1. Samuel McIntire (1757)

American Architect

Architect and artisan who designed many of the homes in the historical district of Salem, Massachusetts. Foremost example of Federal style architecture.

2. Charles Bulfinch (1763)

American Architect

The first professional architect in the U.S.; helped construct the United States Capitol rotunda and dome. His influence can be seen throughout early 19th-century American architecture.

3. Bruce Price (1845)

American Architect

Known as the creator of the Shingle Style architectural design, he also worked on institutional buildings, mansions, skyscrapers, railway stations, and hotels.

4. Daniel Burnham (1846)

American Architect

Influential 19th-century urban designer who helped to shape the face of Chicago, Manila, and Baguio. He gained international recognition as the Director of Works for the World's Colombian Exposition. He...

5. Louis Sullivan (1856)

American Architect

Architect of the Wainwright Building in Missouri who became a pioneer in modernist architecture and created the modern skyscraper. He was dubbed the father of skyscrapers and the father of...

6. Kirtland Cutter (1860)

American Architect

Designer of the Idaho Building at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, which by some estimates, was toured by 18 million visitors. The Idaho Building foreshadowed the Arts and Crafts movement....

7. Cass Gilbert (1859)

American Architect

Conservative architect who designed the Woolworth Building in New York and the United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.; pioneering advocate for incorporating skyscrapers into structures.

8. Bertram Goodhue (1869)

American Architect

Designed the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Also designed the Cheltenham and Merrymount typefaces.

9. Mary Colter (1869)

American Architect

Inspired the Pueblo Deco style; built several landmark hotels and lodges throughout the southwestern U.S., including the Hopi House, Hermit's Rest, the Lookout Studio observatory, and the four Mary Jane...

10. Elmer Grey (1872)

American Architect

Designed the Pasadena Playhouse, the Beverly Hills Hotel, Wattles Mansion, the Huntington Art Gallery, and other Southern California landmarks. Pioneered early 20th-century architecture that sought to purge designs of anything...

11. Julia Morgan (1872)

American Architect

The first woman to obtain an architecture license in California; she designed the landmark Hearst Castle. Also designed numerous YWCA buildings, as well as structures for Mills College. She was...

12. David Adler (1882)

American Architect

Prominent architect who designed over 200 buildings in 35 years, including 27 country houses in the Chicago area. His most prosperous period was during the Roaring Twenties. Longstanding Art Institute...

13. Raymond Hood (1881)

American Architect

Chief designer of New York City's Rockefeller Center; known for his work with Art Deco. He never called himself an artist, as utility, not beauty, was his chief concern.

14. Pietro Belluschi (1899)

American Architect

Portland-based leader of architecture's Modern Movement; he designed over 1,000 buildings. Served as Dean of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's architecture and planning school from 1951 until 1965.

15. Louis Kahn (1901)

American Architect

Prominent American architect whose work included the Yale University Art Gallery. He served as a professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Design from 1957 until his...

16. Welton Becket (1902)

American Architect

Designed many buildings in Los Angeles, including the Capitol Records building and the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

17. Eero Saarinen (1910)

American Architect

Led the avant-garde architectural movement towards sweeping, arching, and simple curves in the U.S. He designed furniture like the Grasshopper lounge chair and ottoman, the Womb chair and ottoman, the...

18. John Lautner (1911)

American Architect

Influential architect with a taste for dramatically futuristic designs; created many of Los Angeles' landmark structures. He was known for fusing progressive engineering with a more humane approach to architecture.

19. Minoru Yamasaki (1912)

American Architect

Associated with New Formalism and best known for designing the Twin Towers of New York's original World Trade Center and the Pruitt-Igoe housing project. He was one of the original...

20. Florence Knoll (1917)

American Architect

Furniture designer who created minimalist, modern pieces of furniture and had a passing relationship with the Bauhaus movement. Sometimes known by her nickname, Shu.

21. Maya Lin (1959)

American Architect

American architectural designer and artist who, at age 21, designed the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, DC. She also has a sculpture series called Disappearing Bodies of Water.

22. Robert Venturi (1925)

American Architect

Architect who designed Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C. Known for saying, 'Less is a bore,' a take-off on Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's 'Less is more,' a statement with which...

23. Gunnar Birkerts (1925)

American Architect

Latvian-American architect who did most of his work in the metropolitan area of Detroit, Michigan. His designs included New York's Corning Museum of Glass, Minneapolis' Marquette Plaza, and Kansas City's...

24. Peter Eisenman (1932)

American Architect

American architect who has become one of the most well-known creators of deconstructionist architecture. Some of his most notable structures include the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in...

25. Barton Myers (1934)

American Architect

President of Los Angeles-based Barton Myers Associates, Inc. His notable structures included the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, the Seagram Museum in Ontario, and Hasbro Inc.'s showrooms and offices in...

26. Michael Graves (1934)

American Architect

One of The New York Five who espoused Modernist architecture; became known for his contemporary designs and public commissions.

27. Philip Cox (1939)

American Architect

Architect of North Melbourne Stadium, the National Institute of the Circus Arts, and the Sydney Football Stadium. His firm handled projects not just in Australia, but also in South-East Asia,...

28. Lebbeus Woods (1940)

American Architect

Unconventional architect who co-founded the Research Institute for Experimental Architecture in 1988. Designed structures in Chengdu, China, and Havana, Cuba.

29. Thom Mayne (1944)

American Architect

Helped establish the Southern California Institute of Architecture in 1971 and the Santa Monica-based architectural firm, Morphosis.

30. Steven Holl (1947)

American Architect

Architect who designed Simmons Hall at MIT, earning him the Harleston Parker Medal in 2004. He also designed the 2007 Bloch Building addition to Kansas City's Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,...

31. William McDonough (1951)

American Architect

Eco-minded architect who designed the Ford Motor Company's River Rouge Plant and the NASA Sustainability Base. Co-wrote "Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things" and "The Upcycle: Beyond...

32. Tinker Hatfield (1952)

American Architect

Designer most known for his work on the Nike shoe line. He created such popular shoes as cross training sneakers and Air Jordans.

33. Lawrence Scarpa (1959)

American Architect

Leader in sustainable architecture who designed the Solar Umbrella House in Venice, California, which was named one of the Top Ten Green Projects by the American Institute of Architects.

34. Tom Kundig (1954)

American Architect

Designer of unique residences, such as The Pierre in the San Juan Islands and The Brain in Seattle. Founded Olson Kundig Architects in Seattle.

35. Neil Chambers (1974)

American Architect

Neil Chambers is an American designer writer blogger and green building expert. He heads the green design and consulting company Chambers Design Inc which was founded in 2005. In 2002...

36. William Weeks (1841)

American Architect

s was the first church architect of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and is best known as the architect of the Nauvoo Temple. Weeks was the...

37. C. Howard Crane (1885)

American Architect

Charles Howard Crane was an American architect.

38. Chloethiel Woodard Smith (1910)

American Architect

Chloethiel Woodard Smith was an influential American modernist architect and urban planner whose career was centered in Washington D. C.

39. Anne Tyng (1920)

American Architect

Anne Griswold Tyng was an architect and professor. She is best known for having collaborated with Louis I. Kahn at his practice in Philadelphia for 29 years. She served as...

40. Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes (1867)

American Architect

Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes was an American architect. He was the eldest son of multimillionaire Anson Phelps Stokes and graduated from Harvard in 1891. He designed St. Paul's Chapel at...

41. Karen Bausman (1958)

American Architect

Karen Bausman is an American architect. Educated at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art from which she graduated in 1982 Bausman has since held the Eliot...

42. John Gidding (1977)

American Architect

John Gidding is a Turkish-American architect television personality and former fashion model.

43. Alexander Mackintosh (1861)

American Architect

Alexander Mackintosh was an American architect and architectural designer active in New York from the 1890s until his death.

44. Harry Gesner (1925)

American Architect

Harry Gesner is an influential California architect. Gesner became internationally known for his visionary style. His Wave House was an inspiration for the Sydney Opera House by Danish architect Jørn...

45. Jarvis Hunt (1863)

American Architect

Jarvis Hunt was a renowned Chicago architect who designed a wide array of buildings including train stations suburban estates industrial buildings clubhouses and other structures. Hunt was born in Weathersfield...

46. Henry N. Cobb (1901)

American Architect

Henry N. Cobb is an American architect and founding partner with I. M. Pei of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners an international architectural firm based in New York City. Cobb...

47. Karl Kamrath (1911)

American Architect

Karl Kamrath was an American architect and tennis player. He along with Frederick James MacKie Jr. created the Houston-based architectural firm Mackie and Kamrath. The firm's buildings reflected the principles...

48. Gustav Peichl (1928)

American Architect

Gustav Peichl is an Austrian architect. Gustav built the EFA Radio Satellite Station in Aflenz Austria. He is also a caricaturist.

49. David Carnivale (1958)

American Architect

David John J. Carnivale is an architect preservationist author and artist. He wrote The Affordable House which was the second book to appear cover-to-cover on the internet featured on the...

50. Beverly Willis (1928)

American Architect

Beverly Willis FAIA is an American architect known for her design achievements her development of new technology and her philanthropic efforts on behalf of architects urban planning and public policy....