Engineer/designer Famous Names Starting with Letter C

Was a neoclassical French architect, interior decorator and designer, who worked in such close partn

Was a neoclassical French architect, interior decorator and designer, who worked in such close partnership with Pierre François Léonard Fontaine (Pontoise, near Paris September 20, 1762 – Paris, October 10, 1853), originally his friend from student days,

Was a Dutch architect and sculptor, active in Germany in the second half of the seventeenth century.

Was a Dutch architect and sculptor, active in Germany in the second half of the seventeenth century. He is mentioned in the Theatrum architecturae civilis (Bamberg 1697).[1]

Was an architect working in Victoria, Australia during the 19th century.He is probably best noted fo

Was an architect working in Victoria, Australia during the 19th century.He is probably best noted for his designs of the iconic Windsor Hotel, Royal Arcade, South Melbourne Town Hall and Tasma Terrace, all listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.

Is an American computer scientist, who spent his entire career as an industrial researcher rather th

Is an American computer scientist, who spent his entire career as an industrial researcher rather than in academia. He is particularly known for his work in the area of databases.

Was an English architect, and nephew to the architects James Wyatt & Samuel Wyatt, cousin to Sir Jef

Was an English architect, and nephew to the architects James Wyatt & Samuel Wyatt, cousin to Sir Jeffry Wyattville. He entered the army in 1780 as a cadet, sailing for India aboard the ship Mount Stewart on the 27th June of the same year, but the ship was captured by the French & Spanish fleets and returned to England. His second attempt to reach India was successful, arriving in 1782. He joined the Bengal Engineers, eventually being promoted to Captain in 1800 and Commander of Police. In June 1803 he was made Superindendent of Public Works.

Was a French academic architect and teacher.

Was a French academic architect and teacher.

Was a French architect. He was especially successful as a designer of internal decorations, mantel p

Was a French architect. He was especially successful as a designer of internal decorations, mantel pieces, mirrors, doors and overdoors, ceilings, consoles, candelabra, wall panellings and other fittings, chiefly in the Louis Quinze mode. He was also an industrious writer on architectural subjects. His principal works are: L'Architecture moderne (2 vols., 1728); L'Art de bdtir les maisons de campagne (2 vols., 1743); Traité du beau essentiel dans les arts appliqué particulièrement à l'architecture (1752); and Traité des proportions harmoniques.

Was an architect and architectural draughtsman. He made many drawings for Denon's work on the monume

Was an architect and architectural draughtsman. He made many drawings for Denon's work on the monuments of Egypt, and also views of various interesting Egyptian buildings, such as the interior of the Mosque at Hassan, the Palace of Karnac, the Great Sphinx, and the Pyramids of Ghizeh. Balzac died in Paris in 1820.

Was a French architectural draughtsman, antiquary and artist. He had a role in the genesis of neocla

Was a French architectural draughtsman, antiquary and artist. He had a role in the genesis of neoclassical architecture during the second half of the 18th century.

Was a French architect. He supervised the work of three other architects at the 1897-1900 Grand Pala

Was a French architect. He supervised the work of three other architects at the 1897-1900 Grand Palais, and worked at the Petit Palais from 1896 until 1900. He was elected to membership in the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1902. In 1905 he was chosen by Leopold II of Belgium to design the Arcades du Cinquantenaire in Brussels; also for Brussels,

Was a French architect and designer. Perriand became known at 24 years of age with "Bar Under the Ro

Was a French architect and designer. Perriand became known at 24 years of age with "Bar Under the Roof" — furniture made out of chromed steel and anodized aluminium. This was presented at the Salon d'Automne of 1927 and was acclaimed by the critics. Shortly afterward, she was invited to begin a collaboration with Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, which would last nearly ten years. She exhibited with them in the Salon d'Automne of 1929, "The Equipment of Habitation: Racks, Seats, Tables ". This furniture would be produced by Thonet and more recently by Cassina.

Is a German-born architect, resident in Sydney in Australia. He was a key designer of the Beijing Na

Is a German-born architect, resident in Sydney in Australia. He was a key designer of the Beijing National Aquatics Centre that was built for the 2008 Summer Olympics. For many years Bosse has based his work on the computational study of organic structure

Is a French architect and urbanist. He graduated from the École Nationale des Beaux Arts[1] in Pari

Is a French architect and urbanist. He graduated from the École Nationale des Beaux Arts[1] in Paris in 1970 and has since been noted for his bold designs and artistic touch; his projects reflect a sensibility to their environment and the town is a foundi

Was an influential French fashion designer, probably best known as the founder of one of the world's

Was an influential French fashion designer, probably best known as the founder of one of the world's top fashion houses Dior. He was born in Granville, Normandy, a seaside town off the coast of France. Dior flagship boutiques are found in Paris, Milan, Rome, London, New York, Beverly Hills, Tokyo, Osaka, Hong Kong, Boston, Honolulu, San Francisco, São Paulo, Seoul, Madrid, Miami, Barcelona, New Delhi, and Shanghai.

Is a Taiwan-born American architect, new media curator, art critic, and founder of the Wang Museum o

Is a Taiwan-born American architect, new media curator, art critic, and founder of the Wang Museum of Technology.

An Indian architect and planner born in America 1942. He studied urban planning at the Massachusetts

An Indian architect and planner born in America 1942. He studied urban planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and architecture at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, where he later taught (1969-72).Benninger studied under Josep Lluis Sert and worked in his studio. He was a protege of the economist Barbara Ward and a member of the Delos Symposium group, contributing articles to the journal Ekistics. He was influenced by the group's founder, Constantinos Doxiadis who lead the Ekistics movement. This brought him into association with Buckminister Fuller, Arnold Toynbee, Margaret Mead and Jaquline Tyrwhitt.

Is a retired NASA engineer and manager who was instrumental in establishing the agency's Mission Con

Is a retired NASA engineer and manager who was instrumental in establishing the agency's Mission Control operation. Following his graduation from Virginia Tech in 1944, Kraft was hired by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the predece

Was a British computer scientist. He was one of the founders of denotational semantics, and a pionee

Was a British computer scientist. He was one of the founders of denotational semantics, and a pioneer in programming language design. He was a member of the Strachey family prominent in government, arts, administration and academia.

Is a Professor in the Computer Science Division at the University of California, Berkeley, United St

Is a Professor in the Computer Science Division at the University of California, Berkeley, United States. He studied at the National Technical University of Athens (BS in Electrical Engineering, 1972) and at Princeton University (MS in Electrical Engineering, 1974 and PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1976). He has also taught at Harvard, MIT, the National Technical University of Athens, Stanford, and UCSD.

Was a Polish architect and theoretician of architecture.Chrystian Piotr Aigner acquired extensive kn

Was a Polish architect and theoretician of architecture.Chrystian Piotr Aigner acquired extensive knowledge of architecture in the course of several journeys to Italy that he made in the company of his patron and subsequent collaborator and friend Stanislaw Kostka Potocki.[2] He studied in Italy.[3] Later, during a long association with the city of Warsaw, he created many Classicist buildings in the Polish capital. A member of Rome's Academy of St. Luke, and of the Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning, and from 1817 a professor of architecture at Warsaw University,[4] he was active in Warsaw until 1825 and in Kraków before leaving for Italy for good[5] in 1827.[6]

Was an aircraft engineer and aeronautical innovator. As a member and first team leader of the Lockhe

Was an aircraft engineer and aeronautical innovator. As a member and first team leader of the Lockheed Skunk Works, Johnson worked for more than four decades and is said to have been an 'organizing genius.'[1] He played a leading role in the design of ove

Was an English architect who left for India in 1913 and started a successful practice there in 1917

Was an English architect who left for India in 1913 and started a successful practice there in 1917 with Gregson and King, a firm of architects which is still extant under the name of Gregson, Batley and King.Among his works are the Bombay Gymkhana (1917), Wakaner House (1933) now the American Consulate, Bombay Central Station (1930), Jinnah House (1935), Round Building (1937), Cusrow Baug in Colaba Causeway (1937-59) and its Agiary, known as The Seth Nusserwanji Hirji Karani Agiary (1938), Bombay Club (1939) now the Nataraj Hotel, Lalbhai House (1942) and Breach Candy Hospital (1950).

An American electrical engineer and mathematician, was "the father of information theory".Shannon is

An American electrical engineer and mathematician, was "the father of information theory".Shannon is famous for having founded information theory with one landmark paper published in 1948. But he is also credited with founding both digital computer and digital circuit design theory in 1937, when, as a 21-year-old master's student at MIT, he wrote a thesis demonstrating that electrical application of Boolean algebra could construct and resolve any logical, numerical relationship. It has been claimed that this was the most important master's thesis of all time.

Is best known as the architect of the eastern range of the Louvre in Paris, he also achieved success

Is best known as the architect of the eastern range of the Louvre in Paris, he also achieved success as physician and anatomist, and as an author, who wrote treatises on physics and natural history

Was a French architect. Vasconi was educated at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et de l'Ind

Was a French architect. Vasconi was educated at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et de l'Industrie in Strasbourg. In 1964, he set up office in Paris. After designing two key projects as a young architect, Les Halles in the centre of Paris and the building of the Préfecture in Cergy-Pontoise, he became one of the most sought-after architects in France, with major projects in Montpellier, Strasbourg and Saint-Nazaire.