Engineer/designer Famous Names Starting with Letter G

Was one of the great Italian architects of 16th century Mannerism. His two great masterpieces are th

Was one of the great Italian architects of 16th century Mannerism. His two great masterpieces are the Villa Farnese at Caprarola and the Jesuits' Church of the Gesù in Rome. The three writers who spread the Italian Renaissance style throughout Western Eur

Was an Italian architect, born in Venice. He was a devotee of the work of Florentine Renaissance arc

Was an Italian architect, born in Venice. He was a devotee of the work of Florentine Renaissance architect Leon Battista Alberti, who had also been the chief inspiration of Andrea Palladio. Leoni thus served as a prominent exponent of Palladianism in Engl

Was the foremost and most prolific practitioner of Palladian architecture in Imperial Russia, partic

Was the foremost and most prolific practitioner of Palladian architecture in Imperial Russia, particularly in Saint Petersburg. Born in Rota d'Imagna near Bergamo to an Italian noble family, Quarenghi was destined by his parents for a career in law or the church but initially was allowed to study painting in the Bergamo studio of G. Reggi, himself a student of Tiepolo.

Was an Italian fashion designer and founder of Gianni Versace S.p.A., an international fashion house

Was an Italian fashion designer and founder of Gianni Versace S.p.A., an international fashion house, which produces accessories, fragrances, makeup and home furnishings as well as clothes

Was a celebrated French designer at the Bâtiments du Roi, the French royal works, and one of the in

Was a celebrated French designer at the Bâtiments du Roi, the French royal works, and one of the initiators of the Rococo, nicknamed "the French Borromini". As a boy Oppenord was sent in 1692 to study as a royal pensioner in Rome for eight years, where he largely ignored the remains of Classical Antiquity and spent his time instead sketching the Baroque sculptural ornaments of the preceding generations, principally under Bernini and Borromini, and in northern Italy the ornament of Mannerist architects like Pirro Ligorio. Three notebooks of his youthful drawings survive.[1]

Was an Italian architect, born in Rovereto. He was the father of classical pianist Maurizio Pollini.

Was an Italian architect, born in Rovereto. He was the father of classical pianist Maurizio Pollini.Pollini worked together with Luigi Figini since 1929. He also taught architecture in Milan and Palermo.

Was one of the most important Italian architects, industrial designers, furniture designers, artists

Was one of the most important Italian architects, industrial designers, furniture designers, artists, and publishers of the twentieth century.Ponti began his architectural career in partnership with Mino Fiocchi and Emilio Lancia from 1923 through 1927, a

Is an Italian fashion designer, particularly noted for his menswear. He is known today for his clean

Is an Italian fashion designer, particularly noted for his menswear. He is known today for his clean, tailored lines. He formed his company, Armani, in 1974, and by 2001 was acclaimed as the most successful designer to come out of Italy,[1] with an annual turnover of $1.691 billion, and a personal fortune of $5 billion.[2]

Also known as Fra Montorsoli, as Michele Agnolo and as Angelo di Michele d' Angelo da Poggibonsi, wa

Also known as Fra Montorsoli, as Michele Agnolo and as Angelo di Michele d' Angelo da Poggibonsi, was an Italian sculptor.Born in Florence, he was employed from 1521 to 1534 as one of Michelangelo Buonarroti's assistants at the Medici Chapel (Sacrestia Nu

Was a Sicilian architect, notable for his work in the Baroque style in his homeland during the perio

Was a Sicilian architect, notable for his work in the Baroque style in his homeland during the period of massive rebuilding following the earthquake of 1693. Many of his principal works can be found in the area in and around Catania.

Was a Dutch-born architect, garden designer and engraver who spent his mature career in Rome, where

Was a Dutch-born architect, garden designer and engraver who spent his mature career in Rome, where he arrived in the 1580s. He worked as assistant to Flaminio Ponzio and completed works in progress at Ponzio's death (1613); he became in some sense the "house architect' for the Borghese, responsible for ephemeral decorations to provide settings for dynastic events both gay and grave.[1] After Vasanzio's death, Giovanni Battista Soria assumed his role with the Borghese.

Was an Italian architect who worked on the whole in a conservative Mannerist style, often with colla

Was an Italian architect who worked on the whole in a conservative Mannerist style, often with collaborating architects, yet was a successful competitor of Bernini. His son, Carlo Rainaldi, became an even more notable, more fully Baroque architect.

Was an Italian architect, best known for his work in Palermo, Sicily. He was born in Florence.His mo

Was an Italian architect, best known for his work in Palermo, Sicily. He was born in Florence.His most famous work is the Quattro Canti, an eight sided piazza in the centre of Palermo. The result of a road straightening and widening scheme, the Quattri Ca

Was an Italian aeronautics engineer. He is famous as designer of numerous Italian military aircraft,

Was an Italian aeronautics engineer. He is famous as designer of numerous Italian military aircraft, including the FIAT G.50 and G.55 World War II fighters.Gabrielli designed 142 aircraft, all bearing his initial, including the G.50, the G.55 (one of the

Was an Italian architect.He received his first training in his native Palermo. This was followed by

Was an Italian architect.He received his first training in his native Palermo. This was followed by a period in Rome from 1747 to 1759. By the end of his stay a handful of progressive young architects and designers in the circuit of the French Academy in

Is an Australian architect

Is an Australian architect

Was an Indian-born American professor, whose most recent position was a professor in the Department

Was an Indian-born American professor, whose most recent position was a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental engineering, part of the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, United States. He was a victim of the Virginia Tech massacre.

English electrical engineer who shared the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Allan Mc

English electrical engineer who shared the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Allan McLeod Cormack for his part in developing the diagnostic technique of X-ray computed tomography (CT).

A contemporary German architect.

A contemporary German architect.

Is a contemporary German architect.Böhm was born into a family of architects in Offenbach, Hessen

Is a contemporary German architect.Böhm was born into a family of architects in Offenbach, Hessen. His father, Dominikus Böhm, was renowned for having built several churches throughout Germany. His grandfather was also an architect. After having graduated from Technical University of Munich in 1946, he studied sculpture at a nearby fine-arts academy. After 1947, Böhm worked for his father until the latter's death in 1955. Böhm later took over the firm. During this period, he also worked with the "Society for the Reconstruction of Cologne" under Rudolf Schwarz. In 1951, he traveled to New York City where he worked for six months in the architectural firm of Cajetan Baumann. During his travels in America, he met two of his greatest inspirations, German architects Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius.

Was a Finnish architect who became famous for his art nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20

Was a Finnish architect who became famous for his art nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century.Saarinen was educated in Helsinki at the Helsinki University of Technology. From 1896 to 1905 he worked as a partner with Herman Gesellius and Armas Lindgren at the firm Gesellius, Lindgren, and Saarinen. His first major work with the firm, the Finnish pavilion at the World Fair of 1900, exhibited an extraordinary convergence of stylistic influences: Finnish wooden architecture, the British Gothic Revival, and the Jugendstil. Saarinen's early manner was later christened the Finnish National Romanticism and culminated in the Helsinki Central railway station (designed 1904, constructed 1910-14). From 1910–15 he worked on the extensive city-planning project of Munksnäs-Haga and later published a book on the subject. In January 1911 he became a consultant in city planning for Reval, Estonia and was invited to Budapest to advise in city development. In 1912, a brochure written by Saarinen about the planning problems of Budapest was published. In April 1913 he received the first place award in an international competition for his plan of Reval. During 1917-18 Saarinen worked on the city-plan for greater Helsinki. He also designed the Finnish markka banknotes introduced in 1922.

Engineer, industrial designer and industrialist, born in Schorndorf (Kingdom of W

Engineer, industrial designer and industrialist, born in Schorndorf (Kingdom of W

Is an American software engineer, and Chief Scientist, Software Engineering in IBM Research. Booch i

Is an American software engineer, and Chief Scientist, Software Engineering in IBM Research. Booch is best known for developing the Unified Modeling Language with Ivar Jacobson and James Rumbaugh.

Is an Australian computer programmer and science fiction author.

Is an Australian computer programmer and science fiction author.

Is an Argentine-American mathematician and computer scientist.Beginning in the late 1960s, Chaitin m

Is an Argentine-American mathematician and computer scientist.Beginning in the late 1960s, Chaitin made contributions to algorithmic information theory and metamathematics, in particular a new incompleteness theorem in reaction to Gödel's incompleteness theorem.