England contributed a young subaltern named Newton and the naval architect Samuel Bentham, brother to the economist, who for his colonel's commission was proving a godsend to the Russian fleet.

and was there apprenticed to a builder and architect, Moody Spofford.

Their house was a centuries-old Colonial which they had had restored ( guided by an eminent architect ) and updated, and added on to.

The site of the colony's capital was surveyed and laid out by Colonel William Light, the first Surveyor-General of South Australia, through the design made by the architect George Strickland Kingston.

Until modern times there was no clear distinction between the architect and engineer.

It was designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built in the years 1900 to 1914.

Although he was in charge of the project for the papal villa, the Villa Pamphili, now Villa Doria Pamphili, outside the Porta San Pancrazio in Rome, he may have had professional guidance on the design of the casino from the architect / engineer Girolamo Rainaldi and help with supervising its construction from his assistant Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi.

Cánovas was the real architect of the new regime of the Restoration.

Anthemius of Tralles ( c. 474 – before 558 ; ) was a Greek professor of Geometry in Constantinople ( present-day Istanbul in Turkey ) and architect, who collaborated with Isidore of Miletus to build the church of Hagia Sophia by the order of Justinian I. Anthemius came from an educated family, one of five sons of Stephanus of Tralles, a physician.

Canberra is a planned city that was originally designed by Walter Burley Griffin, a major 20th century American architect.

Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto ( February 3 1898, Kuortane – May 11 1976, Helsinki ) was a Finnish architect and designer.

It could be said that Aalto's international reputation was sealed with his inclusion in the second edition of Sigfried Giedion's influential book on Modernist architecture, Space, Time and Architecture: The growth of a new tradition ( 1949 ), in which Aalto received more attention than any other Modernist architect, including Le Corbusier.

The Violin Concerto was dedicated " to the memory of an Angel ", Manon Gropius, the deceased daughter of architect Walter Gropius and Alma Mahler.

A third brother, Bruno Giacometti, was a noted architect.

Albrecht Altdorfer ( c. 1480-February 12, 1538 ) was a German painter, engraver and architect of the Renaissance working in Regensburg.

The architect, Jean Chalgrin, died in 1811 and the work was taken over by Jean-Nicolas Huyot.

Agostino Carracci was born in Bologna, and trained at the workshop of the architect Domenico Tibaldi.

The present town of Ajaccio was founded in 1492 south of the Christian village by the Bank of Saint George at Genoa, which dispatched Cristoforo of Gandini, an architect, to build it.

Andreas Schlüter ( 20 May 1664 – May 1714 ) was a German baroque sculptor and architect associated with the Petrine Baroque style of architecture and decoration.

The architect was Samuel Pepys Cockerell.

In 1450, the Italian art architect Leon Battista Alberti invented the first mechanical anemometer ; in 1664 it was re-invented by Robert Hooke ( who is often mistakenly considered the inventor of the first anemometer ).

The building was again remodeled by British architect Norman Foster in the 1990s and features a glass dome over the session area, which allows free public access to the parliamentary proceedings and magnificent views of the city.

The bridge was swept away during a flood, and later repaired by Puspagupta, the chief architect of emperor Chandragupta I.

Ordered by Sultan Bayezid I, the mosque was designed and built by architect Ali Neccar in 1396 – 1400.

In spite of its name, and the fact that its founder was an architect, the Bauhaus did not have an architecture department during the first years of its existence.

Since 1999, the German parliament has again assembled in Berlin in its original Reichstag building, which dates from the 1890s and underwent a significant renovation under the lead of British architect Sir Norman Foster.

Left to Right: Montagu House, Bloomsbury | Montagu House, Townley Gallery and Robert Smirke ( architect ) | Sir Robert Smirke's west wing under construction ( July 1828 )

The neoclassical architect, Sir Robert Smirke, was asked to draw up plans for an eastern extension to the Museum "... for the reception of the Royal Library, and a Picture Gallery over it ..." and put forward plans for today's quadrangular building, much of which can be seen today.

The next major addition was the White Wing 1882 – 1884 added behind the eastern end of the South Front, the architect being Sir John Taylor.

The architect Sir John James Burnet was petitioned to put forward ambitious long-term plans to extend the building on all three sides.

Later critics of the Baroque, such as Francesco Milizia and the English architect Sir John Soane, were particularly critical of Borromini ’ s work.

* 1878 – Sir George Gilbert Scott, English architect ( b. 1811 )

* 1880 – Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect and designer ( d. 1960 )

* 1976 – Sir Basil Spence, British architect ( b. 1907 )

In the meantime, the immediate priority was to provide accommodation for the next Parliament, and so the Painted Chamber and White Chamber were hastily repaired for temporary use by the Houses of Lords and Commons respectively, under the direction of the only remaining architect of the Metropolitan Board of Works, Sir Robert Smirke.

The Commons Chamber was rebuilt after the war under the architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, in a simplified version of the old chamber's style.

The galleries are housed in the former Bankside Power Station, which was originally designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the architect of Battersea Power Station, and built in two stages between 1947 and 1963.

* May 12 – Sir Charles Barry, English architect ( b. 1795 )

* October 20 – Sir Christopher Wren, English architect, astronomer, and mathematician ( d. 1723 )

* February 25 – Sir Christopher Wren, English architect, astronomer, and mathematician ( b. 1632 )

The architect was Richard Rogers and the contractor was a joint venture company, McAlpine / Laing Joint Venture ( MLJV ) formed between Sir Robert McAlpine and Laing Management.

The building was designed by the British architect Sir James Stirling.

However a monument designed by the architect Sir Clough Williams-Ellis was subsequently erected around the grave, bearing an englyn ( strict-metre stanza ) engraved on slate in his memory composed by his nephew Dr William George.

In 1924, the famous architect Sir Edwin Lutyens created Queen Mary's Dolls ' House for her collection of miniature pieces.

When in 1861 the College's administration decided that a new building was needed, Sir George Gilbert Scott was selected as architect.

The last major architect who admitted to being dependent on him was Sir Edwin Lutyens, who died in 1944.

The country's most eminent architect, Sir Christopher Wren, was called upon to draw the plans, while the master of works was to be William Talman.

The building's first phase was designed by British architect Sir Denys Lasdun and is one of his few works outside the UK.

* Sir William Clayton ( architect ) ( 1823 – 1877 ), New Zealand architect