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19th-century urban planners

51 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Akiva Aryeh WeissArtist · WatchesAkiva Arieh Weiss, also spelled Aryeh (December 11, 1868 – May 23, 1947), was a Zionist activist, architect, and city planner in Palestine.
Alvar AaltoDesigner · DesignHugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (3 February 1898 – 11 May 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer.
Arturo Soria y MataDesigner · DesignArturo Soria y Mata (1844–1920) was an internationally important Spanish urban planner whose work remains highly inspirational today.
Auguste PerretDesigner · Modern designAuguste Perret (12 February 1874 – 25 February 1954) was a French architect and a pioneer of the architectural use of reinforced concrete.
Bruno TautDesigner · DesignBruno Julius Florian Taut (4 May 1880 – 24 December 1938) was a renowned German architect, urban planner and author.
Camillo SitteDesigner · DesignCamillo Sitte (17 April 1843 – 16 November 1903) was an Austrian architect, painter and urban theorist whose work influenced urban planning and land use regulation.
Cesare GambaDesigner · DesignCesare Gamba (1851 – 1927) was an Italian engineer, urban planner, and entrepreneur.
Charles HoldenDesigner · DesignCharles Henry Holden (12 May 1875 – 1 May 1960) was an English architect best known for designing many London Underground stations during the 1920s and 1930s, the Underground Electric…
Daniel BurnhamAuthor · BooksDaniel Hudson Burnham (September 4, 1846 – June 1, 1912) was an American architect and urban designer.
Ebenezer HowardDesigner · DesignSir Ebenezer Howard (29 January 1850 – 1 May 1928) was an English urban planner and founder of the garden city movement, known for his publication To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform…
Edwin LutyensDesigner · DesignSir Edwin Landseer Lutyens (29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was an English architect known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era.
Eliel SaarinenDesigner · DesignGottlieb Eliel Saarinen (August 20, 1873 – July 1, 1950) was a Finnish and American architect, designer, and urban planner.
Ernst MayDesigner · DesignErnst Georg May (27 July 1886 – 11 September 1970) was a German architect and city planner.
Eugène HénardDesigner · DesignEugène Alfred Hénard (22 October 1849 – 19 February 1923) was a French architect and a highly influential urban planner.
Francisco Pereira PassosDesigner · DesignFrancisco Pereira Passos (29 August 1836 – 12 March 1913) was a Brazilian civil engineer and politician.
Francisco Prestes MaiaDesigner · DesignFrancisco Prestes Maia (fɾɐ̃ˈsisku ˈpɾɛstʃiz ˈmajjɐ) (19 March 1896 – 26 April 1965) was a Brazilian architect, civil engineer, urban planner, and professor, who served three terms as mayor…
Fred ForbátArtist · Paintings
Friedrich OhmannDesigner · DesignFriedrich Ohmann (21 December 1858, Lemberg - 6 April 1927, Vienna) was an Austrian architect in the Historicist style.
Georges-Eugène HaussmannDesigner · DesignGeorges-Eugène Haussmann (27 March 180911 January 1891), known as Baron Haussmann (baʁɔ̃ osman), was a French official who supervised a radical urban renewal programme of new boulevards,…
Giannino CastiglioniDesigner · Modern designGiannino Castiglioni (4 May 1884 – 27 August 1971) was an Italian sculptor and medallist. He worked mostly in monumental and funerary sculpture;
Gustav Ludolf MartensDesigner · DesignGustav Ludolf Martens (20 October 1818 – 7 January 1882) was a German architect and state master builder of Kiel.
Hannes MeyerDesigner · DesignHans Emil "Hannes" Meyer (18 November 1889 – 19 July 1954) was a Swiss architect and second director of the Bauhaus Dessau from 1928 to 1930.
Hans ScharounDesigner · DesignBernhard Hans Henry Scharoun (20 September 1893 – 25 November 1972) was a German architect best known for designing the Berliner Philharmonie (home to the Berlin Philharmonic) and the…
Heinrich TessenowDesigner · DesignHeinrich Tessenow (7 April 1876 – 1 November 1950) was a German architect, professor, and urban planner active at the time of the Weimar Republic.
Hendrik Petrus BerlageArtist · CeramicsHendrik Petrus Berlage (21 February 185612 August 1934) was a Dutch architect and designer. He is considered one of the fathers of the architecture of the Amsterdam School.
Hinnerk ScheperPhotographer · PhotographyHinnerk Scheper (born 6 September 1897 in Wulften (Badbergen); district of Bersenbrück/Osnabrück, as Gerhard Hermann Heinrich Scheper;
J. J. P. OudArtist · SilverJacobus Johannes Pieter Oud (9 February 1890 – 5 April 1963) was a Dutch architect. His fame began as a follower of the De Stijl movement.
J.B. van LoghemDesigner · DesignIllustration — Han van Loghem
Josef ChocholDesigner · DesignJosef Chochol (13 December 1880 – 6 July 1956) was a Czech architect. He was a key member of Mánes Union of Fine Arts and worked in a Cubist style.
Josef GočárDesigner · DesignJosef Gočár (13 March 1880 in Semín – 10 September 1945 in Jičín) was a Czech architect. He was one of the founders of modern architecture in the Czech Republic.
Le CorbusierArtist · PaintingsCharles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier, was a French-Swiss architectural designer, painter, urban planner and writer who was one of the pioneers of…
Ludwig HilberseimerDesigner · DesignLudwig Karl Hilberseimer (September 14, 1885 – May 6, 1967) was a German architect and urban planner best known for his ties to the Bauhaus and to Mies van der Rohe, as well as for his work…
Martin WagnerDesigner · DesignMartin Wagner (1885–1957) was a German architect, city planner, and author, best known as the driving force behind the construction of modernist housing projects in interwar Berlin.
Max BergDesigner · DesignMax Berg (17 April 1870 – 22 January 1947) was a German architect and urban planner.
Michele Busiri ViciDesigner · DesignMichele Busiri Vici (2 May 1894 – 4 February 1981) was an Italian architect and urban planner, belonging to the Busiri Vici family of architects who have been active since the seventeenth…
Otto WagnerDesigner · DesignOtto Koloman Wagner (13 July 1841 – 11 April 1918) was an Austrian architect, furniture designer and urban planner.
Patrick AbercrombieDesigner · DesignSir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie FRIBA (6 June 1879 – 23 March 1957) was an English architect, urban designer and town planner.
Paul HankarDesigner · Modern designPaul Hankar (lang; 11 December 1859 – 17 January 1901) was a Belgian architect and furniture designer, and an innovator in the Art Nouveau style.
Pavel JanákDesigner · Modern designPavel Janák (12 March 1881 in Karlín – 1 August 1956 in Prague-Dejvice) was a Czech modernist architect, furniture designer, town planner, professor and theoretician.
Pedro BenoitDesigner · DesignPedro Benoit (February 18, 1836 – April 4, 1897) was an Argentine architect, engineer, and urbanist best known for designing the layout of La Plata City.
Richard RiemerschmidArtist · PaintingsRichard Riemerschmid (20 June 1868 – 13 April 1957) was a German architect, painter, designer and city planner from Munich.
Robert MosesDesigner · DesignRobert Moses (December 18, 1888 – July 29, 1981) was an American urban planner and public official who worked in the New York metropolitan area during the early to mid-20th century.
Theodor FischerDesigner · DesignTheodor Fischer (28 May 1862 – 25 December 1938) was a German architect and teacher.
Tony GarnierArtist · PaintingsTony Garnier (13 August 1869 – 19 January 1948) was a noted French architect and city planner.
Umberto Di SegniDesigner · DesignUmberto Di Segni (6 October 1894 – 22 March 1958) was an Italian architect, engineer, and urban planner, known for his contributions to colonial architecture during the Fascist era.
Uno ÅhrénDesigner · DesignUno Åhrén (6 August 1897 – 8 October 1977) was a Swedish architect and city planner, and a leading proponent of functionalism in Sweden.
Victor HortaDesigner · Modern designVictor Pierre Horta (Victor, Baron Horta after 1932; 6 January 1861 – 8 September 1947) was a Belgian architect and designer, and one of the founders of the Art Nouveau movement.
Vítězslav Karel MašekDesigner · Modern designIllustration — Karel Vítězslav Mašek, from Zlatá Praha (1903)
Walter GropiusDesigner · DesignWalter Adolph Georg Gropius (18 May 1883 – 5 July 1969) was a German-American architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of…
Willem Marinus DudokArtist · SilverWillem Marinus Dudok (6 July 1884 – 6 April 1974) was a famous Dutch modernist architect. He was born in Amsterdam.
Yasushi KataokaDesigner · DesignYasushi Kataoka (4 June 1876 – 26 May 1946) was a Japanese architect, and a colleague of Kingo Tatsuno.

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