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  • 1Baroque architecture — Façade of the Church of the Gesù, the first truly baroque façade.[1] Baroque architecture is a term used to describe the building style of the Baroque era, begun in late sixteenth century Italy, that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance… …

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  • 2Karl Friedrich Schinkel — (March 13, 1781 – October 9, 1841) was a German architect and painter. Schinkel was the most prominent architect of neoclassicism in Prussia.Schinkel was born in Neuruppin in the Margraviate of Brandenburg. He lost his father at the age of six in …

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  • 3Bruant, Libéral — ▪ French architect Bruant also spelled  Bruand   born c. 1635 died Nov. 22, 1697, Paris, France  builder of the Hôtel des Invalides in Paris, a French architect noted for the gravity, dignity, and simplicity of his designs.       Bruant was the… …

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  • 4Johnson, Philip C. — ▪ American architect in full  Philip Cortelyou Johnson   born July 8, 1906, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. died Jan. 25, 2005, New Canaan, Conn.   American architect and critic known both for his promotion of the International Style and, later, for his… …

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  • 5Western architecture — Introduction       history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the present.       The history of Western architecture is marked by a series of new solutions to structural problems. During the period from the… …

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  • 6List of works by Clough Williams-Ellis — Contents 1 Source 2 China 2.1 Guangdong 2.2 Liaoning …

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  • 7Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin — (1 March 1812 – 14 September 1852) was an English architect, designer, and theorist of design, now best remembered for his work on churches and on the Houses of Parliament. He was the son of a French draughtsman, Augustus Charles Pugin, who… …

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  • 8Leonardo da Vinci — Da Vinci redirects here. For other uses, see Da Vinci (disambiguation). Leonardo da Vinci Self portrait …

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  • 9Alexander Edward — (10 June 1651 ndash; 16 November 1708) was a Scottish Episcopalian clergyman, who later became a draughtsman, architect and landscape designer. He was a stylistic follower of Sir William Bruce, and planned several gardens in the grand French… …

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  • 10Cuba — Cuban, adj., n. /kyooh beuh/; Sp. /kooh vah/, n. a republic in the Caribbean, S of Florida: largest island in the West Indies. 10,999,041; 44,218 sq. mi. (114,525 sq. km). Cap.: Havana. /kooh bah/, n. Cubba. * * * Cuba Introduction Cuba… …

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