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Also Known As Felix Candela Outeriño
Born January 27, 1910 • Madrid • Spain
Died December 7, 1997 (aged 87) • Durham • North Carolina

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Church of Notre-Dame, Le Raincy, Fr., by Auguste and Gustave Perret, 1923, with stained glass by Maurice Denis
Auguste Perret
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Eiermann, Egon: Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church
Egon Eiermann
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Facade of the Metropolitan Sacristy, Mexico City, by Lorenzo Rodriguez, 1749–68.
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Le Corbusier
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Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius
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Pier Luigi Nervi
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Matvey Fyodorovich Kazakov
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Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, Calif., by Louis I. Kahn, 1959–65
Louis Kahn
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Mendelsohn, Erich: Einstein Tower
Erich Mendelsohn
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Portrait of Peter Behrens by Max Liebermann.
Peter Behrens
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George Dance, the Younger
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Dôme des Invalides, Paris
Jules Hardouin-Mansart
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Church of S. Marcello, Rome, by Carlo Fontana, c. 1683
Carlo Fontana
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Wallace Harrison, 1966
Wallace K. Harrison
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William Butterfield
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Leo von Klenze
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