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Sigfried Giedion
Giedion, Sigfried (1888–1968). Swiss art-historian, he became a powerful advocate of the Modern Movement, and, with Le Corbusier, was a leading light in the founding of CIAM, for which he served as Secretary-General until 1956. His influence was considerable and widespread, and his highly... Read more |
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Baldassare Peruzzi
Baldassare Peruzzi , 1481-1536, Italian architect and painter of the High Renaissance and mannerist periods. His outstanding architectural works are the Villa Farnesina (c.1505-c.1511) and the Palazzo Massimi (c.1535) in Rome. He also did architectural and painting projects for the Vatican and... Read more |
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Hugh Ferriss
FERRISS, HUGH 1889-1962 A RCHITECTURAL DELINEATOR Recorder and Inspirer Hugh Ferriss was a trained architect whose preferred tools were paper and charcoal pencils. For more than three decades beginning in the 1920s, he was America's most-respected "delineator"—artistic ... Read more |
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University of Virginia
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA The University of Virginia, known since its founding in 1819 as "Mr. Jefferson's University," has personified, in past and present, a distinctive approach to public higher education whose integration of academic vision and architectural environment attracts national and... Read more |
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Chinese architecture
Chinese architecture the buildings and other structures created in China from prehistoric times to the present day. Early Architecture As a result of wars and invasions, there are few existing buildings in China predating the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Insubstantial construction, largely of wood... Read more |
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Sir John Betjeman
Sir John Betjeman , 1906-84, English poet, b. London. Traditional in rhyme and meter, his verse combined a witty appraisal of the English present with nostalgia for England's past, especially the Victorian past. His published collections include Mt. Zion (1933), Continental Dew (1937), Old... Read more |
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Mary Shaw
Mary Shaw Mary Shaw (born 1943), a professor of computer science and Dean for Professional Programs at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, has made major contribution to the field of computer science. She also has been involved in the development of computer science education. ... Read more |
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Henry-Russell Hitchcock
Henry-Russell Hitchcock 1903-87, American architectural historian, b. Boston. Educated at Harvard, Hitchcock taught at Smith College and New York Univ. His writings, which helped to define modern architecture stylistically during the course of its development, are among the foremost in the field.... Read more |
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Philip Johnson
Philip Johnson Philip Johnson (born 1906) was an American architectural critic and historian and a practicing architect. His buildings are characterized by formal elegance. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 8, 1906, Philip Johnson attended Harvard College, majoring in the classics. There, in... Read more |
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