Famous Architects Posters & Prints “Ba...-Bo...-”
for art, art history and social studies classrooms, home schoolers, and offices.

Edmund Bacon
Luis Barragán
Frederic Bartholdi

Pietro Belluschi
Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini

Edmund Bacon
b. 5-2-1910; Philadelphia, PA
d. 10-14-2005

Edmund Bacon, urban planner, architect, educator and author is sometimes described as “The Father of Modern Philadelphia.”

FYI - Edmund Bacon was the father of actor Kevin Bacon.

• Edmund Bacon: A Biography of a Visionary Planner

Luis Barragán
b. 3-9-1902; Guadalajara, Mexico
d. 11-22-1988; Mexico City

Educated as an engineer and self trained as an architect, Luis Barragán, was the second awardee of the Pritzker Prize (1980), and his house and studio are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
b. 8-2-1834; Colmar, Alsace
d. 10-4-1904; Paris (tuberculosis)

Bartholdi is most remembered for his statue, Liberty Enlightening the World, or the Statue of Liberty, that is located in the New York Harbor.

The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the people of France to the United States commemorating the centennial of the signing the the Declaration of Independence.

• The Statue of Liberty Encyclopedia

Pietro Belluschi
b. 8-18-1899; Ancona, Italy
d. 2-14-1994; Portland, OR

Pietro Belluschi, who was awarded the 1972 AIA Gold Medal, designed the first office building with a completely sealed air-conditioned environment.

• Pietro Belluschi: Modern American Architect

Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini
b. 12-7-1598; Naples, Italy
d. 11-28-1680; Rome

Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini was a 17th century sculptor and architect in the Baroque style of elaborate, processional spaces, embellished with many details, that would impress with grandeur and obulence, such as the colonnade and piazza in front of St. Peter's Basilica.

Bernini's architectural designs concentrate primarily on the sculptural embellishment of pre-existing structures such as the baldachin (canopy) over the high altar of St. Peter's Basilica and Ecstasy of St. Theresa in Santa Maria della Vittoria.

• Bernini and the Art of Architecture

Giotto di Bondone
b. c. 1267; near Florence, Italy
d. c. 1337

Giotto is considered a founding father of Italian Renaissance though only his Florentine gothic style campanile, or bell tower, on the Piazza del Duomo in Florence, and the Scrovegni Chapel fresco cycle in Padua, are unquestionably attributed to him.

• Giotto: Complete Works

Kees Boeke
b. 9-25-1884; Alkmaar, The Netherlands
d. 7-3-1966

Kees Boeke, who trained as an architect, is best remembered as a Quaker missionary, WWI pacificist who was a cofounder of an organization that later evolved into War Resisters' International, and educator associated with Montessori methods.

In his 1957 essay/book Cosmic View he presents the universe from the galactic to the microscopic scale, and as the founder of “De werkplaats” (the workshop) school, he introduced his idea of sociocracy where students are co-responsible with teachers for their curriculum.

FYI -
• The Cosmic View was the inspiration of several films - Charles & Ray Eames' The Power of Ten, Cosmic Zoom and Cosmic Voyage.