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An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space wit
Filippo Brunelleschi is revered as one of the most inventive and gifted architects in history.
Ceremony for the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture, presenting the award for the Arcadia Education Centre
Filippo Brunelleschi
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Filippo di ser Brunellesco di Lippo Lapi, commonly known as Filippo Brunelleschi and also nicknamed Pippo by Leon Battista Alberti, was an Italian architect, designer, goldsmith, and sculptor. He is c
Architect
…referred to the same person, often used interchangeably. "Architect" derives from Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn, "master builder," "chief tektōn"). Filippo Brunelleschi is revered as one of the most inventive and gifted architects in history. It is suggested that various developments in technology and mathematics allowed…
Portrait by Masaccio, Brancacci Chapel in Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, 1423–1428
Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral towering above Florence, with the largest brick dome in the world, realized by Brunelleschi.
St. John the Evangelist, Silver Altar of Saint James, Pistoia Cathedral (1399–1400)
Jeremiah and Isaiah, altarpiece of St. James