Thomas Andrews was the principle architect for the infamous RMS Titanic. He died in the sinking, on April 15, 1912.
Filippo Brunelleschi was one of the leading architects and engineers of the Italian Renaissance, and is best known for his work on the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (the Duomo) in Florence.
Le Corbusier was a Swiss-born French architect who belonged to the first generation of the so-called International school of architecture.
El Greco was a Greek artist whose painting and sculpture helped define the Spanish Renaissance and influence various movements to come.
Antoni Gaudí was a Barcelona-based Spanish architect whose free-flowing works were greatly influenced by nature.
Frank Gehry is a Canadian-American architect known for postmodern designs, including the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain.
Michael Graves is an American postmodernist architect who designed the Indianapolis Art Center and restored the Washington Monument.
Robert Hooke was an English philosopher, mathematician and architect who discovered the law of elasticity, now known as Hooke's law.
Philip Johnson was an American architect best known for the design for his own home, the Glass House, in New Canaan, CT.
Inigo Jones was a British architect best known as the first prominent architect in England for his work on the Queens House in Greenwich (1616) and the Banqueting House in Whitehall (1619).
Architect Albert Kahn was known for his designs of American automobile factories. He was considered the world's foremost industrial architect at the time.
Mary (Richardson) Kennedy, an architect focusing on philanthropy and the environment, was the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Architect Thom Mayne helped found the architectural design firm Morphosis, and co-founded the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc).
Michelangelo is widely regarded as the most famous artist of the Italian Renaissance. Among his works are the David and Pieta statues and the Sistine Chapel frescoes.
Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted helped design many U.S. public parks. His first project was Central Park in New York City.
I.M. Pei is a Chinese-born American architect, perhaps best known for his controversial glass pyramid in the courtyard at the Louvre Museum in Paris.
A leading figure of Italian High Renaissance classicism, Raphael is best known for his "Madonnas," including the Sistine Madonna, and for his large figure compositions in the Palace of the Vatican in Rome.
Louis H. Sullivan was an architect dubbed the "father of modern American architecture."
Architect Kenzo Tange's best-known early work is the Hiroshima Peace Center. His later work includes the dramatic National Gymnasium for the 1964 Olympic Games.
Frank Lloyd Wright was a modern architect who developed an organic and distinctly American style. He designed numerous iconic buildings.
Minoru Yamasaki is an American architect designed the original World Trade Center complex and the Twin Towers.