List of American architects

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This list of American architects includes notable architects and architecture firms with a strong connection to the United States (i.e., born in the United States, located in the United States or known primarily for their work in the United States). For a more complete list, see Category:American architects and Category:Architecture firms of the United States.

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Individuals[]

A[]

B[]

  • Edmund Bacon (1910–2005)
  • Henry Bacon (1866–1924)
  • Sidney Badgley (1850–1917)
  • Steve Baer (born 1938)
  • Ephraim Francis Baldwin (1837–1916)
  • Garnet Baltimore (1859–1946)
  • George Franklin Barber (1854–1915)
  • Edward Larrabee Barnes (1915–2004)
  • Thomas P. Barnett (1870–1929)
  • Carol Ross Barney (born 1949)
  • Nora Stanton Barney (1883–1971)
  • Armand Phillip Bartos (1910–2005)
  • Karen Bausman (born 1958)
  • Al Beadle (1927–1998)
  • Welton Becket (1902–1969)
  • Claud Beelman (1883–1963)
  • Ann Beha (born 1950)
  • Walter Curt Behrendt (1884–1945)
  • Pietro Belluschi (1899–1994)
  • Tom Bender
  • Frederick Staples Benedict (1861–1936)
  • Asher Benjamin (1773–1845)
  • John Virginius Bennes (1867–1943)
  • Edward H. Bennett (1874–1954)
  • Laura Bennett (born 1963)
  • Louise Blanchard Bethune (1856–1915)
  • Henry Forbes Bigelow (1867–1929
  • Phyllis Birkby (1932–1994)
  • Gunnar Birkerts (1925–2017)
  • Norma Bonniwell (1877–1961)
  • William W. Bosworth (1869–1966)
  • India Boyer (1907–1998)
  • William W. Boyington (1818–1898)
  • Nathaniel Jeremiah Bradlee (1829–1888)
  • Claude Fayette Bragdon (1866–1946)
  • Marcel Breuer (1902–1981)
  • Lilian Bridgman (1866–1948)
  • Herman Brookman (1891–1973)
  • Arthur Brown Jr. (1874–1957)
  • Debra M. Brown (born 1963)
  • Denise Scott Brown (born 1931)
  • Will Bruder (born 1946)
  • Emma Brunson (1887–1980)
  • Gridley J. F. Bryant (1816–1899)
  • Merritt Bucholz (born 1966)
  • Katharine Budd (1860–1951)
  • Charles Buek
  • Temple Hoyne Buell (1895–1990)
  • Charles Bulfinch (1763–1844)
  • Gordon Bunshaft (1909–1990)
  • John Burgee (born 1933)
  • Daniel Burnham (1846–1912)
  • Pamela Burton (born 1948)
  • Wright Butler
  • Tom Butt
  • Emily Helen Butterfield (1884–1958)

C[]

  • Edward Clarke Cabot (1818–1901)
  • Elizabeth Cadbury-Brown (1922–2002)
  • Santiago Calatrava (born 1951)
  • Alfred Caldwell (1903–1998)
  • Peter Calthorpe (born 1949)
  • Rosario Candela (1890–1953)
  • Albert Cassell (1895–1969)
  • Ann R. Chaintreuil (born 1947)
  • Theophilus P. Chandler Jr. (1845–1928)
  • Josephine Wright Chapman (1867–1943)
  • Serge Chermayeff (1900–1996)
  • Mario J. Ciampi (1907–2006)
  • Stephen Child (1866–1936)
  • David Childs (born 1941)
  • Birge Clark (1893–1989)
  • Nicholas J. Clayton (1840–1916)
  • Stiles O. Clements (1883–1966)
  • Brad Cloepfil (born 1956)
  • Elizabeth Close (1912–2011)
  • Adolf Cluss (1825–1905)
  • Henry Ives Cobb (1859–1931)
  • Ogden Codman Jr. (1863–1951)
  • Marian Cruger Coffin (1876–1957)
  • Preston Scott Cohen
  • Elizabeth Coit (1892–1987)
  • Doris Cole (born 1938)
  • Mary Colter (1869–1958)
  • Ralph Adams Cram (1863–1942)
  • C. Howard Crane (1885–1952)
  • Paul Philippe Cret (1876–1945)
  • Richard L. Crowther (1910–2006)
  • Charles Amos Cummings (1833–1905)
  • Kirtland Cutter (1860–1939)

D[]

E[]

  • Charles Eames (1907–1978)
  • Ray Eames (1912–1988)
  • Keller Easterling
  • John Eberson (1875–1954)
  • Garrett Eckbo (1910–2000)
  • Judith Edelman (1923–2014)
  • Leopold Eidlitz (1823–1908)
  • Peter Eisenman (born 1932)
  • John Eisenmann (1851–1924)
  • Craig Ellwood (1922–1992)
  • George Grant Elmslie (1869–1952)
  • William Ralph Emerson (1833–1917)
  • Aymar Embury II (1880–1966)
  • Joseph Esherick (1914–1998)
  • Hiawatha Estes (1918–2003)
  • Peter Exley (born 1964)
  • Wilson Eyre (1858–1944)

F[]

G[]

  • T. Charles Gaastra (1879–1947)
  • Jeanne Gang (born 1964)
  • Frederick W. Garber (1877–1950)
  • Alexander Garvin (born 1941)
  • Norman Bel Geddes (1893–1958)
  • Frank Gehry (born 1929)
  • Art Gensler (1935–2021)
  • Arthur U. Gerber (1878–1960)
  • Cass Gilbert (1859–1934)
  • Alfred Giles (1853–1920)
  • Paul Gilger (born 1954)
  • Irving Gill (1870–1936)
  • Arthur D. Gilman (1821–1882)
  • Madeline Gins (1941–2014)
  • Romaldo Giurgola (1920–2016)
  • Bruce Goff (1904–1982)
  • Bertrand Goldberg (1913–1997)
  • Moise H. Goldstein Sr. (1882−1972)
  • Bertram Goodhue (1869–1924)
  • Joan E. Goody (1935–2009)
  • James Riely Gordon (1863–1937)
  • Ferdinand Gottlieb (1919–2007)
  • Carl Graffunder (1919–2013)
  • Bruce Graham (1925–2010)
  • Ernest R. Graham (1868–1936)
  • Michael Graves (1934–2015)
  • Rose Greely (1887–1969)
  • Howard Greenley (1874–1963)
  • Marion Mahony Griffin (1871–1961)
  • Walter Burley Griffin (1876–1937)
  • Walter Gropius (1883–1969)
  • Henry Grow (1817–1891)
  • Victor Gruen (1903–1980)
  • Graham Gund
  • Charles Gwathmey (1938–2009)

H[]

  • Charles C. Haight (1841–1917)
  • Leola Hall (1881–1930)
  • Lawrence Halprin (1916–2009)
  • Frances Halsband (born 1943)
  • Alfred Dwight Foster Hamlin (1855–1926)
  • Gary Haney (born 1955)
  • Samuel Hannaford (1835–1911)
  • Olof Hanson (1862 – 1933)
  • Alan Hantman (born 1942)
  • Henry Janeway Hardenbergh (1847–1918)
  • John C. Harkness (1916–2016)
  • Sarah P. Harkness (1914–2013
  • Arthur Loomis Harmon (1878–1958)
  • Harwell Hamilton Harris (1903–1990)
  • Ralph C. Harris
  • Peter Harrison (1716–1775)
  • Wallace Harrison (1895–1981)
  • John A. Hasecoster (1844–1925)
  • Jane Hastings (born 1928)
  • Thomas Hastings (1860–1929)
  • Ralph Haver
  • John Haviland (1792–1852)
  • Sophia Hayden (1868–1953)
  • William S. Hebbard (1863–1930)
  • John Hejduk (1929–2000)
  • Margaret Helfand (1947–2007)
  • Frances Henley (c. 1896–1955)
  • David Randall Hertz (born 1960)
  • David Heymann (architect)
  • James Hoban (1755–1831)
  • Chuck Hoberman (born 1956)
  • F. Burrall Hoffman (1882–1980)
  • John Augur Holabird (1886–1945)
  • William Holabird (1854–1923)
  • Steven Holl (born 1947)
  • Emily Elizabeth Holman (1854–1925)
  • Henry K. Holsman (1866–1963)
  • Raymond Hood (1881–1934)
  • Mary Rockwell Hook (1877–1978)
  • Van Dorn Hooker (1921–2015)
  • Henry Hornbostel (1867–1961)
  • Lance Hosey
  • John Galen Howard (1864–1931)
  • Lois Howe (1864–1964)
  • John Mead Howells (1868–1959)
  • Charles Evans Hughes III (1915–1985)
  • Robert H.H. Hugman (1902–1980)
  • Richard Morris Hunt (1827–1895)
  • Sumner Hunt (1865–1938)

I[]

J[]

  • Joseph Jacobberger (1869–1930)
  • Norman Jaffe (1932–1993)
  • Helmut Jahn (1940–2021)
  • Mary Rutherfurd Jay (1872–1953)
  • Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
  • J. T. W. Jennings (1856-?)
  • William Le Baron Jenney (1832–1907)
  • Jon Jerde (1940–2015)
  • Mitchell Joachim (born 1972)
  • Alice E. Johnson (1862–1936)
  • Folger Johnson (1882–1970)
  • Philip Johnson (1906–2005)
  • Clarence H. Johnston Sr. (1859–1936)
  • A. Quincy Jones (1913–1979)
  • E. Fay Jones (1921–2004)
  • Edward Vason Jones (1909–1980)
  • Grant Jones (born 1938)
  • Rick Joy (born 1958)

K[]

  • Albert Kahn (1869–1942)
  • Ely Jacques Kahn (1884–1972)
  • Louis I. Kahn (1901–1974)
  • Louis Kamper (1861–1953)
  • Gordon Kaufmann (1888–1949)
  • Michelle Kaufmann
  • Paffard Keatinge-Clay (born 1926)
  • Anna Keichline (1889–1943)
  • George W. Keller (1842–1935)
  • Nathan Kelley (1808–1871)
  • Arthur R. Kelly (1878–1959)
  • Fay Kellogg (1871–1918)
  • Kendrick Bangs Kellogg (born 1934)
  • C. C. Kemble
  • Raymond M. Kennedy (1891–1976)
  • Kevin Kennon (born 1958)
  • Paul A. Kennon (1934–1990)
  • Pierre Yves Kéralum (1817–1872)
  • George Kessler (1862–1923)
  • Hugh T. Keyes (1888–1963)
  • Nader Khalili (1936–2008)
  • Frederick John Kiesler (1890–1965)
  • Francis Kimball (1845–1919)
  • Thomas Rogers Kimball (1862–1934)
  • Otto Kleemann (1855–1936)
  • Henry John Klutho (1873–1964)
  • Florence Knoll (1917–2019)
  • Austin Eldon Knowlton (1909–2003)
  • Carl Koch (1912–1998)
  • Pierre Koenig (1925–2004)
  • Robert D. Kohn (1870–1953)
  • Justus F. Krumbein (1847–1907)
  • Tom Kundig (born 1954)

L[]

  • John C. Lahey (born 1953)
  • Charles Rollinson Lamb (1860–1942)
  • Thomas W. Lamb (1871–1942)
  • William F. Lamb (1893–1952)
  • G. Albert Lansburgh (1876–1969)
  • Morris Lapidus (1902–2001)
  • Paul László (1900–1993)
  • John Latenser Sr. (1858–1936)
  • Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1764–1820)
  • John Lautner (1911–1994)
  • Ellis F. Lawrence (1879–1946)
  • Charles Downing Lay (1877–1956)
  • Ellamae Ellis League (1899–1991)
  • Napoleon LeBrun (1821–1901)
  • Robert Emmett Lee (1870–1925)
  • William Harold Lee (1884–1971)
  • Gene Leedy (1928–2018)
  • Andrea Leers
  • William Lescaze (1896–1969)
  • Daniel Libeskind (born 1946)
  • Detlef Lienau (1818–1887)
  • Maya Lin (born 1959)
  • Gordon W. Lloyd
  • Robert Cary Long Jr. (1810–1849)
  • Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow Jr. (1854–1934)
  • Ivenue Love-Stanley
  • Guy Lowell (1870–1927)
  • Elizabeth Lowrey
  • Charles Luckman (1909–1999)
  • Florence Luscomb (1887–1985)
  • Greg Lynn (born 1964)

M[]

  • Charles Donagh Maginnis (1867–1955)
  • Harold Van Buren Magonigle (1867–1935)
  • George W. Maher (1864–1926)
  • Marion Manley (1893–1984)
  • A. T. Mann (born 1943)
  • Joe Mashburn
  • George D. Mason (1856–1948)
  • Roy Mason (1938–1996)
  • Rick Mather (1937–2013)
  • Walter J. Mathews (1850–1947)
  • Victor Andre Matteson (1872–1951)
  • Bernard Maybeck (1862–1957)
  • Thom Mayne (born 1944)
  • Wayne McAllister (1907–2000)
  • Ida McCain (1884 – after 1937)
  • John McComb Jr. (1763–1853)
  • Margaret McCurry
  • William McDonough (born 1951)
  • Duncan McDuffie (1877–1951)
  • Samuel McIntire (1757–1811)
  • Charles Follen McKim (1847–1909)
  • James W. McLaughlin (1834–1923)
  • Louis A. McMillen (1916–1998)
  • Marcia Mead (1879–1967)
  • William Rutherford Mead (1846–1928)
  • Milton Bennett Medary (1874–1929)
  • John Gaw Meem (1894–1983)
  • Richard Meier (born 1934)
  • Elise Mercur (1864–1947)
  • John William Merrow (1874–1927)
  • Don Metz (born 1940)
  • Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969)
  • James Rupert Miller (1869–1946)
  • Robert Mills (1781–1855)
  • Addison Mizner (1872–1933)
  • Samuel Mockbee (1944–2001)
  • Roger Montgomery (1925–2003)
  • Harriet Moody (1891–1966)
  • Arthur Cotton Moore (born 1935)
  • Charles Moore (1925–1993)
  • Lester S. Moore (1871–1924)
  • Julia Morgan (1872–1957)
  • Toshiko Mori (born 1951)
  • Benjamin Wistar Morris (1870–1944)
  • Gertrude Comfort Morrow (c. 1888–1983)
  • Robert Moses (1888–1981)
  • Eric Owen Moss (born 1943)
  • Michel Mossessian (born 1959)
  • Hidalgo Moya (1920–1994)
  • Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (1887–1980)
  • Edla Muir (1906–1971)
  • Robert Murase (1938–2005)
  • Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison (1872–1938)
  • Charles Murphy (1890–1985)
  • Henry Murphy (1877–1954)
  • Elijah E. Myers (1832–1909)

N[]

  • Patricia Saldaña Natke (born 1964)
  • Walter Netsch (1920–2008)
  • Richard Neutra (1892–1970)
  • John Rudolph Niernsee (1814–1885)
  • John Notman (1810–1865)

O[]

  • Gyo Obata (born 1923)
  • Laurie Olin (born 1938)
  • Frederick Law Olmsted (1822–1903)
  • Frederick J. Osterling (1865–1934)

P[]

  • Mary L. Page (1849–1921)
  • Mother Joseph Pariseau (1823–1902)
  • Alfred Browning Parker (1916–2011)
  • Jamieson Parker (1895–1939)
  • John and Donald Parkinson
  • André Parmentier (1780–1830)
  • Alexander Parris (1780–1852)
  • Samuel Parsons (1844–1923)
  • Arthur Peabody (1858–1942)
  • Robert Swain Peabody (1845–1917)
  • I. M. Pei (1917–2019)
  • César Pelli (1926–2019)
  • William Pereira (1909–1985)
  • Dwight H. Perkins (1867–1941)
  • Nelle Peters (1884–1974)
  • William Wesley Peters (1912–1991)
  • Eleanore Pettersen (1916–2003)
  • Alberta Pfeiffer (1899–1994)
  • Timothy L. Pflueger (1892–1946)
  • Wade Hampton Pipes (1877–1961)
  • Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk (born 1950)
  • Charles A. Platt (1861–1933)
  • Mónica Ponce de León
  • John Russell Pope (1874–1937)
  • John C. Portman Jr. (1924–2017)
  • Antoine Predock (born 1936)
  • B. Marcus Priteca (1889–1971)
  • Benjamin Polk (1916–2001)
  • Willis Polk (1867–1924)
  • James Polshek (born 1930)
  • Cyrus Kinne Porter (1828–1910)
  • George B. Post (1837–1913)
  • George M. Post (1883–1966)
  • William G. Preston (1842–1910)
  • Bruce Price (1845–1903)
  • Will Price (1861–1916)
  • William Gray Purcell (1880–1965)

R[]

  • George Ranalli (born 1946)
  • Ralph Rapson (1914–2008)
  • Wallace Rayfield (1874–1941)
  • Eleanor Raymond (1887–1989)
  • Robert Reamer (1873–1938)
  • Florence Kenyon Hayden Rector (1882–1973)
  • Neel Reid (1885–1926)
  • James Renwick Jr. (1818–1895)
  • Lilian Jeannette Rice (1889–1938)
  • Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886)
  • Theodate Pope Riddle (1867–1946)
  • Lutah Maria Riggs (1896–1984)
  • Isabel Roberts (1871–1955)
  • Robert S. Roeschlaub (1843–1923)
  • Kevin Roche (1922–2019)
  • Martin Roche (1853–1927)
  • Annie Rockfellow (1866–1954)
  • David Rockwell (born 1956)
  • Simon Rodia (1879–1965)
  • John A. Roebling (1806–1869)
  • Isaiah Rogers (1800–1869)
  • James Gamble Rogers (1867–1947)
  • John Wellborn Root (1850–1891)
  • John Wellborn Root Jr. (1887–1963)
  • James C. Rose (1913–1991)
  • T. Paterson Ross (1873–1957)
  • Carol Ross Barney (born 1949)
  • Arthur Rotch (1850–1894)
  • Emery Roth (1871–1948)
  • Wirt C. Rowland (1878–1946)
  • Paul Rudolph (1918–1997)
  • Sigrid Lorenzen Rupp (1943–2004)
  • Ida Annah Ryan (1873–1950)

S[]

  • Eero Saarinen (1910–1961)
  • Eliel Saarinen (1873–1950)
  • Hideo Sasaki (1919–2000)
  • Lawrence Scarpa (born 1959)
  • Anna Pendleton Schenck (1874–1915)
  • Rudolph Schindler (1887–1953)
  • Emil Schacht (1854–1926)
  • Steven J. Schloeder (born 1960)
  • Charles Sumner Schneider (1874–1932)
  • Der Scutt (1934–2010)
  • Edward Francis Searles (1841–1920)
  • Werner Seligmann (1930–1998)
  • Josep Lluís Sert (1902–1983)
  • H. Craig Severance (1879–1941)
  • Robert Seyfarth (1878–1950)
  • Howard Van Doren Shaw (1869–1926)
  • George Foster Shepley (1860–1903)
  • Richmond Shreve (1877–1946)
  • Cincinnatus Shryock (1816–1888)
  • Gideon Shryock (1802–1880)
  • Mathias Shryock (1774–1833)
  • Joseph Lyman Silsbee (1848–1913)
  • Veldon Simpson
  • Scott Simons (born 1954)
  • Norma Sklarek (1926–2012)
  • Samuel Sloan (1815–1884)
  • Adrian Smith (born 1944)
  • Chloethiel Woodard Smith (1910–1992)
  • Howard Dwight Smith (1886–1958)
  • Robert Smith (1722–1777)
  • Paolo Soleri (1919–2013)
  • Raphael Soriano (1904–1988)
  • Michael Sorkin (1948–2020)
  • Duncan G. Stroik (born 1962)
  • Sumner Spaulding (1892–1952)
  • Laurinda Hope Spear (born 1950)
  • Joseph Evans Sperry (1854–1930)
  • Robert Stacy-Judd (1884–1975)
  • John Goddard Stearns, Jr. (1843–1917)
  • William L. Steele (1875–1949)
  • Victor Steinbrueck (1911–1985)
  • Martin Stern Jr. (1917–2001)
  • Robert A. M. Stern (born 1939)
  • John Calvin Stevens (1855–1940)
  • J. George Stewart (1890–1970)
  • Gustav Stickley (1858–1942)
  • Francis Marion Stokes (1883–1975)
  • Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes (1867–1944)
  • Edward Durell Stone (1902–1978)
  • William Strickland (1788–1854)
  • John Hubbard Sturgis (1834–1888)
  • Richard Clipston Sturgis (1860–1951)
  • Louis Sullivan (1856–1924)
  • Matthew Sullivan (1868–1948)
  • Thomas Sully (1855–1939)
  • Sarah Susanka (born 1957)
  • Paul Steelman (born 1955)

T[]

  • Edgar Tafel (1912–2011)
  • Vertner Tandy (1885–1949)
  • Robert Robinson Taylor (1868–1942)
  • Thomas Alexander Tefft (1826–1859)
  • Benjamin C. Thompson (1918–2002)
  • Jane Thompson (1927–2016)
  • Polly Povey Thompson (1904–1994)
  • William Thornton (1759–1828)
  • Todd Tibbals (1910–1988)
  • George Thomas Tilden (1845–1919)
  • Edward Lippincott Tilton (1861–1933)
  • Stanley Tigerman (1930–2019)
  • Brentwood S. Tolan (1855–1923)
  • John E. Tourtellotte (1869–1939)
  • Ithiel Town (1784–1844)
  • John Trautwine (1810–1883)
  • Horace Trumbauer (1868–1938)
  • William Tubby (1858–1944)
  • Michael G. Turnbull (born 1949)
  • William Tuthill (1855–1929)
  • Anne Tyng (1920–2011)

U[]

V[]

  • Michael Van Valkenburgh (born 1951)
  • Henry Vaughan (1845–1917)
  • Calvert Vaux (1824–1895)
  • Edward L. Varney (1914–1998)
  • Robert Venturi (1925–2018)
  • Arthur H. Vinal (1854–1923)
  • Edward A. Vincent (c. 1825–1856)
  • Rafael Viñoly (born 1944)
  • Robert von Ezdorf (1889–1956)
  • William Merrell Vories (1880–1964)

W[]

  • Richard A. Waite (1848–1911)
  • Ralph Thomas Walker (1889–1973)
  • Thomas U. Walter (1804–1887)
  • Roland A. Wank (1898–1970)
  • William Robert Ware (1832–1915)
  • Russell Warren (1783–1860)
  • Hazel Wood Waterman (1865–1948)
  • Richard C. Watkins (1858–1941)
  • W. H. Weeks (1864–1936)
  • Ben Weese (born 1929)
  • Harry Weese (1915–1998)
  • Edmund M. Wheelwright (1854–1912)
  • Leila Ross Wilburn (1885–1967)
  • F. Manson White (1863–1952)
  • Stanford White (1853–1906)
  • Morris H. Whitehouse (1878–1944)
  • Charles Frederick Whittlesey (1867–1941)
  • Peter B. Wight (1838–1925)
  • David L. Williams (1866–1937)
  • Emily Williams (1869–1942)
  • E. Stewart Williams (1909–2005)
  • Paul Williams (1894–1980)
  • Warren Heywood Williams (1844–1888)
  • Beverly Willis (born 1928)
  • Royal Barry Wills (1895–1962)
  • James Wines (born 1932)
  • Waddy Butler Wood (1869–1944)
  • Alfred W. Woods (1857–1942)
  • Evans Woollen III (1927–2016)
  • Edmund Woolley (c. 1695–1771)
  • Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959)
  • Lloyd Wright (1890–1978)
  • Catherine Bauer Wurster (1905–1964)
  • William Wurster (1895–1973)
  • James Bosley Noel Wyatt (1847–1926)
  • George Wyman (1860–1939)

Y[]

Z[]

  • Astra Zarina (1929–2008)
  • Liane Zimbler (1892–1987)
  • R. Harold Zook (1889–1949)
  • Paul Zucker (1888–1971)

Firms[]

See also[]

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