Engineer/designer Famous Names Starting with Letter H

An Indian architect. He did his Graduate Diploma in architecture from Academy of Architecture, Mumba

An Indian architect. He did his Graduate Diploma in architecture from Academy of Architecture, Mumbai in 1975 and completed his graduation from Columbia University in New York City on a Tata scholarship.Hafeez Contractor commenced his career in 1968 as an apprentice with T. Khareghat and in 1977 he became the associate partner in the firm. Between 1977 and 1980 Hafeez was a visiting faculty at the Academy of Architecture, Mumbai. He is a member of the Bombay Heritage Committee and New Delhi Lutyens Bungalow Zone Review Committee.

Is one of the most prominent and respectable fashion designers in Japan. She is the only Japanese wo

Is one of the most prominent and respectable fashion designers in Japan. She is the only Japanese woman to have presented her collections on the runways of Paris and New York, and the first Asian woman to be admitted as an official haute couture design house by the fédération française de la couture in France. She is also the most honored female designer in Japan. Being one of the first women to have a career in Japan, she is widely regarded as an icon of the liberated women. Her fashion house, opened in Japan in 1951, grew to become a $500 million international business by the 1990's.

Is an Egyptian engineer of Coptic descent. He was born in Tanta, Egypt and moved to Cairo for high s

Is an Egyptian engineer of Coptic descent. He was born in Tanta, Egypt and moved to Cairo for high school and university. In 1973 he moved to Germany to study civil engineering in Bochum.Azer was honored by the German Chancellor Angela Merkel on 26 May 2006[citation needed] at the inauguration of the Berlin Hauptbahnhof.

Was one of the most innovative and prolific of all Danish furniture designers that made mid-century

Was one of the most innovative and prolific of all Danish furniture designers that made mid-century Danish design internationally popular. His work belongs to a minimalist school, but preserves function. He is probably best known for his many chairs of genuine craftmanship.

Was one of the most innovative and prolific of all Danish furniture designers that made mid-century

Was one of the most innovative and prolific of all Danish furniture designers that made mid-century Danish design internationally popular. His work belongs to a minimalist school, but preserves function. He is probably best known for his many chairs of genuine craftmanship.

Engineer and high-ranking officer of the SS. He oversaw SS construction projects, and towards the en

Engineer and high-ranking officer of the SS. He oversaw SS construction projects, and towards the end of World War II was put in charge of the V-2 missile programme.

German architect and professor.

German architect and professor.

Was a German architect. He designed the Church of St Martin, Landshut and completed it in 1498.

Was a German architect. He designed the Church of St Martin, Landshut and completed it in 1498.

Was a town planner and architect in Western Australia. Boas designed many public buildings in and ar

Was a town planner and architect in Western Australia. Boas designed many public buildings in and around Perth and was an influential Jewish community leader.[1]In June 1905 he moved to Perth where he initially joined architects M. F. Cavanagh & Austin Bastow and later Oldham, Boas, Ednie-Brown & Partners with whom he stayed for many years. Boas married Sadie ('Sarah') Cohen in North Perth on 29 March 1911.With his partners, Boas designed many public and private buildings around Perth including the open-aired King's Picture Theatre (1905), the Nedlands Park Hotel (1907), Radio station 6WF (1924), Edith Dircksey Cowan Memorial (1934), the Emu Brewery (1938)[2], the Adelphi Hotel, London Court (1937) and the Gledden Building (1838).

Is an American computer designer pioneer.Huskey was born in the Smoky Mountains region of North Caro

Is an American computer designer pioneer.Huskey was born in the Smoky Mountains region of North Carolina and grew up in Idaho. He gained his Master's and then his PhD in 1943 from the Ohio State University on Contributions to the Problem of Geocze. Huskey taught mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania and then worked part-time on the early ENIAC computer in 1945.

Was a Jewish-Dutch architect. His style is that of the Amsterdam School.Elte was educated by Berlage

Was a Jewish-Dutch architect. His style is that of the Amsterdam School.Elte was educated by Berlage. He designed several synagogues and villa's in the Netherlands, as well as a football stadium. For his parents, he designed grave stones on the Jewish cemetery of Muiderberg.

Was an Australian architect working in Melbourne during the mid 1920s and 1930s.He designed some of

Was an Australian architect working in Melbourne during the mid 1920s and 1930s.He designed some of the city's most loved buildings, most in the Melbourne CBD and many in moderne and art deco styles featuring the use of Glazed architectural terra-cotta, inspired by his tour to California in the early 1920s.Possibly his most famous work, Burnham Beeches, designed midway through his career, received worldwide acclaim for its innovative Streamline Moderne design.

Was an Austrian-born Australian architect who is considered to be one of the leading exponents of Mo

Was an Austrian-born Australian architect who is considered to be one of the leading exponents of Modernism's methodology in Australia and the first architect to fully express the principles of the Bauhaus in Australia.Harry Seidler designed more than 180 buildings[1] and he has received much recognition for his contribution to Architecture of Australia. Some of his comments and his building designs have stirred significant controversy.[2]

Was a German physician, humanist and historian, one of the first cartographers to make use of the pr

Was a German physician, humanist and historian, one of the first cartographers to make use of the printing press. He was born in Nuremberg. Matheolus Perusinus served as his tutor.Schedel is best known for his writing the text for the Nuremberg Chronicle, known as Schedelsche Weltchronik (English translation: Schedel's World Chronicle'), published in 1493 in Nuremberg. This was probably a commission from Anton Koberger, as much of the point of the work was its lavish illustrations. The Chronicle is therefore an incunabulum. Many of the maps in his Nuremberg Chronicle illustrated cities and countries for the first time ever, because not too much was known till then. Cities were featured in the chronicle as the material was ready and Cracow, Lübeck, Nissa or Neyß are described towards the end.

Is the earliest known designer of the Smiley.Harvey Ball served 27 years in the National Guard, and

Is the earliest known designer of the Smiley.Harvey Ball served 27 years in the National Guard, and was based in Asia and the Pacific during World War II. He retired as a Brigadier General in 1973 and then served six years in the Army Reserves. He retired as a full colonel in 1979. Ball was awarded the Bronze Star for heroism during the Battle of Okinawa. He was awarded the Veteran of the Year award from the Worcester Veterans Council in 1999.

Was a modernist American architect, noted for his work in Southern California that assimilated Europ

Was a modernist American architect, noted for his work in Southern California that assimilated European and American influences.He began his studies at Pomona College but left after a year to study sculpture at the Otis Art Institute, now Otis College of Art and Design. In 1928, he began apprenticing under architect Richard Neutra with whom he was associated until 1932. (Fellow apprentices included Gregory Ain and Raphael Soriano.)

Is a noted Egyptian architect who pioneered appropriate technology for building in Egypt, especially

Is a noted Egyptian architect who pioneered appropriate technology for building in Egypt, especially by working to re-establish the use of mud brick (or adobe) and traditional as opposed to western building designs and lay-outs.

Was an architect, who is widely considered today to be the most prominent representative of the Fren

Was an architect, who is widely considered today to be the most prominent representative of the French Art Nouveau movement of the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries.

Was a French historicist architect, whose most familiar work was the completion of the Palais du Lou

Was a French historicist architect, whose most familiar work was the completion of the Palais du Louvre, including the reconstruction of the Pavillon de Flore after a disastrous fire. A winner of the Prix de Rome in 1839, he spent the years 1840 to 1844 as a pensionary of the French Academy in Rome at the Villa Medici. On his return to France he opened his own practice and was appointed an inspector for the Chambre des députés.

Is a Dutch Architect, Urbanist and Teacher at the faculty of Architecture of the TU Delft. de Haan g

Is a Dutch Architect, Urbanist and Teacher at the faculty of Architecture of the TU Delft. de Haan graduated from the TU Delft in 1970. He worked as a teacher at the Academie van Bouwkunst Amsterdam, Groningen, and Tilburg.Since 1975, he has been working at the TU Delft. Until September 2007, de Haan was chairman of the Stylos Stichting, a foundation which exists since 1984 to support initiatives from students of the Architecture faculty of the TU Delft.

German surgeon, botanist, microbiologist, and mycologist (fungal systematics and physiology).

German surgeon, botanist, microbiologist, and mycologist (fungal systematics and physiology).

Was a Czech architect.From 1903 to 1921 he studied at German Technical University in Brno. His study

Was a Czech architect.From 1903 to 1921 he studied at German Technical University in Brno. His study was interrupted by war. Later he continued to work at the university. Together with architects Arnošt Wiesner, Otto Eisler and Sikmund Kerekes he was influenced by works of Adolf Loos. In 1942 Blum was deported to concentration camps Theresienstadt and Lublin. He died at an unknown location.

Was German-born architect most noted for his work in Norway. Schirmer worked in Norway from 1838 to

Was German-born architect most noted for his work in Norway. Schirmer worked in Norway from 1838 to 1883 and put his mark on a number of public buildings.[1] He contributed significantly to the introduction of the so-called Swiss architectural style in No

Was a German architect who worked in Puerto Rico. He was one of Puerto Rico's most prominent archite

Was a German architect who worked in Puerto Rico. He was one of Puerto Rico's most prominent architects in the mid 20th Century.Having met New Deal brain trust planner Rexford Tugwell in the late 1930s, he was invited to move to Puerto Rico in 1944 and collaborate in the design of post-war modern Puerto Rico. A nomad for the first four decades of his life, he left Los Angeles on February 24, 1944, his 39th birthday and finally found a "home" in San Juan, Puerto Rico and devoted most of the rest of his life to building up Puerto Rico. Shortly after his arrival in Puerto Rico, Klumb worked in the Public Works Design Committee. As a member of the Design Committee, he was responsible for the design of multiple government structures throughout Puerto Rico.

Was a 1960s London fashion model; she is the younger sister of Pattie Boyd, who married Beatle Georg

Was a 1960s London fashion model; she is the younger sister of Pattie Boyd, who married Beatle George Harrison.She was given the nickname 'Jenny' as an infant by sister Pattie, after her favourite doll. She dated folk-rock singer Donovan, who wrote "Jennifer Juniper" about her.