His greatest architectural innovation wasthe creation of an octagonal design for a double-walled dome for a renovation of the cathedral in his hometownof Florence.
Vasari's Lives of the Artists stated that this man's design of a wooden cross made Donatello drop a basket of eggs in awe. This man was commissioned to complete the Sagrestia Vecchia and the Rotonda degli Scoglari by the Medici family. Salvi d'Andrea finished the work he had initiated for his city's Santo Spirito Basilica, and in another project, this man designed a building whose terracotta roundels were designed by Andrea Della Robbia, an orphanage called the (*) Hospital of the Innocents. His greatest architectural innovation wasthe creation of an octagonal design for a double-walled dome for a renovation of the cathedral in his hometownof Florence. For 10 points, identify this architect who lost the competition to design the doors of the Florence Baptistery to Lorenzo Ghiberti.
Vasari's Lives of the Artists stated that this man's design of a wooden cross made Donatello drop a basket of eggs in awe.
Filippo Brunelleschi [or Fillippo Brunellesco]