik van Paesschen
 * Andrea Palladio
 * Antonio da Sangallo
 * Michele Sammicheli
 * Raffaello Santi (Raphael)
 * Vincenzo Scamozzi
 * Koca Mimar Sinan Agha
 * Giorgio Vasari
 * Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola

17th century architects

 * Gian Lorenzo Bernini
 * Francesco Borromini
 * Pietro da Cortona
 * Guarino Guarini
 * Ustad Isa
 * Inigo Jones
 * Baldassarre Longhena
 * Carlo Maderno
 * Nicodemus Tessin the Younger
 * Carlo Rainaldi
 * John Webb
 * Elizabeth Mytton Wilbraham
 * Christopher Wren

21st century architects

 * Chris Anderson
 * Asymptote
 * Hidetsugu Aneha
 * Shigeru Ban
 * Donald Bates see:Lab architecture studio
 * Frederic Bereder
 * John Clancy
 * Preston Scott Cohen
 * Peter Davidson see:Lab architecture studio
 * Pierre de Mueron
 * Elizabeth Diller
 * Andreas Dilthey
 * Norman Foster (b. 1935)
 * Eric Corey Freed
 * Tony Fretton
 * Robert Gallant
 * Jacques Herzog
 * H.R.Hiegel
 * Zaha Hadid
 * Michael Hopkins
 * Steven Holl
 * Toyo Ito
 * Sunay Erdem
 * Günay Erdem
 * E. Fay Jones
 * Khaled Bernard Jouby
 * Justyna Karakiewicz
 * Kengo Kuma
 * Oli Mahmud'see:Oli Mahmud Architects
 * Raymond M. Kennedy
 * Rem Koolhaas
 * Greg Lynn
 * Michael Maltzan
 * Thom Mayne
 * William McDonough
 * Nicole T. Moreno
 * Carlos Nemer
 * Joshua Prince-Ramus
 * Wolf Prix see:  Coop Himmelb(l)au
 * Hani Rashid see:  Asymptote
 * Jack Travis FAIA
 * Gert Wingårdh
 * James Wines
 * Lebbeus Woods
 * Ken Yeang
 * Charles Eames(1907-1978) and Ray Eames(1912-1988)
 * Richard Meier (b. 1934)
 * Zaha Hadid (b. 1950)
 * Daniel Libeskind(b. 1946)
 * William A McDonough.
 * Philippe Starck (b.1949)
 * Christopher Alexander(b. 1936)
 * Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk
 * Mario Botta(b. 1943)