He was known for his French Neoclassical architecture but contributed significantly to domestic architecture and town planning.
Happy 278th birthday to French Architect Claude Ledoux
Happy 85th birthday to Frank Gehry
Happy 113th Birthday to modernist architect Louis Kahn
Happy 142nd Birthday Julia Morgan
Prolific Southern California architect, Julia Morgan designed over 700 buildings in her career. She is most known for the Heart Castle at San Simeon she designed for William Randolph Hearst. It was named “La Cuesta Encantada” The Enchanted Hill by 1947 it was an estate of 165 rooms and 127 acres of gardens, terraces and pools and walkways.
Today would have been her 142nd birthday. The American Institute of Architects has awarded posthumously the 2014 Gold Medal award to her. She is the first woman to have won the Gold Medal. This is quite significant since she was one of the first female architects, fortunately now more and more women are joining the architecture profession.
New Conceptual Design for a shingle style home in The Settlement at Kiawah Island
Happy 74th Birthday to architect Helmut Jahn
This is the Sony Center he designed in Potzdamer Platz in Berlin.
Last New Year’s Day the 2013 HGTV Dream House we designed was their float in the Rose Bowl Parade.
Happy 69th Birthday to Sambo Mockbee. Sambo was a larger than life architect who through his big heart is continuing to give back to rural Mississippi through the Rural Studio he created.
One of Sambo’s residential projects.
Happy 106th Birthday to Brazilian Architect Oscar Niemeyer
Happy 415th Birthday to Giovanni Bernini
He was the son of a Florentine sculptor, he fused architecture, painting and sculpture. His dynamic use of these new forms are credited with creating Baroque style of architecture. He served under eight different popes and contributed to major works in Rome including St. Peter’s Basilica, the Fountain of the Four Rivers and this section of the oval church he designed, Sant’ Andrea al Quirinale.