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Facts

Born April 14, 1868 • Hamburg • Germany
Died February 27, 1940 (aged 71) • Berlin • Germany

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Portrait of Peter Behrens by Max Liebermann.
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Logo for AEG (Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft), designed by Peter Behrens, 1907.
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Leo von Klenze
German architect
Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius
German-American architect
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Egon Eiermann
German architect
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
American architect
Mendelsohn, Erich: Einstein Tower
Erich Mendelsohn
German architect
Candela, Felix: L'Oceanogràfic
Felix Candela
Spanish architect
Helmut Jahn: Joe and Rika Mansueto Library
Helmut Jahn
German-American architect
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Albert Kahn
American architect
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Karl Friedrich Schinkel
German architect and painter
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Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann
German architect
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Bertrand Goldberg
American architect
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Gaetana Aulenti
Italian architect
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Italian artist
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Swiss architect
Daniel H. Burnham.
Daniel Burnham
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
Walter Netsch
Walter Netsch
American architect
Nervi
Pier Luigi Nervi
Italian engineer and architect
Lina Bo Bardi: Art Museum of São Paulo
Lina Bo Bardi
Brazilian architect and industrial designer

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