50 GK Questions on Important Architecture Buildings and their Architects name

 list of 50 important architectural buildings and their architects:


International Architecture:

  1. Eiffel Tower (Paris, France) – Gustave Eiffel
  2. Taj Mahal (Agra, India) – Ustad Ahmad Lahauri
  3. Sydney Opera House (Sydney, Australia) – Jørn Utzon
  4. Fallingwater (Pennsylvania, USA) – Frank Lloyd Wright
  5. The Guggenheim Museum (New York, USA) – Frank Lloyd Wright
  6. Burj Khalifa (Dubai, UAE) – Adrian Smith (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill)
  7. The Shard (London, UK) – Renzo Piano
  8. Louvre Pyramid (Paris, France) – I. M. Pei
  9. The White House (Washington, USA) – James Hoban
  10. The Colosseum (Rome, Italy) – Vespasian, Titus
  11. Parthenon (Athens, Greece) – Iktinos and Kallikrates
  12. Sagrada Familia (Barcelona, Spain) – Antoni Gaudí
  13. Villa Savoye (Poissy, France) – Le Corbusier
  14. The Pantheon (Rome, Italy) – Apollodorus of Damascus
  15. The Capitol (Washington, USA) – William Thornton
  16. Petra (Jordan) – Nabataean architects
  17. Notre-Dame Cathedral (Paris, France) РMaurice de Sully (concept), restoration by Eug̬ne Viollet-le-Duc
  18. St. Peter's Basilica (Vatican City, Rome) – Michelangelo, Donato Bramante, Carlo Maderno
  19. The Great Wall of China – Various architects (Dynastic era construction)
  20. Chrysler Building (New York, USA) – William Van Alen
  21. Empire State Building (New York, USA) – Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
  22. Dome of the Rock (Jerusalem, Israel) – Raja ibn Haywa and Yazid Ibn Salam
  23. Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto, Canada) – Daniel Libeskind
  24. Centre Pompidou (Paris, France) – Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers
  25. One World Trade Center (New York, USA) – David Childs (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill)

Indian Architecture:

  1. Qutub Minar (Delhi, India) – Qutb-ud-Din Aibak and Iltutmish
  2. Lotus Temple (Delhi, India) – Fariborz Sahba
  3. Victoria Memorial (Kolkata, India) – William Emerson
  4. Gateway of India (Mumbai, India) – George Wittet
  5. Brihadeeswarar Temple (Thanjavur, India) – Raja Raja Chola I
  6. Hawa Mahal (Jaipur, India) – Lal Chand Ustad
  7. Rashtrapati Bhavan (Delhi, India) – Edwin Lutyens
  8. Mysore Palace (Mysore, India) – Henry Irwin
  9. Humayun's Tomb (Delhi, India) – Mirak Mirza Ghiyas
  10. Akshardham Temple (Delhi, India) – BAPS Architects
  11. Charminar (Hyderabad, India) – Mir Momin Astarabadi
  12. Golconda Fort (Hyderabad, India) – Qutb Shahi rulers
  13. City Palace (Jaipur, India) – Sawai Jai Singh II
  14. Jantar Mantar (Jaipur, India) – Sawai Jai Singh II
  15. Meenakshi Temple (Madurai, India) – Various Nayak rulers
  16. Victoria Terminus (Mumbai, India) – Frederick William Stevens
  17. IIM Ahmedabad (Ahmedabad, India) – Louis Kahn
  18. Jawahar Kala Kendra (Jaipur, India) – Charles Correa
  19. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (Mumbai, India) – George Wittet
  20. Sabarmati Ashram (Ahmedabad, India) – Charles Correa
  21. Jaigarh Fort (Jaipur, India) – Sawai Jai Singh II
  22. India Gate (Delhi, India) – Edwin Lutyens
  23. Sun Temple (Konark, India) – Bisu Maharana
  24. Lingaraja Temple (Bhubaneswar, India) – Jajati Keshari
  25. Dilwara Temples (Mount Abu, India) – Vastupal-Tejpal

These are well-known buildings across the world and in India, reflecting the work of some of history's greatest architects.

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