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Born August 27, 1899 • Madrid • Spain
Died June 15, 1961 (aged 61) • Madrid • Spain
Subjects Of Study structural engineering • architecture
Trajan's Forum
Apollodorus of Damascus
Greek architect and engineer
Candela, Felix: L'Oceanogràfic
Felix Candela
Spanish architect
Nervi
Pier Luigi Nervi
Italian engineer and architect
Latrobe, Benjamin
Benjamin Latrobe
American architect
Home Insurance Company Building, Chicago, designed by Jenney, 1884–85
William Le Baron Jenney
American engineer and architect
Chicago Stock Exchange designed by Dankmar Adler, 1897, demolished 1972
Dankmar Adler
American architect
Hardy Cross
American engineer
Timothy Palmer
American architect
Rialto Bridge, Venice
Antonio da Ponte
Italian architect and engineer
Alberto Churriguera
Spanish architect
José Benito Churriguera
Spanish architect
Joaquín Churriguera
Spanish architect
Antoni Gaudí: Sagrada Família
Antoni Gaudí
Spanish architect
Santiago Calatrava: Milwaukee Art Museum
Santiago Calatrava
Spanish architect
Rafael Moneo: Prado Museum addition
Rafael Moneo
Spanish architect
Equestrian statue of Charles IV, bronze by Manuel Tolsá, 1803; in Mexico City.
Manuel Tolsá
Spanish-born sculptor and architect
Sert
José Luis Sert
American architect
Jerónimo de Balbás
Spanish architect and sculptor
Alonso Cano
Spanish artist
Escalera Dorada (Golden Staircase), Burgos Cathedral, Spain, by Diego de Siloé, 1519–23.
Diego de Siloé
Spanish artist

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