Engineer/designer Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Was an Argentine architect, engineer and urbanist best known for designing the layout of the city of

Was an Argentine architect, engineer and urbanist best known for designing the layout of the city of La Plata.Pedro Benoit was born in Buenos Aires in 1836 to María Josefa de las Mercedes Leyes and Pierre Benoit, an French emigré who had left his homeland following the Bourbon Restoration. His father, a trained architect, engineer and topographer instilled his interests in his son, who enrolled in 1850 at the Topography and Geodesics School of the Department of Engineering of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina's largest.[1

Is a Finnish architect. He graduated from the Tampere University of Technology in 1993 and started h

Is a Finnish architect. He graduated from the Tampere University of Technology in 1993 and started his own architect office in Turku in 1994. Among his realizations is the Kumu Art Museum, in Tallinn, Estonia.

Was a Danish-American computer scientist known for concurrent programming theory.

Was a Danish-American computer scientist known for concurrent programming theory.

Is a Swedish aeronautical engineer, pilot and adventurer. He is particularly known for his series of

Is a Swedish aeronautical engineer, pilot and adventurer. He is particularly known for his series of record-breaking trans-oceanic hot air balloon flights and, later, attempts to be the first to fly a Rozière balloon around the Earth - all with British en

Was a Netherlandish Mannerist painter and architect. He moved to Florence as a child with his father

Was a Netherlandish Mannerist painter and architect. He moved to Florence as a child with his father, a tapestry weaver, and was trained in Italy. Candid worked with Giorgio Vasari on the Sala Regia in the Vatican and on the cupola of the Florence Cathedral. By 1586 he was in Munich, where he was first court painter to Duke William V of Bavaria and later worked for Maximilian I of Bavaria.

Is a Danish pioneer in computer science and Turing award winner. His last name is the N in the BNF n

Is a Danish pioneer in computer science and Turing award winner. His last name is the N in the BNF notation (Backus-Naur form), used in the description of the syntax for most programming languages. He contributed to the creation of the ALGOL 60 programming language.

Is a Swedish computer scientist, entrepreneur and author[1] who has contributed to artificial intell

Is a Swedish computer scientist, entrepreneur and author[1] who has contributed to artificial intelligence, automatic programming, machine learning, and evolutionary robotics

Was a German architect, best-known for building Saint Vitus Cathedral and Charles Bridge in Prague,

Was a German architect, best-known for building Saint Vitus Cathedral and Charles Bridge in Prague, where he lived from about 1356. His father, master builder Heinrich Parler (the name deriving from "parlerius", speaker and head of the masons), had moved

Was a French architect, one of the great masters of the Renaissance.He was born at Lyon, the son of

Was a French architect, one of the great masters of the Renaissance.He was born at Lyon, the son of Jehan de l'Orme, who practised the same art and brought his son up to it. At an early age Philibert was sent to Italy to study (1533–1536) and was employed there by Pope Paul III.

Was a French architect, one of the great masters of the French Renaissance. In 1548 Henry II gave hi

Was a French architect, one of the great masters of the French Renaissance. In 1548 Henry II gave him the supervision of Fontainebleau, Saint-Germain-en-Laye—where he built the Château Neuf (illustration, left) — and the other royal buildings; but on the King's death (1559) Philibert fell into disgrace. Under Charles IX, however, he returned to favour, and was employed to construct the Tuileries, in collaboration with Jean Bullant. He died in Paris.

Is an Igbo Nigerian-born computer scientist/geologist who was one of two winners of the 1989 Gordon

Is an Igbo Nigerian-born computer scientist/geologist who was one of two winners of the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize, a prize from the IEEE, for his use of the Connection Machine supercomputer – a machine featuring over 65,000 parallel processors – to help analyze petroleum fields.

Was a founder of the New York City architectural firm Hubert & Pirsson (later Hubert, Pirsson, and C

Was a founder of the New York City architectural firm Hubert & Pirsson (later Hubert, Pirsson, and Company, active from c.1870 to 1888, and Hubert, Pirsson, and Haddick, active from 1888 to 1898) with James W. Pirsson (1833-1888). The firm produced many of the city’s “Gilded Age” finest buildings, including hotels, churches and residences

Was a German mathematician and medic. The son of Petrus Apianus (1495-1552) is also known as the car

Was a German mathematician and medic. The son of Petrus Apianus (1495-1552) is also known as the cartographer of Bavaria.In 1554, Duke Albrecht of Bavaria orders Apian to create a map of Bavaria for the Bairische Chronik of Johannes Aventinus written 1526 to 1533. In seven years, Apian travelled through Oberbayern and Niederbayern, Oberpfalz, Archbishopric Salzburg and Bishopric Eichstätt. After two years work, a 5 x 5 meter sized map in scale 1:45.000 was finished, to be coloured by Bartel Refinger.

Is a well-known French designer and probably the best known designer in the New Design style. His de

Is a well-known French designer and probably the best known designer in the New Design style. His designs range from spectacular interior designs to mass produced consumer goods such as toothbrushes, chairs, and even houses.

An Australian architect. In 1980 he was awarded the third place prize at the Shinkenchiku Residentia

An Australian architect. In 1980 he was awarded the third place prize at the Shinkenchiku Residential Design Competition for work on his Australian timber house.In 1984, he was appointed Visiting Scholar in Architecture at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. He practiced architecture in Perth and Fremantle and worked with the Corringie Aboriginal community, Leonora, Western Australia, and the Swan River Valley Noongar (or Nyungah) community.He is the author of 'Building a Malay House', Oxford University Press 1987, ISBN 0-19-588861-8.

Is a Dutch architect who won the second prize in February 1993 for the competition on the Reichstag

Is a Dutch architect who won the second prize in February 1993 for the competition on the Reichstag the highest German government building. Office de Architecten Cie., Amsterdam List of projects and Office information

Was an Italian engineer and architect. He studied at the University of Bologna and qualified in 1913

Was an Italian engineer and architect. He studied at the University of Bologna and qualified in 1913. Dr. Nervi taught as a professor of engineering at Rome University from 1946-61. He is renowned for his brilliance as a structural engineer and his novel

Was a French architect. In 1932 he won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games tog

Was a French architect. In 1932 he won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games together with Gustave Saacké and Pierre Montenot for their design of a "Cirque pour Toros" ("Circus for Bullfights").

Was a French architect, also known as "Lassurance". He is not to be confused with his son Jean Caill

Was a French architect, also known as "Lassurance". He is not to be confused with his son Jean Cailleteau, also known as "Lassurance" who is sometimes nicknamed "Lassurance le Jeune" to distinguish from his father.

Is an Italian-born French fashion designer.Cardin was known for his avant-garde style and his space

Is an Italian-born French fashion designer.Cardin was known for his avant-garde style and his space age designs. He prefers geometric shapes and motifs, often ignoring the female form. He advanced into unisex fashions, sometimes experimental, and not alwa

Was a French architect and designer, credited for building the first house in France made of steel a

Was a French architect and designer, credited for building the first house in France made of steel and glass, the Maison de Verre.[1] Chareau was born in Le Havre, France. He went to the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris by the time he was 17.[2] His designs were noted for their complex nature.[2] He was member of Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne.

Was a French architect and designer working in a chaste and sober Rococo style and in the Goût grec

Was a French architect and designer working in a chaste and sober Rococo style and in the Goût grec phase of early Neoclassicism.

Was a Dutch architect

Was a Dutch architect

Was a French architect. He is widely recognized as one of the most important proponents of Gothic ar

Was a French architect. He is widely recognized as one of the most important proponents of Gothic architecture, though little is known of his life and sources vary as to which buildings are by him.

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 Charles Percier, originally his friend from student days, from 1794 onwards, that it is fruitless to disentangle artistic responsibilities in t