Oscar Niemeyer, in full Oscar Niemeyer Soares Filho, was born on December 15, 1907, and died on December 5, 2012, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is considered one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. Niemeyer’s architecture is known for its free-form sculpture and lyrical style…

Cass Gilbert was an American architect born on November 24, 1859, in Zanesville, Ohio. He was born the middle of three sons and was named after the statesman Lewis Cass, to whom he was distantly related. He moved to St. Paul with his family in 1868 and began his architectural…

Gordon Bunshaft was an American architect and a leading proponent of modern design in the mid-twentieth century. He was born in 1909 in Buffalo, New York. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earning his bachelor’s degree in 1933 and his master’s in 1935. Bunshaft joined Skidmore, Owings &…

The revival of small cities has been a trend in recent years. Many small cities have been revitalized by the restoration of their historic architecture and the development of new buildings that complement their existing architecture. Some of the popular architectural styles that have been used in these revitalization projects…

Benjamin Henry Latrobe was born on May 1, 1764, in Funeck, near Leeds, Yorkshire, England. He died on September 3, 1820, in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. He was a British-born architect and civil engineer who established architecture as a profession in the United States. Latrobe was the original proponent…

Richard Joseph Neutra was born in Vienna, Austria on April 8, 1892, and died on April 16, 1970, in Wuppertal, West Germany. He was known for his role in introducing the International Style into American architecture and for developing the style of California Modern into residential architecture. He was particularly…

John Russell Pope was born in New York City on April 24, 1874, and died on August 27, 1937. His father, a portrait painter of renown who had been elected to the National Academy of Design in 1857, dies when Pope was only six years old. The family claimed descent…

Otto Wagner was an Austrian architect, teacher, and urban planner who was born on July 13, 1841, near Penzing Vienna and died on April 11, 1918, in Vienna. He was a leading member of the Vienna Session movement of architecture, founded in 1897, and the broader Art Nouveau movement. Many…

Stanford White was born on November 9, 1853, and died on June 25, 1906. He was an American architect, the most imaginative partner in the architectural firm McKim, Mead & White which was one of the most significant Beaux-Arts firms. He was carefully trained as an architect by Henry Hobson…