Napoleon LeBrun (January 2, 1821 – July 9, 1901) was an American architect. He began his career in Philadelphia designing churches and theatres including St. Augustine’s Church, the Cathedral-Basilica of…
Sir Frederick Gibberd (7 January 1908 – 9 January 1984) was an English architect, town planner and landscape designer. He is particularly known for the BISF house, a design for a…
Here is the simplest way to remember the difference: a civil engineer thinks about the ground, and a structural engineer thinks about what rises from it. Both start with the…
Ole Scheeren (born 6 January 1971) is a German architect, urbanist and principal of Büro Ole Scheeren Group. After working in Germany, New York and London, Ole Scheeren began his…
Konrad Adenauer (5 january 1876 – 19 april 1967) was the first Chancellor between of the Federal Republic of Germany between 1949 and 1963. The Konrad Adenauer Bridge is one…
High-tech architecture Helmut Jahn (January 4, 1940 – May 8, 2021) was a German-American architect, known for projects such as the Sony Center on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany; the…
Recently, the European architectural community mourned after the loss of one of the most influential architects of the 20th century. Meinhard von Gerkan (3 January 1935 – 30 November 2022)…
We assimilate Eiffel with the Eiffel Tower, his wonderful bridges and the Statue of Liberty, but Eiffel engineered and build also many iron lighthouse towers. On 3 November 1868, Gustave…
Opening of the Iron Bridge on 1 January 1781. The Iron Bridge is a cast iron arch bridge that crosses the River Severn in Shropshire, England. Opened in 1781, it…
Taipei 101, formerly known as the Taipei World Financial Center, is a supertall skyscraper in Taipei, Taiwan. This building was officially classified as the