The most famous architects in history come from all over the world and include some of the best known historical architects as well as the most talented architects of the modern age from around the world.
Who are the best architects of all time? Choosing the best architect in the world from all these great architects can seem like a daunting task - especially when considering all architects from all time - but these are the architects with the most significant achievements in the medium. Architectural artists and influential architects from around the world can be found on this list, and the famous architects can be sorted by any column.
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Antoni Gaudí i Cornet was a Spanish Catalan architect from Reus and the best known practitioner of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí's works reflect an individualized and distinctive style. Most are located in Barcelona, including his magnum opus, the Sagrada Família.
Gaudí's work was influenced by his passions in life: architecture, nature, and religion. Gaudí considered every detail of his creations and integrated into his architecture such crafts as ceramics, stained glass, wrought ironwork forging and carpentry. He also introduced new techniques in the treatment of materials, such as trencadís which used waste ceramic pieces.
Under the influence of neo-Gothic art and Oriental techniques, Gaudí ...more
Age: Dec. at 73 (1852-1926)
Place of Birth: Reus, Tarragona, Spain
Structures: Sagrada Família, Church of Colònia Güell, Episcopal Palace, Astorga, Palau Güell
Frank Owen Gehry, CC is a Canadian architect born in Canada, currently a United States resident based in Los Angeles.
A number of his buildings, including his private residence, have become world-renowned tourist attractions. His works are cited as being among the most important works of contemporary architecture in the 2010 World Architecture Survey, which led Vanity Fair to label him as "the most important architect of our age".
Gehry's best-known works include the titanium-clad Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles; Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, France; MIT Ray and Maria Stata Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts; The Vontz Center for ...more
Age: 94
Place of Birth: Toronto, Canada
Structures: Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial, Frank Gehry Residence, Peter B. Lewis Building, Santa Monica Place, BP Pedestrian Bridge
Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures, 532 of which were completed. Wright believed in designing structures that were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. This philosophy was best exemplified by Fallingwater, which has been called "the best all-time work of American architecture". Wright was a leader of the Prairie School movement of architecture and developed the concept of the Usonian home, his unique vision for urban planning in the United States.
Age: Dec. at 91 (1867-1959)
Place of Birth: Richland Center, Wisconsin
Structures: Beth Sholom Congregation, Coonley House, The Last Wright: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Park Inn Hotel, John D. Haynes House, D. D. Martin House Complex
Richard Joseph Neutra was an American architect. Living and building for the majority of his career in Southern California, he came to be considered among the most important modernist architects.
Age: Dec. at 78 (1892-1970)
Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria
Structures: Congregational Church in Hacienda Heights, Rajagopal Addition, Kronish House, Baldwin House by Neutra, Nuffer Cabin
Santiago Calatrava Valls is a Spanish neofuturistic architect, structural engineer, sculptor and painter. He has offices in New York City, Doha, and Zürich, where he now resides.
Age: 71
Place of Birth: Benimàmet, Valencia
Structures: Centro Internacional de Ferias y Congresos de Tenerife, Museu de les Ciències Príncipe Felipe, Zurich Stadelhofen railway station, James Joyce Bridge, Gare do Oriente
Louis Isadore Kahn was an American architect, based in Philadelphia. After working in various capacities for several firms in Philadelphia, he founded his own atelier in 1935. While continuing his private practice, he served as a design critic and professor of architecture at Yale School of Architecture from 1947 to 1957.
From 1957 until his death, he was a professor of architecture at the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania. Kahn created a style that was monumental and monolithic; his heavy buildings do not hide their weight, their materials, or the way they are assembled. Louis Kahn's works are considered as monumental beyond modernism. Famous for his meticulously built ...more
Age: Dec. at 73 (1901-1974)
Place of Birth: Kuressaare, Estonia
Structures: Kimbell Art Museum, Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy Library, Trenton Jewish Community Center Bath House and Day Camp
