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The Lives of the British Architects from William of Wykeham to Sir William Chambers

Book by E. Beresford Chancellor; Duckworth, 1909

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Architects--Great Britain

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...Vanbrughs claim to be considered a famous architect was largely confined to the vastness...as a playwright who had turned architect, and whose vast conceptions were...necessary to produce a consummate architect, unless a man possesses the extraordinary...
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A Biographical Dictionary of English Architects, 1660-1840

Book by H. M. Colvin; Harvard University Press, 1954

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Architects--Great Britain, Architecture--Great Britain--Dictionary

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...considerable reputation as an architect in his native county. Francis...carrying out the plans of a more famous architect than himself. His only other...Wakefield is also given as the architect in Vitruvius Britannicus , iii...
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Architects to the Nation: The Rise and Decline of the Supervising Architect's Office

Book by Antoinette J. Lee; Oxford University Press, 2002

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Public Buildings--United States--Designs And Plans, United States--Dept. Of The Treasury--Office Of Supervising Architect

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...Coincidentally, Wilson was the architect of the monument to be located...M. Mueller, owner of the famous Buena Vista freestone quarry...dangers of the Supervising Architects position. Smithmeyer argued...competition. The American Architect thought that Smithmeyers remarks...
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Architect and Patron: A Survey of Professional Relations and Practice in England from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day

Book by Frank Jenkins; Oxford University Press, 1961

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Architects--Great Britain, Architecture--England--History, Art Patronage

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The architect followed his mentors advice...Sandby the third. 3 The architect was not dismayed, however...year, was to publish his famous State of Prisons in England...checking. On this occasion the architect was successful and received...
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Actions of Architecture: Architects and Creative Users

Book by Jonathan Hill; Routledge, 2003

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Architects And Patrons, Architects--Public Relations, Communication In Architectural Design

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...FROM PASSIVE TO REACTIVE TO CREATIVE Famous buildings, such as the Eiffel Tower...user, which affirm the status of the architect through allegiance to either science...seems to devalue the user and the architect. For architects, habit appears to be an unrewarding...

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Journal Articles on: famous architect

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Rebuilding the Wright Stuff: Nebraska Banking Couple Restores One of Famous Architect's "Prairie Houses" after Years of Neglect

Journal article by Steve Cocheo; ABA Banking Journal, Vol. 102, 2010

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House construction--Evaluation, Residential construction--Evaluation, Wright, Frank Lloyd--Services

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...Nebraska Banking Couple Restores One of Famous Architects "Prairie Houses" after Years of Neglect...working with the brilliant yet quirky architect and associates. ILLUSTRATION OMITTED...those students have gone on to become architects. What did it all cost? Groans Van...
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Architect Robert Mills and His Influence on Criminal Justice Structural Design

Journal article by Reid C. Toth; Judicature, Vol. 90, 2007

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Appointments & personnel changes, Architects, Architecture, Courthouses, Criminal justice, Design, Influence, Prisoners, Public works, Windows & doors

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...inherited a situation in which architect William Jay had been commissioned...phase as a South Carolina architect (1824-1829). Working...correctional architecture. His most famous jail design was for "a debtors...Americas first native-born architect and perhaps is best known...creations to be credited to other architects. Architectural experts tend...
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Socialist Realism and the Success of Famous All over Town

Journal article by Arnd Bohm; International Fiction Review, Vol. 34, 2007

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American literature--Analysis, American literature--Mexican American authors, Authors--Works, Famous All Over Town (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, James, Daniel--Works, Mexican American literature (Spanish)--Analysis, Mexican American literature--Analysis, Novels--Criticism and interpretation, Social realism--Portrayals, Writers--Works

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...York Times Book Review: "Famous All Over Town is an honest...equipped to grasp the politics of Famous All Over Town than Dunne...and 1923 by the distinguished architect Charles Greene. (17) Carmel...that of the protagonist in Famous All Over Town: "Of course...
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"Charmed with the French": Reassessing the Early Career of Charles Bulfinch, Architect

Journal article by Thomas E. Conroy; Historical Journal of Massachusetts, Vol. 34, 2006

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...about Bostons first famous architect as have been written...other early American architects working in and around...that would make him famous. The new Hollis...draught of an ingenious architect."50 As Bulfinch...Greek and Roman architects such as Vitruvius...Italian Renaissance architects such as Serlio often...Bostons would-be architect enough to have him...
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Designing a Constitution: of Architects and Builders

Journal article by Walter F. Murphy; Texas Law Review, Vol. 87, 2009

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Constitutional amendments, Political systems, Problems, United States

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Designing a Constitution: of Architects and Builders by Walter F. Murphy I. Political Architects Political creation, Niccolo Machiavelli...focused on problems that constitutional architects confront, whether they recognize them...the same people, but the tasks of architect and builder are quite different, even...

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Magazine Articles on: famous architect

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Greenwich's Other Building Project Aims to Reinvent Housing for the People. the Architect Is 83 and Lives in Sweden

Magazine article by Hugh Aldersey-Williams; New Statesman, Vol. 127, March 13, 1998

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Architects--Contracts, Erskine, Ralph--Contracts, Greenwich, England--Housing, Public housing--Design and construction

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...that is anathema to many architects. The results are often dreary...wishes and give rein to the architects autocratic vision. Almost...his cards on the table. "Architects succumb to all sorts of short...new liberalism. Now the architect wants to make a sensational...designed by this or that famous architect." "Frank Gehrys...
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Palladio's Vicenza: Charles Hind Looks at the Work of One of the Most Influential Architects in the World, in His Home City of Vicenza, Northern Italy

Magazine article by Charles Hind; History Today, Vol. 57, August 2007

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Architects--Appreciation, Palladio, Andrea--Appreciation, Vicenza, Italy--Appreciation, Vicenza, Italy--Description and travel

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...One of the Most Influential Architects in the World, in His Home...the worlds most influential architect. Some twentieth-century architects such as Le Corbusier might...designed by Vicenzas most famous son, who went on to become, in effect, state architect of Venice. Andrea Palladio...
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Oscar Niemeyer: Architect of Curves and Conviction: After over Seven Decades of Unending Creative Energy, Oscar Niemeyer Continues to Attract International Acclaim for His Revolutionary Designs That Have Shaped the Modern Face of Brazil

Magazine article by Mark Holston; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 56, November 2004

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Architects--Biography, Niemeyer, Oscar

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...other artifacts of the architects trade--is a well...jawed, nattily dressed architect in the company of the...Jobim (himself an architect by formal training...of many of his most famous works. The curved...American library, and famous bleeding hand monument...importance of it. Every architect has to do their own...
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A Tennessee Original : Nashville's Tuck-Hinton Architects

Magazine article by Stephen Henkin; World and I, Vol. 15, February 2000

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Architectural firms--Methods, Architectural services--Methods, Tuck Hinton Architects--History

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...the best conceptual architects we have around here...now and then young architects come up with a new...meaning to principal architect Hinton. Begun in 1996...which recalls the famous WSM radio tower...project," says the architect, who is also working...Architectures "Young Architects" issue and the opportunity...
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Kool Houses, Kold Cities: As an Architect, Rem Koolhaas Is Inspired. as an Urban Planner, He's Irresponsible

Magazine article by Sarah Williams Goldhagen; The American Prospect, Vol. 13, June 17, 2002

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Architects--Conduct of life, City planning--Evaluation, Koolhaas, Rem--Conduct of life

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...GREATEST contemporary architect, but the nature and...among a generation of architects and architecture students...insurgent modernist architects such as Alison and...riff on Le Corbusiers famous Villa Savoye in Poissy...to emphasize, in architect-speak, designing...teach design, as most architect-pedagogues do...profession is to survive, architects need to take seriously...

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Newspaper Articles on: famous architect

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Famous for Not 'Doing' Glamour; Architect and Furniture Designer Jean Prouve the Prouve House, Nancy, 1954, Was Built in a Few Weeks, on a Concrete Slab, in Steel, with an Aluminium-and-Wood Roof

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), December 12, 2007

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Architects, Concrete--Design and construction, Concretes--Design and construction, Furniture industry, Household furniture--Design and construction

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Famous for Not Doing Glamour; Architect and Furniture Designer Jean...designerswith one striking omission: architect and furniture designer Jean...influence on contemporary architects. In 1971, as president...Corbusier, who called him an"architect-engineer". Prouves designs...
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Heavenly Legacy of Sir Basil Spence; TOURING SHOW: Cathedral Held Up as Architect's Most Famous Work

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), August 8, 2007

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Architects, Spence, Basil Urwin, Sir

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...SHOW: Cathedral Held Up as Architects Most Famous Work. Byline: By Jane...centenary of the birth of architect Sir Basil Spence, designer...Commonwealth of Nations architects in 1950. It caused some...the different areas of the architects work has been launched at...interviews with Sir Basil, architect of Coventry Cathedral...
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A Passion for the Future; (1) Architecture Week Is a Big Star-Studded Event This Year, with the First London Biennale: World-Famous Architects, a Crop of Exhibitions, Walks, Seminars and a Huge Family Picnic All Make This a Real Extravaganza

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 16, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Biennale: World-Famous Architects, a Crop of Exhibitions...Museum with a leading architect, and join in a big...ever, with world-famous architects taking part, including...with well-known architects, such as Eva Jiricna...Pritzker Prize-winning architect Alvaro Siza. The...
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A Chance to Benefit from Telford's Vision; SHROPSHIRE COTTAGE Built by Shropshire's Most Famous Architect Thomas Telford, the Villa Is a Traditional Wharf Cottage with a Number of Engaging Features, as Alison Jones Discovers

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), March 27, 2009

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Telford, Thomas

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...COTTAGE Built by Shropshires Most Famous Architect Thomas Telford, the Villa Is a...thought an improvement on, the famous heavy metal span over the Severn...was also a skilled stonemason and architect as well as being one of the early...
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New Buildings Getting It Wright Prairie-Style Designs Draw Inspiration from Famous Architect

Newspaper article by Gwen Jader; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 17, 2007

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Chicago Architecture Foundation

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...Designs Draw Inspiration from Famous Architect. by Gwen Jader Byline...scheduled for December. Architects Swanson Donahue of Lake Forest...building, designed by Florian Architects, combines prairie-Style...inspired by the one at Wrights famous Robie House. The buildings...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: famous architect

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Trophonius

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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TROPHONIUS tr fo ne s, in Greek mythology, famous architect. He and his brother Agamedes built the temple of Apollo...earth at Lebadea in Boeotia, which became the site of a famous subterranean oracle...
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Islamic Art and Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...with the building of his famous mosque in Cairo. In the...greatly influenced Turkish architects. The most famous among these is Sinan , chief architect in the Ottoman court from...Hellenistic tradition, and most famous, the lusterware fragments...
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Masque

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...The foremost writer of the masque was Ben Jonson . However, it was his collaborator Inigo Jones , the theatrical architect, famous for his elaborate costume designs, settings, and scenic effects, who gave the masque its greatest popularity...
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Mies Van Der Rohe, Ludwig

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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...der ro , 1886 1969, German-American architect. A pioneer of modern architecture and one of its most influential figures, he is famous for his minimalist architectural dictum...perfectionism rarely matched by any other architect. He also experimented with buildings...
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Stockholm

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...contribute to a feeling of spaciousness in the city. Stockholms most famous landmark is probably the new city hall (1911 23), which faces Lake Malaren; designed by the Swedish architect Ragnar Ostberg, it is an impressive modern interpretation of...

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