Famous Architects

Winy Maas (1958 - )is a Dutch architect, landscape architect, and professor. He founded the MVRDV studio which produces designs and studies in the fields of architecture, urban studies and landscape design. His work includes the Dutch pavilion for Expo 2000 in Hanover, the Logrono Eco-City in Spain, the Gyre building in Tokyo and many others. He held many teaching positions and is currently a visiting professor of architectural design at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
His Boekenberg Public Library in Spijkenisse, opened in October 2012, is showcased in a modern architecture series issued on March 28, 2011. The stamp is printed with 3D effect.

Donato Bramante (1444 – 1514) was an Italian architect, who introduced Renaissance architecture to Milan and the High Renaissance style to Rome. His plan for St. Peter's Basilica formed the basis of design executed by Michelangelo. His Tempietto (San Pietro in Montorio) marked the beginning of the High Renaissance in Rome (1502).
Vatican Post issued a souvenir sheet on May 20, 2014 to commemorate the 500th Anniversary of the passing of Donato Bramante. The two stamps show his portrait and the spiral staircase he designed for the Octagonal Courtyard of the Belvedere (Vatican City).

Frederick John Kiesler (1890 – 1965) was an Austrian-American architect, artist and designer. He was productive as a theater and art-exhibition designer in the 1920s in Vienna and Berlin. His architectural designs include the Film Guild Cinema in New York City and The Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem. His model Endless House was on exhibition in 1958–59 at The Museum of Modern Art, New York City.
The stamp issued by the Austrian Post on September 22, 2015 shows Kiesler's portrait and his The Shrine of the Book, a wing of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls.

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Araniko (1245-1306) was a Nepalese architect who was one of the key figures in the arts of Nepal, and Tibet and Yuan Dynasty of China. His most renowned architecture is the White Stupa of Miaoying Temple in Beijing, completed in 1288; the Stupa, known as White Dagoba, is still standing today. Here is an image of a stamp depicting Araniko and the White Dagoba, printed by lithography, and issued by Nepal on April 13, 1972, plus a photo of the statue of Araniko at Miaoying Temple, and a photo of White Dagoba.

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Antoni Gaudí and his masterwork "The Milà House" , better known as "La Pedrera" (The Quarry).

I. M. Pei (1917 - ) is a Chinese-born American architect noted for his large but elegantly designed urban buildings and complexes. Pei formed his own architectural firm in 1955. His first major recognition came with the National Center for Atmospheric Research (Colorado). His other notable projects in the U.S. include President John F. Kennedy Library (Boston), Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University (Ithaca), Dallas City Hall (Dallas), Meyerson Symphony Center (Dallas), and the East Building of the National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.) which appears in the Modern American Architecture series issued on May 20, 2005.

Giovanni Michelucci (1891 - 1990) was an Italian architect, urban planner and designer. He was one of the major Italian architects of the 20th Century, known for his pursuit of designs with mixture of traditional and modern geometric forms and materials. His famous projects include the Firenze Santa Maria Novella Railway Station and the San Giovanni Battista Church on the Autostrada del Sole. His Our Lady of Consolation Church in San Marino was featured in the EUROPA stamp on March 12, 1987.

Mario Botta (1943 - ) is a Swiss architect. His designs tend to incorporate a strong sense of geometry that creates unique volumes of space. His notable projects include National Bank of Greece (Athens), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (California), Bechtler Museum of Modern Art (Charlotte, North Carolina), Watari Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo), and the Central library of Dortmund (Germany). His Breganzona House is showcased in the EUROPA stamps issued by Swiss Post on May 5, 1993.

Katri (Kaija) Anna-Maija Helena Siren (1920 - 2001) and her spouse Heikki Siren (1918 - 2013) worked together as architects their entire life. Their design was noted for delicate balance between features of Finnish rural architecture and a modernism. Their major projects include National Theatre extension (Helsinki), Otaniemi Chapel (Espoo), Ympyrätalo (Helsinki), Brucknerhaus (Linz, Austria), Graniittitalo (Helsinki), and Conference Palace (Baghdad, Iraq). The Bagdad Conference Palace was featured in a Finnish architecture stamp set issued on April 19, 1986.

The Basilica Sanctuary of Nostra Senyora de Meritxell, Andorra was designed by Catalan architect Ricard Bofill (1939- ) and built in 1976 to replace the old sanctuary which burned down in 1972. Here is an image of a stamp depicting both the new and old sanctuaries, designed and engraved by French artist Jean Pheulpin (1907-1991), and issued by Andorra (French Administration) on September 4, 1976 to commemorate the completion of the new sanctuary, Scott No. 250, plus a couple of relevant photos. Note that Ricard Bofill's name appears in the lower left corner of this stamp's design

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Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Portuguese architect Francisco Caetano Keil Coelho do Amaral OSE (1910-1975), and depicting one of his buildings, designed by Luís Filipe de Abreu (1935- ), printed by lithography, and issued by Portugal on April 22, 2010 to commemorate the architect's birth centenary, plus images of a photo of Francisco Keil do Amaral, and of the structure he designed for the Feira das Indústrias de Lisboa, c. 1957, which is probably the building used as a model in the design of this stamp.

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Robert Mallet-Stevens (1886 - 1945) was an influential early 20th Century French architect and designer. His architecture blends modern elements and integrates cubism. His notable work includes Villa Paul Poiret (1921- 1923), Villa Noailles (1923–1928), and many villas on Mallet-Stevens Street in Paris. One of his houses, Number 16è on Mallet-Stevens Street, is featured in the French EUROPA stamp issued on April 27, 1987.

Gonçalo Byrne (1941 - ) is a Portuguese architect who is responsible for a diversified body of architectural work. One of the Contemporary Portuguese Architecture stamps issued on May 31, 2007 features his Lisbon Harbour Control Tower, a 38 meter tall modern structure at the end of an artificial peninsula in Lisbon. His other notable projects include Figuras Theater in Faro, Marina of Lagos, and the National Museum Machado de Castro in Coimbra.

Herman Hertzberger (1932 - ) is a Dutch architect and professor emeritus. He is considered, along with Aldo van Eyck, as the influence behind the Dutch structuralist movement of the 1960s. Among his best known works are the Montessori school in Amsterdam, the Central Beheer Insurance Company administration building in Apeldoorn, Chassé Theatre in Breda, and Vredenburg Music Center in Utrecht.
One of the EUROPA modern architecture stamps issued on May 12, 1987 features the Montessori school, Amsterdam.