Giuseppe Terragni
b. Meda, 1904;
d. Como, 1943.
Italian Famous Architect, Giuseppe Terragni was a leading Italian Rationalist and Gruppo Sette member from Como. Terragni studied at the Technical College, Como (1917-21), before carrying out his architectural training at the Milan Polytechnic (1921-6). He opened an office in Como with his brother Attilio in 1927 and they [...]

Bruno Taut
b. Konigsberg, 1880;
d. Istanbul, 1938. I
Key pioneer German avant-garde famous architect and theorist, associated initially with the Activist group of Expressionists and later with the new objectivity or social functionalism. Trained briefly in Konigsberg and Berlin-Charlottenburg, Taut worked in Theodor Fischer’s office in Stuttgart (1904-8) before opening his own firm in Berlin (1910). He [...]

Clorindo Testa
b. Naples, 1923.
Clorindo Testa - Prominent Latin-American famous architect who employs a rigorously empirical approach to the process of architecture. He studied at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the National University of Buenos Aires at a time when the academic curriculum was still dominated by the Beaux-Arts tradition. After graduating in 1948 [...]

Heinrich Tessenow
b. Rostock, 1876;
d. Berlin, 1950.
Heinrich Tessenow, an Influential German famous architect and teacher whose simple, modern classical work brought Dresden-Hellerau Garden City to international attention. Coming from a construction background - his father was a contractor - he began his career as an apprentice carpenter before entering the School of Building, Leipzig, and eventually [...]