Mehmed Ağa: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Mehmed Āghā
Flourished	c.1551 - c.1650
Subjects Of Study	architecture

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Istanbul: Blue Mosque

Istanbul: Blue Mosque

Sultan Ahmed Cami (Blue Mosque), Istanbul, designed by Mehmed Ağa, 1609–16.

The Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, with its large central dome, smaller domes, and six slender minarets rising above landscaped gardens.

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Mimar Sinan: Mosque of Süleyman I the Magnificent

Sinan

Ottoman architect

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Peter Smithson

British architect

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Giuliano da Sangallo

Italian architect

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Martin Roche

American architect

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Antonio da Sangallo, the Younger

Italian architect

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Antonio da Sangallo the Elder

Italian architect

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Antonio Contino

Italian architect

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Bertrand Goldberg

American architect

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Charles Sumner Greene

American architect

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Henry Mather Greene

American architect

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Bertram G. Goodhue

American architect

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Gaetana Aulenti

Italian architect

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Ryue Nishizawa

Japanese architect

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Kazuyo Sejima

Japanese architect

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Leonid Aleksandrovich Vesnin

Russian architect

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Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Vesnin

Russian architect

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Viktor Aleksandrovich Vesnin

Russian architect

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Ferdinando Galli Bibiena

Italian theatrical designer and architect

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Jacques Herzog

Swiss architect

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Pierre de Meuron

Swiss architect

Close-up of a palette held by a man. Mixing paint, painting, color mixing.

Artists, Painters, & Architects

Hagia Sophia. Istanbul, Turkey. Constantinople. Church of the Holy Wisdom. Church of the Divine Wisdom. Mosque.

Architecture: The Built World