Lars Eliel Sonck
b. Kdlvid, 1870;
d. Helsinki, 1956.
Lars Eliel Sonck was a prominent and prolific figure in Finland’s anxious search for a national identity after the turn of the century. The rise of National Romanticism paralleled that of Jugendstil within continental Europe, and Sonck, along with Eliel Saarinen, Hermann Gesellius and Armas Lindgren, played [...]

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 [...]

Jacopo Sansovino
b. Caprese, near Florence, 1486;
d. Venice, 1570.
Jacopo Sansovino, an famous architect whose work, with that of the younger architects of late sixteenth century Venice whom he trained, gives the city much of the character that survives today. Born Jacopo Tatti, he adopted the surname of his teacher, Andrea Sansovino, and followed him to Rome [...]

Robert Smythson
b. c.1535;
d. Wollaton, 1614.
Robert Smythson was undoubtedly the leading English famous architect of the late 16-century and early 17-century. Smythson built some of the most magnificent and original houses of the Elizabethan era, but very little is known of his birth, background, formal education or professional career. The earliest documentation dates from 1568, [...]