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Eliel Saarinen
b. Rantasalmi, Finland, 1873;
d. Michigan, 1950.
Eliel Saarinen is a Finnish famous architect who, by preserving a rigour from Art Nouveau and never quite succumbing to the full sentiment, produced exacting structures and restraint ? especially at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan ? which can be seen to pre-empt many of the concerns of [...]

Lluis Domenech Y Montaner
b. Barcelona, 1850;
d. Barcelona, 1923.
Spanish architect, historian and leading figure in the Catalan Modernismo movement. A contemporary of Gaudi, Domenech received his diploma from the Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura in Madrid in 1873. The principles of Modernismo - a potent mixture of Art Nouveau, the Modern style, the Jugendstil and [...]

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 [...]