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Isaac Ware
b. c. 1707,
d. London, 1766.

Isaac Ware was a leading English famous architect of the Georgian era, though his importance derives chiefly from his books, which were enormously influential. A man of humble origins, Ware spent his early years (1721-8) as an apprentice to the highly respected architect Thomas Ripley; he later secured the position [...]

Vincenzo Scamozzi
b. Vicenza, 1548 or 1552;
d. Venice, 1616.

Vincenzo Scamozzi, a late Renaissance theorist, eclectic architect and theatre designer. In his youth he took part in the activities of the Accademia Olimpica in Vicenza, guided and influenced by his father, Giandomenico Scamozzi. In 1569 he was spo?radically in Venice. In 1574 he read Vitruvius, jotting [...]