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Born November 1, 1818 • New York City • New York
Died June 23, 1895 (aged 76) • New York City • New York
Movement / Style Gothic Revival • Second Empire style

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Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc.
Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc
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St. John's College Chapel
Sir George Gilbert Scott
British architect
Burges, William: St. Finbar's Cathedral
William Burges
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Thomas Rickman
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Benjamin Latrobe
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Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, Calif., by Louis I. Kahn, 1959–65
Louis Kahn
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Alexander Parris
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Richard Morris Hunt
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Upjohn, Richard: Trinity Church
Richard Upjohn
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Ralph Adams Cram
American architect and writer
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Alexander Jackson Davis
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Le Corbusier
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Filippo Brunelleschi
Filippo Brunelleschi
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Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
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Antoni Gaudí: Sagrada Família
Antoni Gaudí
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Matvey Fyodorovich Kazakov
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Escalera Dorada (Golden Staircase), Burgos Cathedral, Spain, by Diego de Siloé, 1519–23.
Diego de Siloé
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Herrera, Juan de: Cathedral of Valladolid
Juan de Herrera
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The Radcliffe Camera, designed by James Gibbs
James Gibbs
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