Biography Category
(äNdr ´ l n ´tr ) (KEY) , 1613–1700, French landscape architect. Lenôtre’s first important design, the park of Vaux-le-Vicomte, attracted the ...
(l ´b n) (KEY) , fl. 5th cent. B.C., Greek architect. Within the sacred precincts of Altis at Olympia where the Greeks celebrated their Olympic games...
(py r shärl läNfäN´) (KEY) , 1754–1825, American soldier, engineer, and architect. Born in France, he volunteered as a private in the American R...
(zhäk l m rsy ´) (KEY) , c.1585–1654, French architect, one of the group that evolved a classical mode of expression for French architecture. In I...
(l mbär´d ) (KEY) , Italian family of sculptors and architects. Emigrants from Lombardy c.1470, they were leaders in the architectural Renaissance i...
(ä´dôlf l s) (KEY) , 1870–1933, Austrian architect. His rationalist design theories were strongly influenced by his stay in the United States fro...