British Architects
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Inigo Jones
Inigo Jones was an unlikely candidate to have become the foremost architect of his generation, an architect so far in advance of his contemporaries that it was not until the 18th-century that the style he had espoused and developed found popularity, championed by Lord Burlington and other exponents of the Palladian movement. More...
Sir Christopher Wren
Sir Christopher Wren was an architect during the Seventeenth Century and one of the best known architects of all time. He is famous for the rebuilding of London's churches after the Great Fire of London in 1666 and most significantly St. Paul's Cathedral. More...
Nicholas Hawksmoor
Nicholas Hawksmoor is famed for his role as the architectural assistant to Sir Christopher Wren and Sir John Vanbrugh rather than his individual achievements. More...
Sir John Vanbrugh
Sir John Vanbrugh was one of the leading British architects and is famous for designing Blenheim Palace. Despite his prominence, very little is known about his early life and it is believed he was born in London but spent his childhood in Chester. More...
Robert Adam
Robert Adam was born in Kirkaldy, Fife Scotland in 1728 and is famous for hi furniture and interior designs and most importantly for his work as an architect. He learnt his trade from his father William Adam who was a stone mason and architect. He had 3 brothers who were all architects and set up a London business with William and James which led to them being referred to as the Adam brothers. More...
John Nash
John Nash took a circuitous route to become one of the most respected figures in the canon of English architecture. Nash was born in London in 1752, the son of a Lambeth millwright. He began his career under the guidance of Sir Robert Taylor (who became the surveyor of the King's Works in 1769), but a substantial inheritance enabled him to retire before he produced anything of significance. More...
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was born in Glasgow in 1868 and started his architecture career at 15 years old after he was apprenticed to an architect, called John Hutchinson. Mackintosh worked for Hutchinson between 1884 and 1889. He also attended classes at the Glasgow School of Art where he met Margaret MacDonald (later became his wife), Frances MacDonald and Herbert McNair. The group became known as "The Four" and they staged exhibitions together, which helped to raise Mackintosh's profile. More...