Architects
14 people, across 2 fields.
Frank Lloyd Wright 1867–1959Engineering & ArchitectureArchitect and engineer whose organic architecture, including Fallingwater, reshaped the built environment.
Frederick Law Olmsted 1822–1903Engineering & ArchitectureLandscape architect who designed Central Park and established public parks as essential American civic infrastructure.
Frank Gehry 1929–2025Engineering & ArchitectureDeveloped a sculptural architectural language seen in the Walt Disney Concert Hall and other landmarks.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 1886–1969Engineering & ArchitectureDirected architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology and defined American modernist steel-and-glass buildings.
I. M. Pei 1917–2019Engineering & ArchitectureArchitect whose monumental modern buildings reshaped American civic and cultural architecture.
Robert Moses 1888–1981Engineering & ArchitectureMaster builder whose roads, parks, and public works reshaped metropolitan New York while displacing communities and entrenching car dependence.
Louis Sullivan 1856–1924Engineering & ArchitectureArchitect whose skyscraper designs and “form follows function” principle helped define modern architecture.
Buckminster Fuller 1895–1983Engineering & ArchitecturePopularized the geodesic dome and promoted resource-efficient structural design.
Eero Saarinen 1910–1961Engineering & ArchitectureArchitect whose expressive buildings and furniture became icons of postwar American modernism.
Daniel Burnham 1846–1912Engineering & ArchitectureArchitect and planner whose City Beautiful vision shaped downtowns, civic centers, and urban planning.
Maya Lin b. 1959Engineering & ArchitectureDesigner of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial whose work transformed American memorial architecture.
Charles Eames 1907–1978Visual Arts & DesignDesigner who with Ray Eames produced molded plywood and fiberglass furniture for American manufacturers.
Julia Morgan 1872–1957Engineering & ArchitectureFirst woman licensed as an architect in California and designer of Hearst Castle.
William Le Baron Jenney 1832–1907Engineering & ArchitectureArchitect and engineer who designed the first skyscraper, the Home Insurance Building in Chicago.