单词 | architect |
释义 | architect (once / 397 pages) n A person who designs buildings is an architect. If you become an architect, you'll be responsible for drawing the blueprints, planning the work, and sometimes even overseeing the construction of a building. Frank Lloyd Wright was a famous architect who helped complete over 500 projects in his lifetime, including private homes, skyscrapers, museums, churches, and schools. Architects work on buildings of all types, and the Greek root arkhitektōn literally means “chief builder.” An architect can construct other things too, like the architects who design a video game, or the architect of your misfortune who dumped green slime on your head at a school dance. WORD FAMILYarchitect: architects USAGE EXAMPLESSome of the world’s top architects were recruited to design the buildings, of which 50 percent are for public housing. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) “This is the stuff architects and archaeologists need.” New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) He said the leaseholder hired an architect and submitted plans to the city. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) n someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings) Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper designer Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto Finnish architect and designer of furniture (1898-1976) Robert AdamScottish architect who designed many public buildings in England and Scotland (1728-1792) Leon Battista AlbertiItalian architect and painter; pioneering theoretician of Renaissance architecture (1404-1472) Peter BehrensGerman architect known for his simple utilitarian factory buildings (1868-1940) Hendrik Petrus BerlageDutch architect and town planner (1856-1934) Giovanni Lorenzo BerniniItalian sculptor and architect of the baroque period in Italy; designed many churches and chapels and tombs and fountains (1598-1680) Donato d'Agnolo Bramantegreat Italian architect of the High Renaissance in Italy (1444-1514) Marcel Lajos BreuerUnited States architect (born in Hungary) who was associated with the Bauhaus in the 1920's (1902-1981) Filippo BrunelleschiFlorentine architect who was the first great architect of the Italian Renaissance (1377-1446) Charles BullfinchUnited States architect who designed the Capitol Building in Washington which served as a model for state capitols throughout the United States (1763-1844) Daniel Hudson BurnhamUnited States architect who designed the first important skyscraper with a skeleton (1846-1912) William ButterfieldEnglish architect who designed many churches (1814-1900) John Merven CarrereUnited States architect who with his partner Thomas Hastings designed many important public buildings (1858-1911) Sir William ChambersEnglish architect (1723-1796) Philibert de l'OrmeFrench royal architect who built the Tuileries Palace and Gardens in Paris for Catherine de Medicis (1515-1570) Richard Buckminster FullerUnited States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983) Jean Louis Charles GarnierFrench architect (1825-1898) Antonio Gaudi i CornetSpanish architect who was a leading exponent of art nouveau in Europe (1852-1926) Cass GilbertUnited States architect who influenced the development of the skyscraper (1859-1934) Giotto di BondoneFlorentine painter who gave up the stiff Byzantine style and developed a more naturalistic style; considered the greatest Italian painter prior to the Renaissance (1267-1337) Walter GropiusUnited States architect (born in Germany) and founder of the Bauhaus school (1883-1969) Thomas HastingsUnited States architect who formed and important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929) Josef HoffmannAustrian architect known for his use of rectilinear units (1870-1956) Victor HortaBelgian architect and leader in art nouveau architecture (1861-1947) Richard Morris HuntUnited States architect (1827-1895) William Le Baron JennyUnited States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907) Inigo Jonesone of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652) Louis Isadore KahnUnited States architect (born in Estonia) (1901-1974) Henri LabrousteFrench architect who was among the first to use metal construction successfully (1801-1875) Benjamin Henry LatrobeUnited States architect (born in England) whose works include the chambers of the United States Congress and the Supreme Court; considered the first professional architect in the United States (1764-1820) Charles Edouard JeanneretFrench architect (born in Switzerland) (1887-1965) Pierre Charles L'EnfantUnited States architect (born in France) who laid out the city plan for Washington (1754-1825) Leonardo da VinciItalian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect; the most versatile genius of the Italian Renaissance (1452-1519) Maya LinUnited States sculptor and architect whose public works include the memorial to veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (born in 1959) Adolf LoosAustrian architect (1870-1933) Sir Edwin Landseer LuytensEnglish architect who planned the city of New Delhi (1869-1944) Francois MansartFrench architect who introduced the mansard roof (1598-1666) Charles Follen McKimUnited States neoclassical architect (1847-1909) Erich MendelsohnGerman architect who migrated to Palestine in 1937 (1887-1953) Michelangelo BuonarrotiFlorentine sculptor and painter and architect; one of the outstanding figures of the Renaissance (1475-1564) Ludwig Mies Van Der RoheUnited States architect (born in Germany) who built unornamented steel frame and glass skyscrapers (1886-1969) Robert MillsUnited States architect who was the presidentially appointed architect of Washington D.C. (1781-1855) Pier Luigi NerviItalian architect who pioneered in the use of reinforced concrete (1891-1979) Andrea Palladiohighly original and much imitated Italian architect (1508-1580) Sir Joseph PaxtonEnglish architect (1801-1865) Ieoh Ming PeiUnited States architect (born in China in 1917) Augustus Welby Northmore PuginEnglish architect who played a prominent role in the 19th century revival of Gothic architecture (1812-1852) Henry Hobson RichardsonUnited States architect (1838-1886) Eero SaarinenUnited States architect (born in Finland) (1910-1961) Eliel SaarinenFinnish architect and city planner who moved to the United States in 1923; father of Eero Saarinen (1873-1950) Jacques Germain SoufflotFrench architect (1713-1780) Albert SpeerGerman Nazi architect who worked for Hitler (1905-1981) Edward Durell StoneUnited States architect (1902-1978) William StricklandUnited States architect and student of Latrobe (1787-1854) Louis Henri SullivanUnited States architect known for his steel framed skyscrapers and for coining the phrase `form follows function' (1856-1924) Kenzo TangeJapanese architect (born in 1913) William ThorntonAmerican architect (1759-1828) Richard UpjohnUnited States architect (born in England) (1802-1878) Sir John VanbrighEnglish architect (1664-1726) Henri Clemens van de VeldeBelgian architect (1863-1957) Robert Charles VenturiUnited States architect (born in 1925) Otto WagnerAustrian architect and pioneer of modern architecture (1841-1918) Stanford WhiteUnited States architect (1853-1906) Sir Christopher WrenEnglish architect who designed more than fifty London churches (1632-1723) Frank Lloyd Wrightinfluential United States architect (1869-1959) James WyattEnglish architect (1746-1813) Andrew Jackson DowningUnited States landscape architect who designed the grounds of the White House and the Capitol Building (1815-1852) Andre Le NotreFrench landscape gardener who designed many formal gardens including the parks of Versailles (1613-1700) Frederick Law OlmstedUnited States landscape architect primarily responsible for the design of Central Park in New York City (1822-1903) Calvert VauxUnited States landscape architect (born in England) who designed Central Park (1824-1895) landscape architect, landscape gardener, landscaper, landscapist someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively Ithiel Town, TownUnited States architect who was noted for his design and construction of truss bridges (1784-1844) creator a person who grows or makes or invents things |
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