Engineer/designer Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was a Dutch resistance fighter during the Second World War.In 1958 Penraat moved to the United State

Was a Dutch resistance fighter during the Second World War.In 1958 Penraat moved to the United States. Yad Vashem, the official Israeli memorial to victims of the Holocaust, awarded him the designation of Righteous Among the Nations and put him on its honor roll on June 11, 1988.

Is an academic architect and painter. He is a professor at Gdansk University of Technology, Poznan A

Is an academic architect and painter. He is a professor at Gdansk University of Technology, Poznan Academy of Fine Art - both in Poland - and at Universidade da Beira Interior in Covilhã, Portugal.

Was a Dutch architect, notable for his involvement in the reconstruction of Rotterdam after the Seco

Was a Dutch architect, notable for his involvement in the reconstruction of Rotterdam after the Second World War.

A tailor, Davis used small copper rivets to reinforce and strengthen items including harnesses. In 1

A tailor, Davis used small copper rivets to reinforce and strengthen items including harnesses. In 1871, a woman approached Davis to make pants for her husband, who was quite large. Davis decided to use the copper rivets to reinforce the pants for men.

Is a Dutch architect, lecturer and urbanist. In 1991 together with Winy Maas and Nathalie de Vries h

Is a Dutch architect, lecturer and urbanist. In 1991 together with Winy Maas and Nathalie de Vries he set up MVRDV. Early work such as the television centre Villa VPRO and the housing estate for elderly WoZoCo, both in the Netherlands, have brought him international acclaim and established MVRDV’s leading role in international architecture.

Was a Dutch architect

Was a Dutch architect

Was a French art deco modernist designer, architect and interior designer. An icon of luxurious Fren

Was a French art deco modernist designer, architect and interior designer. An icon of luxurious French Modernism, Jacques Adnet grew up with the 20th Century. He attended the Municipal School of Design in Auxerre and the École des Beaux-Arts Paris. He believed in the functional aspect of furniture combined with geometrical simplicity. Jacques Adnet was inspired by pre-classical styles and was well acquainted with traditional furniture. Until the age of 28, Jacques lived and worked hand in hand with his twin brother Jean at the Studio La Maitrise

Was a French architect and designer, working mostly in Art Deco style, active in France, Canada, and

Was a French architect and designer, working mostly in Art Deco style, active in France, Canada, and in the United States.

Was a French architect, whose work was marked by the movement of architecture, sculpture. Jacques Co

Was a French architect, whose work was marked by the movement of architecture, sculpture. Jacques Couëlle is a self-taught architect. Uncategorized, he remains on the margins of major movements in architecture and in particular the Modern Movement. In 1946 he founded the Research Center of natural structures which are made "studies and applications to human habitat natural phenomena and architecture of instinct, the architecture of plants and organic bodies. Nicknamed "the architect of billionaires," he has made exceptional homes.

Was a French architect, the contemporary of Jacques Ignace Hittorff and Henri Labrouste. Duban won t

Was a French architect, the contemporary of Jacques Ignace Hittorff and Henri Labrouste. Duban won the Prix de Rome in 1823, the most prestigious award of the École des Beaux-Arts. He was much influenced by his five-year stay in Italy, particularly his sense of color, influenced by the polychrome paintings of ancient Pompeii, newly uncovered Etruscan tombs, and the tradition of the great decorations painted in the Renaissance.

Is a French architect, interior designer and garden designer, best known for his contemporary interi

Is a French architect, interior designer and garden designer, best known for his contemporary interiors of Paris hotels and restaurants. When he finished his education, he began working for a firm of contemporary architects, and created the concepts for the interiors of the tour Montparnasse in Paris, Le Méridien hotels, and the Royal Monceau à Paris. He was also the interior architect for the Hôtel Costes and Costes restaurants, the hotel Majestic,

Was a French architect. At the art competitions of the 1928 Olympic Games he won a silver medal in t

Was a French architect. At the art competitions of the 1928 Olympic Games he won a silver medal in town planning and a bronze medal in architectural design both for his "The Versailles Stadium".

Was a French architect in the international circle that introduced Neoclassicism. His most famous wo

Was a French architect in the international circle that introduced Neoclassicism. His most famous work is the Panthéon, Paris, built from 1755 onwards, originally as a church dedicated to Sainte Genevieve.

Was a German-born French architect who combined advanced structural use of new materials, notably ca

Was a German-born French architect who combined advanced structural use of new materials, notably cast iron, with conservative Beaux-Arts classicism in a career that spanned the decades from the Restoration to the Second Empire.

Was a French architect and engineer, one of the influential trio that included Louis Le Vau and Fran

Was a French architect and engineer, one of the influential trio that included Louis Le Vau and François Mansart who formed the classicizing French Baroque manner, drawing from French traditions of the previous century and current Roman practice the fresh, essentially French synthesis associated with Cardinal Richelieu and Louis XIII.

Was an Estonian architect of Baltic German descent. From 1904 to 1907 Rosenbaum was the city archite

Was an Estonian architect of Baltic German descent. From 1904 to 1907 Rosenbaum was the city architect of Tartu. After that he worked in Tallinn

Was a French architect who practiced in Paris, working in a neoclassical manner that he refined work

Was a French architect who practiced in Paris, working in a neoclassical manner that he refined working in the atelier of Percier and Fontaine, Napoleon's chief architects. Huvé was the son of an architect, Jean-Jacques Huvé, with whom he received his earliest instruction. He was named supervisor of the works at the Église de la Madeleine in 1808, and at the decease of its architect, Pierre-Alexandre Vignon, in 1828, Huvé was called upon to bring the work to completion. With tenacity he pressed the government to release the funding that permitted the church to be completed in 1842.

Was a French architect, one of the most renowned architects of fin-de-siècle Paris. Hermant was edu

Was a French architect, one of the most renowned architects of fin-de-siècle Paris. Hermant was educated at the École des Beaux-Arts under Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer. He was a rationalist architect, but was a strong advocate for the neoromanticism style of the time, preferably the style of Louis XIII. Hermant became an advocate for concrete construction and erected two of the first reinforced concrete buildings in Paris, collaborating with the French engineer Edmond Coignet (1856–1915), who patented his system in 1892.

Is a pilot, who served in the Air Transport Auxiliary during the Second World War. She is a daughter

Is a pilot, who served in the Air Transport Auxiliary during the Second World War. She is a daughter of Marshal and Naczelnik Józef Pilsudski.In 1937 Jadwiga began flying gliders and obtained a pilot's licence. In 1939 she passed her examinations from secondary school and made plans to study aircraft engineering at the Warsaw Polytechnic.In September 1939, Poland was invaded by the Nazis, initiating the Second World War and her family made plans to leave the country immediately. Pilsudska fled with her mother and elder sister, Wanda, to Lithuania and eventually arrived in the United Kingdom. She resumed her studies, in 1940, matriculating at Cambridge University.

Was governor of the state of Paraná, in southern Brazil. He is renowned as an architect and urban p

Was governor of the state of Paraná, in southern Brazil. He is renowned as an architect and urban planner, having been mayor of Curitiba, capital of Paraná, three times (1971–75, 1979–84 and 1989–92). In 1994, Lerner was elected governor of Paraná, and was reelected in 1998.He graduated from the Escola de Arquitetura da Universidade Federal do Paraná; (Architecture School of the Federal University of Paraná) in 1964. In 1965, he helped create the Instituto de Pesquisa e Planejamento Urbano de Curitiba (Institute of Urban Planning and Research of Curitiba, also known as IPPUC) and participated in the design of the Curitiba Master Plan.

Was a German contractor. Since 1866, he was into railway construction and in 1871 established the bu

Was a German contractor. Since 1866, he was into railway construction and in 1871 established the builders J. Heilmann in Regensburg. In 1892, his son-in-law, the young architect Professor Max Littmann (1862-1931) joined him, so the construction company o

Was an important baroque architect in Plzen and west Bohemia. His works include, tee Chotešov Abbey

Was an important baroque architect in Plzen and west Bohemia. His works include, tee Chotešov Abbey, the Church of Saint Anna and Saint Ruzena Limanska in Plzen. He is buried in the church's crypt.[1], [2

Was a famous Czech architect, folk artist and builder of Bohemian Rustic Baroque architecture. He de

Was a famous Czech architect, folk artist and builder of Bohemian Rustic Baroque architecture. He decorated many gables of houses in Southern Bohemia in the style of the so-called rural South Bohemian Baroque.

Was a prominent Czech Renaissance architect and engineer.He was a prolific designer and founder of f

Was a prominent Czech Renaissance architect and engineer.He was a prolific designer and founder of fishponds.

Was a renowned Polish classicist architect and designer. One of the most renowned architects of his

Was a renowned Polish classicist architect and designer. One of the most renowned architects of his epoch, since 1781 he was the personal architect of king Stanislaw August Poniatowski. Among the most notable of his works are a number of palaces and summer residences in Poland, including the palaces of Bialaczów (1800) and Bejsce (1802). Between 1816 and 1818 he built a dozen or so city limit booths at the outskirts of Warsaw (two are preserved to our times). Between 1818 and 1821 he also designed the reconstructed terrace part of the Royal Castle in Warsaw, known ever since as Kubicki's Arcades and rebuilt the palace of Belweder.