Deane & Woodward
Established 1851.
Deane & Woodward - Irish partnership which played a key part in the Ruskin-inspired revival of Gothic architecture in Victorian England. The firm of Deane & Woodward was an offshoot from the Dublin-based practice of Thomas Deane, father of Thomas Newenham Deane (b. Cork, 1828; d. 1899). Deane Jr had been educated [...]

Willem Marinus Dudok
b. Amsterdam, 1884;
d. Hilversum, 1974.
Willem Marinus Dudok, an influential Dutch architect and town planner who, despite completing over 240 projects, is primarily remembered internationally for a handful of beautifully crafted brick buildings from the 1920-30s in the town of Hilversum. After graduating as an engineer from the Royal Military Academy at Breda, Dudok [...]

Jean Nicolas Louis David Durand
b. Paris, 1760;
d. Thiais, Val-de-Marne, 1834.
Influential theoretician; Neo-Classical “Rationalist”. Durand’s parents were poor and he studied architecture through the generosity of patrons. He entered the office of Boullee in 1776 and became his favourite pupil. He earned enough to enroll at the Academie d’Architecture and was placed second in the Prix [...]

Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi
b. Poona, India, 1927.
Cosmopolitan, without ever losing sight of his Hindu origins and Indianness “Doshi” (as he is known) is, along with Correa, among the most influential architects practising in India today. Educated at J. J. School of Art, Bombay (1946-50), he became senior designer for Le Corbusier in Paris for projects in [...]