The Palace of Culture and Science is the tallest building in Poland, with a height of 237 metres. Construction started in 1952 and lasted until 1955. The main architect Lev Rudnev incorporated some…
Lev Vladimirovich Rudnev (1885 - 1956) Lev Vladimirovich Rudnev born 1885 in Opochka or Novgorod was a Russian architect, and a leading practitioner of Stalinist architecture. He graduated…
Donato Bramante (1444 – 1514)Donato Bramante was an Italian architect, who introduced the Early Renaissance style to Milan and the High Renaissance style to Rome. He was born 1444 in Casteldurante.…
Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484 - 1546) Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, born Antonio Cordiani in Florence 1484, was an Italian architect active during the Italian Renaissance.When he was…
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507 - 1573) Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola was a theoretical and practical architect of the Transition Period between the Renaissance and Baroque styles. He was the pupil…
Giacomo della Porta (1533 – 1602)Giacomo della Porta was born 1533 at Porlezza, Lombardy. He was an Italian architect and sculptor, who worked for many important buildings in Rome, including St.…
Carlo Maderno (1556 - 1629)Maderno was born in Capolago on Lake Lugano in 1556. He died in Rome in 1629. He was a Swiss architect of the early Baroque Rome. Maderno was a son of a Swiss family of…
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598 –1680)Bernini was a pre-eminent Baroque sculptor, painter and architect of 17th century Rome. Bernini was born in Naples to Pietro Bernini, a capable Mannerist sculptor…
Anca Petrescu (born 1949)Victoria Mira Anca Petrescu was born March 20 in 1949 in Sighisoara, Romania. She is a Romanian politician and also a member of the Romanian Parliament. She is architect by…
Arpad Tésar (1919 - 1989) Prof. Ing. dr. Arpád Tesár, DrSc. was born 1. February 1919 in Vrútky. Died 15. June1989 in BratislavaProfessor at Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. He worked…
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