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Paul Hankar
b. 12-11-1859; Frameries, Belgium
d. 1-17-1901
Architect Paul Hankar designed in the Art Nouveau style at the turn of the 20th century.
• The Art Nouveau Style
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Thomas Hardy
b. 6-2-1840; Stinsford, Dorchester, Dorset, England
d. 1-11-1928
Thomas Hardy, whose father was a stonemason, trained as an architect before committing to writing, regarding himself as a poet who composed novels for financial gain. Among his work are the classics Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd.
• Thomas Hardy at Amazon.com
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Wallace K. Harrison
b. 9-28-1895; Worcester, MA
d. 2-10-1981
Wallace K. Harrison is noted for his work on the United Nations headquarters, heading up an international all-star team of architects who created a dramatic and functional design as the ultimate realization of the International Style.
Harrison also worked on the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Fish Church in Stamford, CT, and the central modernistic structures known as the Trylon and Perisphere for the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair.
Harrison was partners with Max Abramovitz.
• The United Nations: The Building Block Series
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Baron Haussmann
b. 3-27-1809; Paris, France
d. 1-11-1891
Georges-Eugène Haussmann, know as Baron Haussmann, was a civic planner closely associated with the rebuilding of Paris which encompassed all aspects of urban planning - streets and boulevards, regulations about facades, parks, sewers, city facilities and public monuments.
Haussmann gave Paris its current long, wide and straight boulevards cutting through the dense tangle of alleyways that represented the ancient roots of the city.
• Baron Haussmann at Amazon
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Villard de Honnecourt
fl. 13th century; Picardy, France
Villard de Honnecourt traveled throughout Medieval cathedral building sites making drawings and detailed descriptions of sculpture, architectural plans, elevations and details, ecclesiastical objects and mechanical devices.
• The Medieval Sketchbook of Villard de Honnecourt
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Ebenezer Howard
b. 1-29-1850; London, England
d. 5-1-1928
Ebenezer Howard, the founder of the Garden City concept, believed that the solution to overcrowding and poor conditions in modern industrial towns was to produce new planned communities. The goal of the garden city was to combine the attractions of town life with access to nature and a healthier lifestyle.
• To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform
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