ARCHITECTS

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BORN IN THE 20TH CENTURY

Avery, Brian. Born 1944. Architect of Waterloo IMAX cinema.
Bedford Eric. Born 1909. Architect of the BT Tower.
Brown, Neave. Born 1929. Architect of Alexandra Road Estate.
Buchanan, Colin. Born 1907. Proponent of elevated pedestrian walkways.
Chamberlin (Born 1919), Powell & Bon. Barbican Estate, City of London.
Farrell, Terry. Born 1938. Architect of the MI6 Building.
Foster, Norman. Born 1935. Superstar of high tech.
Goldfinger, Erno. Born 1902. Willow Road & Trellick Tower.
Herzog (Born 1950) & de Meuron. Architects of the Tate Modern. 
Lasdun, Denys. Born 1914. Architect of the Royal National Theatre.
MacCormac (Born 1938), Jamieson & Prichard. Southwark station.
Marks, David (Born 1952) & Barfield, Julia. Spectacular structures.
Martin, Leslie. Born 1908. Architect of the Royal Festival Hall.
Matthew, Robert. Born 1906. Chief Architect, London County Council.
Neel, Edric. Born 1914. Designed 39,000 Arcon prefabs.
Piano, Renzo. Born 1937. The Shard and Paddington Square.
Rogers, Richard. Born 1933. Astonishing high tech in London & Paris.
Seifert, Richard. Born 1910. Centre Point and Space House, Kingsway.
Spence, Basil. Born 1907. Imposing modern public buildings.

BORN IN THE 19TH CENTURY

Abercrombie, Patrick. Born 1879. Wartime plans for post WW2 London.
Burton, Decimus. Born 1800. Architect of Palm House, Kew Gardens.
Cromie, Robert. Born 1887. Architect of the Apollo Cinema, Hammersmith.
Forsyth, William. Born 1872. Architect of the WW2 Admiralty Citadel.
Fowke, Francis. Born 1823. Architect of the Royal Albert Hall.
Holden, Charles. Born 1875. Architect of London Transport.
Jones, Horace. Born 1819. Architect of Tower Bridge.
Pugin, Augustus. Born 1812. Leader of the 19th century Gothic revival.
Scott, George Gilbert. Born 1811. Architect of St.Pancras Station.
Scott, Giles Gilbert. Born 1880. Phone kiosk & Battersea Power Station.
Shaw, Norman. Born 1817. New Scotland Yard and Bedford Park.
Webb, Aston. Born 1849. Victoria & Albert Museum.

BORN IN THE 18TH CENTURY

Barry, Charles. Born 1795. Architect of the Houses of Parliament.
Chambers, William. Born 1723. Architect of Somerset House.
Soane, John. Born 1753. His work lives on in his own home.
Walpole, Horace. Born 1717. Creator of Strawberry Hill, Twickenham.

BORN IN THE 17TH CENTURY

Burlington, 3rd Earl of. Born 1694. Architect of Chiswick House.
Gibbs, James. Born 1682. Architect of St. Martin in the Fields.
Hawksmoor, Nicholas. Born 1661. London churches.
Wren, Christopher. Born 1632. St. Paul’s Cathedral & City churches.

BORN IN THE 16TH CENTURY

Jones, Inigo. Born 1573. Pioneer of British classical architecture .