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Born March 13, 1781 • near Brandenburg • Germany
Died October 9, 1841 (aged 60) • Berlin • Germany
Movement / Style Gothic Revival • Greek Revival
Robert Adam, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Robert Adam
Scottish architect
Juan O'Gorman: Retablo de la independencia
Juan O’Gorman
Mexican architect and muralist
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Marcel Breuer
Hungarian architect
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Charles Locke Eastlake
British author
Northampton
Edward Godwin
British architect and writer
Klenze, Leo von: Glyptothek
Leo von Klenze
German architect
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Jacques Androuet du Cerceau
French architect
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Italian artist
Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
Raphael
Italian painter and architect
Eero Saarinen in a womb chair
Eero Saarinen
American architect
Alvar Aalto.
Alvar Aalto
Finnish architect
Frank Gehry
Frank Gehry
Canadian American architect and designer
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Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Brazilian architect
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Scottish architect and designer
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Daniel Marot
French architect and designer
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Sonia Delaunay
Russian artist
Webb, Philip Speakman: Red House
Philip Speakman Webb
British architect
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Philip James de Loutherbourg
artist
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Gerrit Thomas Rietveld
Dutch architect
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Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo
British architect

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