Hans Scharoun

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Scharoun, Hans: Berlin Philharmonic Concert Hall

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Born	September 20, 1893 • Bremen • Germany
Died	November 25, 1972 (aged 79) • Berlin • Germany • (Anniversary in 4 days)

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Le Corbusier

Swiss architect

Antoni Gaudí

Spanish architect

Marcel Breuer

Hungarian architect

Robert Mallet-Stevens

French architect

Markelius, Sven: Helsingborg Concert Hall

Sven Markelius

Swedish architect

Hector Guimard

French architect

Walter Gropius

German-American architect

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

American architect

Dankmar Adler

American architect

Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer

German architect

Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau

French architect

Jean I Androuet du Cerceau

French architect

Jacques Herzog

Swiss architect

Pierre de Meuron

Swiss architect

Frank Lloyd Wright

American architect

Robert Adam

Scottish architect

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach

Austrian architect

Frank Gehry

Canadian American architect

Álvaro Siza

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H.H. Richardson

American architect

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Hagia Sophia. Istanbul, Turkey. Constantinople. Church of the Holy Wisdom. Church of the Divine Wisdom. Mosque.

Architecture: The Built World

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