Designed by famous architects

To be eligible, an architect has designed a number of major works.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Designed by famous architects':

  • Bauhaus Sites Waltar Gropius
  • Berlin Modernism Housing Estates Bruno Taut, Martin Wagner and Walter Gropius
  • Blenheim Palace John Vanbrugh
  • Brasilia Oscar Niemeyer, Lucio Costa
  • Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust Staircase in Augustusburg Palace - Johann Balthasar Neumann
  • City of Luxembourg Fortifications by Vauban
  • City of Pienza Bernardo Rossellino
  • Damascus Al Takiya Al Suleimaniya: Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan
  • Dresden Elbe Valley Semper Opera - Gottfried Semper
  • Florence Dome of the Cathedral of Florence and other works in the city - Filippo Brunelleschi
  • Fortifications of Vauban Vauban
  • Istanbul Suleiman Mosque: Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan
  • Kutná Hora Cathedral of Our Lady (at Sedlec) was reconstructed by Jan Blažej Santini Aichel
  • Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape Lednice and Valtice Castles by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
  • Major Town Houses Victor Horta
  • Mantua and Sabbioneta Mantua: Saint Andrew's Basilica and Saint Sebastian's Church by Leon Battista Alberti Ducal Palace, Te Palace and Cathedral by Giulio Romano Dome of Saint Andrew's Basilica by Filippo Juvarra Sabbioneta: Olympic Theatre by Vincenzo Scamozzi
  • Maritime Greenwich Queen's House - Inigo Jones, Royal Observatory - Christopher Wren
  • Mehmed Paša Sokolovic Bridge Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan
  • Museumsinsel (Museum Island) Altes Museum - Karl Friedrich Schinkel
  • Palau de la Música Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau Lluís Domènech i Montaner
  • Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk Jan Blažej Santini Aichel
  • Pisa Baptistery by Nicola Pisano and Giovanni Pisano
  • Potsdam Karl Freidrich Schinkel - Babelsburg Palace, Charlottenhof Palace, Pomonatempel, Roman Baths and St Nikolai's Chrurch
  • Residences of the Royal House of Savoy Madama Palace, La Mandria Castle, Venaria Reale Royal Palace, Rivoli Castle and Stupinigi Royal Palace by Filippo Juvarra; Palazzo Carignano by Guarino Guarini
  • Rietveld Schröderhuis Gerrit Rietveld
  • Rome Musei Capitolini - Michelangelo, San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and other works - Francesco Borromini, Palazzo Barberini and other works - Gian Lorenzo Bernini
  • Royal Palace at Caserta Luigi Vanvitelli
  • Salzburg Cathedral by Vincenzo Scamozzi
  • Santa Maria delle Grazie Donato Bramante
  • Schönbrunn Johann Berhard Fischer von Erlach and Nicolò Pacassi
  • St. Petersburg Rastrelli - Winter Palace and several other buildings
  • Tugendhat Villa Ludwig Mies van Der Rohe
  • Vatican City St Peter's Basilica - Donato Bramante and Raphael, Michelangelo, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Carlo Maderno, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Giuliano da Sangallo, Baldassarre Peruzzi, Vignola, Domenico Fontana, Giacomo Della Porta, Frà Giocondo
  • Versailles Jules Hardouin Mansart and André Le Nôtre
  • Vicenza Andrea Palladio
  • Vienna Postsparkasse, Secession - Otto Wagner, Loos House, American Bar - Adolf Loos
  • Villa d'Este Pirro Ligorio
  • Wachau Cultural Landscape Melk Abbey by Jakob Prandtauer, Göttweig Abbey by Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt
  • Works of Antoni Gaudí Antoni Gaudí
  • Würzburg Residence Johann Balthasar Neumann