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Architects and Engineers - Architects

There are some stunning buildings all over the world. We may find them beautiful, breathtaking, amusing, alarming, quirky or downright awful - depending on our own personal taste. Have a go at this picture quiz which looks at the architects behind ten famous buildings.

  1. Which architect designed St. Paul's Cathedral, London?

    Photograph courtesy of london.lovesguide.com
    • Born: 20 October 1632
    • Place: East Knoyle, Wiltshire
    • Nationality: English
    • He is one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history
    • He is responsible for rebuilding 51 churches in London after the Great Fire in 1666
    • In 1698 he was appointed Surveyor of Westminster Abbey

  2. Which architect designed 30 St Mary Axe, London?

    Photograph courtesy of modernarchitecturelondon.com
    • Born: 1 June 1935
    • Place: Manchester
    • Nationality: British
    • His breakthrough building was arguably the Willis Building in Ipswich
    • He has designed landmark structures such as the new Wembley Stadium
    • His buildings have made him one of Britain's most prolific architects of his generation
    • In 2009 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award in the Arts category

  3. Which architect designed Pulteney Bridge, Bath?

    Photograph courtesy of MichaelMaggs
    • Born: 3 July 1728
    • Place: Kirkcaldy, Fife
    • Nationality: Scottish
    • He was a Scottish neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer
    • He influenced the development of Western architecture
    • He designed the Screen in front of the Old Admiralty, Whitehall, London
    • He designed the Courts of Justice and Corn Market, Hertford, Hertfordshire, now Shire Hall
    • He left nearly 9,000 drawings which are now at the Soane Museum in London
    • He was buried in the south aisle of Westminster Abbey

  4. Which architect designed the Palace of Westminster, London?

    Photograph courtesy of travellondon.com
    • Born: 23 May 1795
    • Place: Bridge Street, Westminster
    • Nationality: English
    • He was best known for his role in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster
    • He began designing churches for the Commissioners
    • He designed the Gothic King Edward's School

  5. Along with Richard Rogers, which architect designed the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris?

    Photograph courtesy of placesinparis.com
    • Born: 14 September 1947
    • Place: Genoa
    • Nationality: Italian
    • He is an Italian architect
    • He is the recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize
    • His recent expansion of the Art Institute of Chicago includes a 264,000 sq ft gallery space
    • It includes a 'flying carpet', a sunscreen that hovers above the roof

  6. Which architect designed the Chrysler Building, New York?

    Photograph courtesy of panoramio.com
    • Born: 10 August 1883
    • Place: Brooklyn, New York
    • Nationality: American
    • He is best known as the architect in charge of designing New York City's Chrysler Building
    • A neo-Art Deco/Streamline Moderne luxury apartment block in Brighton, England, is named after him
    • In 1911, he formed a partnership with H. Craig Severance
    • The partnership became known for its distinctive multistory commercial structures

  7. In association with Ahmed Hamdy, which architect designed the Steigenberger Hotel in El Gouna, Egypt?

    Photograph courtesy of Marc Ryckaert
    • Born: 9 July 1934
    • Place: Indianapolis, Indiana
    • Nationality: American
    • Identified as one of The New York Five
    • He has become a household name with his designs for domestic products sold at Target stores in the United States
    • In 2003, an infection of unknown origin left him paralysed from the waist down

  8. Which architect designed the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao?

    Photograph courtesy of thebesttraveldestinations.com
    • Born: 28 February 1929
    • Place: Toronto, Ontario
    • Nationality: Canadian
    • He is a Canadian American Pritzker Prize-winning architect
    • His buildings, including his private residence, have become tourist attractions
    • He is very much inspired by fish and they appear in his buildings

  9. Which architect designed the Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong?

    Photograph courtesy of handykeys.com
    • Born: 26 April 1917
    • Place: Canton, China
    • Nationality: Chinese, American
    • He is a Chinese American architect
    • He is often called a master of modern architecture
    • Among the early projects was the L'Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington, DC
    • Another project was the Green Building at MIT
    • He went on to design Dallas City Hall
    • Also the East Building of the National Gallery of Art
    • He has been married for over seventy years, and has four children

  10. Which architect designed the Sydney Opera House, Australia?

    Photograph courtesy of georgebenson.com
    • Born: 9 April 1918
    • Place: Copenhagen
    • Nationality: Danish
    • He was a Danish architect
    • He was most notable for designing the Sydney Opera House in Australia
    • Other outstanding works include Bagsværd Church near Copenhagen and the National Assembly Building in Kuwait
    • His sons are trained architects and his daughter is a designer
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