Famous Architects

Rogelio Salmona (1907-2007) was a French Colombian architect. He was noted for his extensive use of red brick in his buildings and for using natural shapes such as curves, spirals, and radial geometry in his designs. His work includes President's House for Illustrious Guests, Bogotá Museum of Modern Art , National General Archives, and Quimbaya Museum. His Las Torres del Parque in Bogota appears in a stamp issued by Colombia postal service in 2024.

JOAQUIN TOESCA
1745 Rome, Italy - 1799 Santiago, Chile, was an Italian architect who worked at the service of the Spanish Empire, mainly in Chile.
In 1780 he traveled to Chile and design the Cathedral of Santiago.
He also developing the plans for the Palacio de la Moneda to house the royal mint, which later became Chile's presidential palace.

Philipp Berktold and Helena Weber are contemporary Austrian architects based in Vorarlberg. Their work emphasizes energy efficiency, eco-friendly material, and harmony between the structure and the environment. Their major projects include Haus HF, Kindergarten Rheindorf, Volksschule Maria Grün, Vereinshaus Dornbirn, among others. A stamp issued by PostAG in 2025 features their Rathaus Hohenems (2022-2025).

Rocco S. K. Yim is a Hong Kong based architect who founded his design architectural practice in 1982. His notable projects include iSQUARE, One Peking Road, Citibank Plaza, Man Yee Building, among others. A stamp issued in 2025 features his Hong Kong Palace Museum which was opened in 2022.

Viktor Sulcic (1895–1973)

Slovenian-Argentine architect. He studied architecture in Bologna and Florence. In 1924, he moved to Argentina.
Together with engineers Jose Luis Delpini and Raul Bes, he is best known for the football stadium La Bombonera, built in 1940.
Featured on the stamp is the largest South American food market - Abasto. They built it in Buenos Aires in 1934.

Ivan Vurnik - Slovenian Architect (1884–1971) with a Lasting Legacy

A pioneering figure in Slovenian architecture, he played a key role in shaping the so-called "national style."
One of the crowning achievements of his artistic career is the Cooperative Commercial Bank building in Ljubljana, completed in 1922.
Its vividly decorated façade and ground floor, designed in collaboration with his wife
Helena Vurnik—a trained painter—remain iconic examples of Slovenian architectural identity.
He was born in Radovljica—the very town I've proudly called home for the past 40 years.

In 1995 we celebrated the 500th anniversary of my city.
In the old town centre, which has a rectangular shape, many valuable monuments of bourgeois architecture have been preserved.
It is these that rank Radovljica among the most important Slovenian cultural monuments.

The bee-keeping museum in that town centre is an interesting place to visit in Radovljica. And there is a very good view of Mount Triglav.

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NSK, I hope you liked Radovljica and other places in Slovenia.
Have you also visited Bled, renowned for its lake with a charming island crowned by a church, and a medieval castle on a rocky cliff?
I live only 500 meters from the post office in Radovljica.

Henning Larsen (1925-2013) was a Danish architect. He founded his architectural firm in 1959 and was a professor of architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts for nearly 30 years. He is internationally known for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Riyadh and the Copenhagen Opera House. The Faroe Islands 2025 SEPAC issue features his Eystur Town Hall, Norðragøta.

Jean Nouvel (b. 1945) is a world-renowned French architect celebrated for his innovative and highly contextual designs. His key projects include Fondation Cartier (Paris), Institut du Monde Arabe (Paris), Torre Agbar (Barcelona), National Museum of Qatar (Doha). A minisheet issued by Correos in 2021 features his Louvre Abu Dhabi, a museum famed for its massive, intricate dome creating a "rain of light".

Paris based XTU Architects, co-founded by Anouk Legendre (b. 1961) and Nicolas Desmazière (b. 1962), is an architecture and urban planning firm widely recognized for designing major international projects. Its most notable work, Cité du Vin in Bordeaux (completed in 2016) is featured in a stamp issued by La Poste in 2026.

József Finta (1935-2024) was a Hungarian architect. He was the lead designer of large projects in Budapest and winner of a number of prestigious awards in architecture. A stamp issued by Magyar Posta in 2025 features HUNGEXPO Budapest Congress and Exhibition Center designed by Finta Studio.