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Architects born active died
1713 1749-1781 1786, Feb 28
an English architect and civil engineer, who became one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768. He advocated greater control over planning in London, for which he produced detailed suggestions. His buildings include Magdalen Bridge and the Covered Market in Oxford, and several bridges over the River Severn.
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John Gwynn 1713 1749
1781 1786, Feb 28
Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer 1689, Sep 1 1717 1751 1751, Dec 18 a Bohemian architect of the Baroque era. He was the fifth son of the German architect Christoph D... Richard Cassels 1690 1728 1751 1751 one of the greatest architects working in Ireland in the 18th century. The untimely death of Edwa... Carl Marcus Tuscher 1705, Jun 1 1728 1751 1751, Jan 6 a German-born Danish polymath: portrait painter, printmaker, architect, and decorator of the Baro... Balthasar Neumann 1687, Jan 27 1712 1753 1753, Aug 19 a German architect and military artillery engineer who developed a refined brand of Baroque archi... Dominikus Zimmermann 1685, jun 30 1716 1754 1766, Nov 16 a German Rococo architect and stuccoist. Brother of Johann Baptist Zimmermann. Born in Gaispoint ... Nicolai Eigtved 1701, Jun 4/22 1720 1754 1754, Jun 7 a Danish architect, introduced and was the leading proponent of the French rococo style in Danish... John Wood the Elder 1704 1725 1754 1754, May 23 an English architect, working mainly in Bath. In 1740 he surveyed Stonehenge and the Stanton Drew... Johann Baptist Zimmermann 1680, Jan 3 1701 1757 1758, Mar 2 a German painter and a prime stucco plasterer during the Baroque, he was born in Gaispoint, Wesso... Giorgio Massari 1687, Oct 13 1715 1759 1766, Dec 20 an Italian late-Baroque architect from Venice. He designed the Villa Lattes near Treviso in 1715,... Johann Baptist Martinelli 1701, Feb 1720 1759 1754, Jun 21 an Austrian architect and constructor of Italian descent. He was born in Vienna, the son of archi... Lauritz de Thurah 1706, Mar 4 1725 1759 1759, Sep 5 a Danish architect and architectural writer. He became the most important Danish architect of the... Ivan Fyodorovich Michurin 1700 1729 1763 1763 a Russian architect whose designs marked a transition of Russian architecture from early Muscovit... Johann Michael Fischer 1692, Feb 18 1714 1766 1766, May 6 a German architect in the late Baroque period. He studied in Bohemia and combined Bohemian elemen... François de Cuvillies 1695, Oct 23 1724 1768 1768, Apr 14 a Belgian-born Bavarian decorative designer and architect who was instrumental in bringing the Ro... Luigi Vanvitelli 1700, May 12 1732 1769 1773, Mar 1 an Italian engineer and architect. The most prominent 18th-century architect of Italy, he practis... Bernardo Vittone 1704, Aug 19 1732 1769 1770, Oct 19 an Italian architect and writer. He was one of the three most important Baroque architects active... Jose Ramirez de Arellano 1705 1740 1770 1770, Mar 27 a Spanish Baroque architect and sculptor. He was the son of the sculptor Juan Ramírez Mejandre, ... Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli 1700 1721 1771 1771, Apr 29 an Italian architect whose entire career was spent in Russia. He developed an easily recognizable... Peter Harrison 1716 1747 1772 1775 a colonial American architect who was born in York, England and emigrated to Rhode Island. Peter ... William Buckland 1734 1755 1773 1774 an architect who designed in colonial Maryland and Virginia. Most notable among his repertoire ar... Ange-Jacques Gabriel 1698, Oct 23 1728 1777 1782, Jan 4 the most prominent French architect of his generation. His sober rationality in planning and deta... John Douglas 1709 ca 1730 1779 1778, Jun 20 a Scottish architect who designed and reformed several country houses in the Scottish Lowlands. H... Charles Ribart unknown 1750 1779 unknown an 18th-century French architect. In 1758, he planned an addition to the Champs-Élysées in Pari... John Wood the Younger 1728, Feb 25 1750 1779 1782, Jun 18 an English architect, working principally in the city of Bath, Somerset. He was the son of the ar... Jacques-Germain Soufflot 1713, Jul 22 1750 1780 1780, Aug 29 a French architect in the international circle that introduced neoclassicism. His most famous wor... Antonio Rinaldi 1710 ca 1751 1784 1794, Apr 10 an Italian architect, trained by Luigi Vanvitelli, who worked mainly in Russia. His first importa... Sir Robert Taylor 1714 1740 1788 1788 a notable English architect of the mid-late 18th century. Among his earliest projects was Asgill ... Thomas Sandby 1721 1740 1789 1798, Jun 25 an English draughtsman, watercolour artist, architect and teacher. In 1743 he was appointed priva... Etienne-Louis Boullee 1728, Feb 12 1762 1790 1799, Feb 4 a visionary French neoclassical architect whose work greatly influenced contemporary architects. ... Robert Adam 1728, Jul 3 1746 1792 1792, Mar 3 a Scottish neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. Robert Adam was a le... Nicolas-Henri Jardin 1720, Mar 22 1738 1793 1799, Aug 31 a neoclassical architect, was born in St. Germain des Noyers, Dept. Seine-et-Marne, France, and... Sir William Chambers 1723, Feb 23 1740 1796 1796, Mar 10 a Scottish-Swedish architect, based in London. Among his best-known works are Somerset House, Lon... Januarius Zick 1730, Feb 6 1750 1797 1797, Nov 14 a painter and architect. He is considered to be one of the main masters of the Late-Baroque. Janu... Johann Joseph Thalherr 1730 1750 1798 1801, Oct 16 an Austrian architect. He is one of the main representatives of the Palladian revival in Central ... John Carr of York 1723 1752 1799 1807 a prolific English architect. Best known for Buxton Crescent and Harewood House, much of his work... Richard Jupp 1728 1755 1799 1799, Apr 17 an 18th-century English architect, particularly associated with buildings in and around London. H... Laurent-Benoît Dewez 1731, Apr 14 1758 1804 1812, Nov 1 a Belgian architect of Walloon origin. He is considered the most influential architect in the Aus... Joseph Bonomi the Elder 1739, Jan 19 1768 1804 1808, Mar 9 an Italian architect and draughtsman who spent most of his career in England where he became a su... Giuseppe Piermarini 1734, Jul 18 1765 1808 1808, Feb 18 an Italian architect who trained with Luigi Vanvitelli at Rome and designed the Teatro alla Scala... Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard 1743, Sep 11 1764 1809 1809, Jun 4 a Danish neoclassical and royal history painter, sculptor, architect, and professor of painting, ... Aleijadinho 1730/38 1770 1809 1814, Nov 18 noted for his works on and in various churches of Brazil. Within a very short time he had become ... Samuel McIntire 1757, Jan 16 1780 1809 1811, Feb 6 an American architect and craftsman, Chestnut Street District, a legacy to one of the earliest ar... Michael Searles 1750 1780 1813 1813 famous as an English commercial architect of large houses, particularly in London. His most notab... Giacomo Quarenghi 1744, Sep 20/21 1770 1817 1817, Feb 18 was the foremost and most prolific practitioner of Palladian architecture in Imperial Russia, par... Thomas Jefferson 1743, Apr 2 1767 1824 1826, Jul 4 an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and ... Joseph Christian Lillie 1760, Mar 20 1775 1827 1827, Jan 29 a Danish neoclassical architect and interior designer. His early career was in Denmark, where he ... Mary Townley 1753 1770 1829 1839 she designed several buildings in Ramsgate in the late 18th century, making her one of England's ... James Hoban 1758 ca 1779 1829 1831, Dec 8 an Irish architect, best known for designing the White House in Washington, D.C. He excelled in h... Joao Frederico Ludovice 1673 1698 183 1752 a German born architect and goldsmith. Ludovice was born in Hohenhart. In 1698 he went to Italy, ... John Nash 1752, Jan 18 1778 1830 1835, May 13 a British architect responsible for much of the layout of Regency London under the patronage of t... John Soane 1753, Sep 10 1780 1832 1837, Jan 20 an English architect who specialised in the Neo-Classical style. The son of a bricklayer, he rose... Thomas Telford 1757, Aug 9 1771 1834 1834, Sep 2 a Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason, and road, bridge and canal builder. After es... Giovanni Paolo Panini 1691, Jun 17 1710 184 1765, Oct 21 a painter and architect, who worked in Rome and is mainly known as one of the vedutisti ("view pa... Robert Mylne 1733, Jan 4 1758 189 1811, May 5 a Scottish architect and civil engineer, particularly remembered for his design for Blackfriars B...
