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Hans Scharoun: Quick Facts

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Born September 20, 1893 • Bremen • Germany
Died November 25, 1972 (aged 79) • Berlin • Germany

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The Berliner Philharmonie concert hall in Berlin features bold, angular golden-yellow walls and modern glass accents, with trees and parked cars in the foreground.
Scharoun, 1972
Berlin Philharmonic Concert Hall
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Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Swiss architect
Portrait of Antoni Gaudi, Catalan architect, with a full beard and mustache, wearing a suit and looking slightly to the side. Photo by Pablo Audouard.
Antoni Gaudí
Spanish architect
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Marcel Breuer
Hungarian architect
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Robert Mallet-Stevens
French architect
Markelius, Sven: Helsingborg Concert Hall
Sven Markelius
Swedish architect
Place des Abbesses metro station, Paris
Hector Guimard
French architect
Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius
German-American architect
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
American architect
Chicago Stock Exchange designed by Dankmar Adler, 1897, demolished 1972
Dankmar Adler
American architect
Church of St. Nicholas in the Old City, Prague, by Christoph and Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, 1703–11, 1732–52
Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer
German architect
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Jacques Herzog
Swiss architect
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Pierre de Meuron
Swiss architect
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Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau
French architect
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Jean I Androuet du Cerceau
French architect
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
American architect
Robert Adam, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Robert Adam
Scottish architect
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Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
Austrian architect
Frank Gehry
Frank Gehry
Canadian American architect and designer
Álvaro Siza: Bouça social housing complex
Álvaro Siza
Portuguese architect
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H.H. Richardson
American architect

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