William Wilkins

William Wilkins
b. Norwich, 1778;
d. Cambridge, 1839.
William Wilkins, an English famous architect and classical scholar who pioneered the Greek Revival in Britain. The eldest son of an architect, Wilkins took a joint degree in classics and mathematics at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (1796-1800). He was elected to the Society of Antiquaries and travelled round [...]

Otto Wagner

Otto Wagner
b. Penzing, near Vienna, 1841;
d. Vienna, 1918.
Otto Wagner - Highly influential figure, through teaching, writing and projects, in the development of modern architecture and planning; founder of the so-called Wagner School. He began his architectural training at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna in 1857, attended the Berlin Bauakademie 1860-61 and returned to Vienna to [...]

Lars Israel Wahlman

Lars Israel Wahlman
b. Hedemora, Sweden, 1870;
d. 1952.
Swedish famous architect much influenced by the English Arts & Crafts movement; best- known for his Engelbrekt Church, Stockholm (1906-14). He studied at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, where later he was Professor of Building Science (1912-35). He travelled extensively in the Northern and Low countries, though [...]

Josep Lluis Seri

Josep Lluis Seri
b. Barcelona, 1902;
d. Barcelona, 1983.
Josep Lluis Seri - Spanish architect, planner and academic who played a leading role in the development of Modern Movement planning theories. Born into an artistic Catalan family, Sert graduated from the Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura in Barcelona in 1929. He then worked briefly with Le Corbusier [...]