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Gottfried Semper
b. Hamburg, 1803;
d. Rome, 1879.
Architect of some of the most successful Neo-Renaissance buildings in 19-Century Europe who also produced a large body of theoretical writings on the origins and nature of architecture which were to have a major impact on the early advocates of Modernist, functional design. Before completing his mathematical studies at Gottingen, [...]