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Henry-Russell Hitchcock 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
Sir Charles Barry Sir Charles Barry
Sir Charles Barry 1795-1860, English architect. A leader in the revival of the Renaissance style of architecture in England (also called Anglo-Italian), he designed the Travellers Club and the Reform Club in London. He planned one of the most important works of the period, the Houses of Parliament... Read more
James Gandon James Gandon
Gandon, James (1742–1823), the most important and influential resident protagonist of the neoclassical style of architecture in Ireland. A student of Sir William Chambers in London, Gandon established his own practice there in 1765. In 1767, in collaboration with John Woolfe, he began to... Read more
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace building designed by Sir Joseph Paxton and erected in Hyde Park, London, for the Great Exhibition in 1851. In 1854 it was removed to Sydenham, where, until its damage by fire in 1936, it housed a museum of sculpture, pictures, and architecture and was used for concerts. In 1941 its... Read more
Augustus Charles Pugin Augustus Charles Pugin
Augustus Charles Pugin , 1762-1832, English writer on medieval architecture, b. France. His writings and drawings furnished a mass of working material for the architects of the Gothic revival . Among them is Specimens of Gothic Architecture (2 vol., 1821-23). In some of his publications he was... Read more
Walter Gropius Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius , 1883-1969, German-American architect, one of the leaders of modern functional architecture. In Germany his Fagus factory buildings (1910-11) at Alfeld, with their glass walls, metal spandrels, and discerning use of purely industrial features, were among the most advanced works in... Read more
Roger Morris Roger Morris
Morris, Roger (1695–1749). London-born architect, an important figure in the history of Palladianism, the Gothic Revival, and Castle style. A kinsman of Robert Morris, he was associated with Colen Campbell and Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke, functioning as the last's amanuensis and... Read more
Richard Rogers Richard Rogers
Richard Rogers The British architect Richard Rogers (born 1933) was an avowed modernist who represented high tech architecture with his concern for advanced technology. He was best known for his joint design of the Centre Pompidou in Paris with Renzo Piano and for the Lloyd's of London Building... Read more
Islamic art and architecture Islamic art and architecture
Islamic art and architecture works of art and architecture created in countries where Islam has been dominant and embodying Muslim precepts in its themes. Background In the century after the death (AD 632) of the prophet Muhammad, his Arab followers spread his teachings through Egypt and N Africa,... Read more
quadratura quadratura
quadratura. A type of illusionistic decoration in which architectural elements are painted on walls and/or ceilings in such a way that they appear to be an extension of the real architecture of the room into an imaginary space. It was common in ancient Roman art, was revived by Mantegna in the 15th... Read more

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