Renaissance Architects-

Filippo Brunelleschi- Italian

-Dome of Florence Cathedral

-Linear perspective

Leon Battista Alberti- Italian

-De Re Aedificatoria (On the Art of Building)

-Sta Maria Novella

Donato Bramante- Italian

- St Peters Bassilica
- Tempietto of San Pietro

Andrea Paladio Italian

- 4 books of Architecture

Giacomo Barrozi Da Vignola

-Five Orders of Architecture

Michelangelo Bounarotti

- Dome of St peters Bassilica and revived the Greek Cross plan by Bramante
- Painted roof of Sistine Chapel

Bernini-

- Baldacchino of St Peters Bassilica (Baroque)

- Fourfold Collonade of St Peters Piazza

Frei Otto- Tensile Sturcure

Luis Sullivan- Fathe of modern Arch, Father of Skyscraper

- Form follows function

Buckminster fuller- geodesic dome

Van de Rhoe- One of pioneers of modern arch with Gropius, Wright and Le Corbusier
-"skin and bones" architecture. He sought an objective approach that would guide the creative
process of architectural design, but he was always concerned with expressing the spirit of the
modern era. He is often associated with his quotation of the aphorisms, "less is more" and "God is in
the details". Seagram bldg., IBM Bldg
Gopius- Bauhaus
Robert Venturi-Less is bore
Marcel Breuer- Father of furniture Architecture

Minuru Yamasaki- World Trade Center

Oscar Niemeyer- Cathedral Brasilia , National Congress of Brasil
Michael Graves, Portland Building in Oregon
Moshe Shafdi- Marina Bay Singapore, Habitat 67

Norman Foster- HSBC Hongkong, St. Mary Axe Building (the gherkin), Viaduc de Millau (highest
bridge in the world), Wembley Stadium, The sage, Hongkong and Beijing airport, hearst tower new
York, London city hall
Peter Behrens- influenced van de rhoe and Gropius
Pier lllluigi nervi- developed ideas for reinforced concretes, thin shell structure

Renzo piano- faade pf centre Pompidou paris, (yung may escalator overviewing the city) Jean-Marie
Tjibaou Cultural Centre in Nouma, New Caledonia

Richard meier- white

Rem koolhaas- cctv blddg china

Santiago calatrava- sculptural forms often resemble living organism, The Milwaukee Art Museum ,
turning torso

Tadao ando- church of light- said to create a "haiku" effect, emphasizing nothingness and empty
space to represent the beauty of simplicity. He favors designing complex (yet beautifully simple)
spatial circulation while maintaining the appearance of simplicity.
William van alln- Chrysler bldg.

Zaha Hadid- vitra fire station

Jean NOuvel- Syndicat de l'Architecture founder, torre aigues