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Also Known As Edwin Maxwell Fry
Born August 2, 1899 • England
Died September 3, 1987 (aged 88) • England
Notable Family Members spouse Jane Drew
Subjects Of Study tropical zone • architecture

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Jane Drew
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Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Swiss architect
Peter Smithson
British architect
John Nash
British architect
Norman Shaw.
Norman Shaw
British architect
Rashtrapati Bhavan and the Jaipur Column
Sir Edwin Lutyens
British architect
George Dance, the Younger
British architect and artist
Sir Patrick Abercrombie
British architect
John Wood the Younger
British architect
Andrés Duany
American architect
José Benito Churriguera
Spanish architect
Charles Sumner Greene
American architect
Pierre Fontaine
French architect
Henry Mather Greene
American architect
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk
American architect
Daniel H. Burnham.
Daniel Burnham
American architect
Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius
German-American architect
Alvar Aalto.
Alvar Aalto
Finnish architect
Inigo Jones
English architect and artist
Otto, Frei
Frei Otto
German architect

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