The project that would have led to the lowering of the surface of the Mediterranean Sea by up to 200 m was devised by an architect who died in which year ?
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Herman Sörgel Herman Sörgel (2 April 1885— 25 December 1952) was a German/ Bavarian architect from the early to mid 1900's. He was known for pioneering the Atlantropa project which was initially conceived as a solution to the economic and political turmoil gripping Europe in the early 20th century. Atlantropa called for dams built across the Strait of Gibraltar, the Dardanelles, and between Sicily and Tunisia. The dams would provide hydroelectric power and would be overseen by a newly formed independent body with the authority to discontinue energy to any country posing a threat to peace. Sörgel actively promoted his ideas until his death in 1952.
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Atlantropa Atlantropa, also referred to as Panropa, was a gigantic engineering and colonisation idea devised by the German architect Herman Sörgel in the 1920s and promoted by him until his death in 1952. Its central feature was a hydroelectric dam to be built across the Strait of Gibraltar, which would have provided enormous amounts of hydroelectricity and would have led to the lowering of the surface of the Mediterranean Sea by up to 200 m , opening up large new lands for settlement, for example in the Adriatic Sea. The project proposed four additional major dams as well:
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Vincenzo Monaco Vincenzo Monaco (20 July 1911 – 3 March 1969, Rome) was an Italian architect who collaborated with Amedeo Luccichenti from 1933 to 1963. During this period, Monaco designed more than 450 projects, of which approximately 100 were built. His work can be seen in buildings in Rome, Pisa, Naples, and Taranto, as well as in Dalmatia, Iran, France, and Tunisia.
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Generali Tower Generali Tower (Lo Storto ("The Twisted One" in English) is a skyscraper under construction in Milan, Italy that will reach a height of 185 m with 44 floors (+ 3 floors basement), and a total floor area of about 67,000 square metres. Its designer is the Anglo-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid. The geometry of the building is that of a warping shape, where both the floors dimension and their orientation vary along the tower axis.
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Admiralty Arch Admiralty Arch is a landmark building in London which incorporates an archway providing road and pedestrian access between The Mall, which extends to the southwest, and Trafalgar Square to the northeast. Admiralty Arch, commissioned by King Edward VII in memory of his mother, Queen Victoria and designed by Aston Webb is now a Grade I listed building. In the past, it served as residence of the First Sea Lord and was used by the Admiralty. Until 2011, the building housed government offices, but in 2012 the government sold a 125-year lease over the building to a property developer (Prime Investors Capital, run by Rafael Serrano) for redevelopment into a luxury hotel, restaurant and apartments.
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Mimar Sinan Koca Mi'mâr Sinân Âğâ (Ottoman Turkish: معمار سينان‎ , "Sinan Agha the Grand Architect"; Modern Turkish: Mimar Sinan, ] , "Sinan the Architect") ( 1489/1490 – July 17, 1588) was the chief Ottoman architect (Turkish: "mimar" ) and civil engineer for sultans Suleiman the Magnificent, Selim II, and Murad III. He was responsible for the construction of more than 300 major structures and other more modest projects, such as schools. His apprentices would later design the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul, Stari Most in Mostar, and help design the Taj Mahal in the Mughal Empire.
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Giuseppe Puini Giuseppe Puini (21 July 1806 – 9 August 1869) was an Italian engineer and architect who worked in the neoclassical style in Tuscany, largely at Livorno, where he was largely responsible for the piazza that provides an urbanistic setting of the Cisternone (1842) and the Church of Sant’Andrea, and for the Church of San Giuseppe ("illustration").
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Gino Levi-Montalcini Luigi Levi Montalcini, called Gino (April 21, 1902 – November 29, 1974) was an Italian architect and designer.
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Roger Walters Sir Roger Talbot Waters, CBE, FRIBA, FI Struct E, was a British architect noted for his role in a number of major post-war projects in London from the Thames Barrier to the redevelopment of Covent Garden. As Chief Architect of the Greater London Council he developed a more low key style, in contrast to the high rise ethic of the 1970s and pioneered the use of public consultation in architecture.
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R.W.H. Jones Richard William Herbert Jones (1900-1965) commonly referred to as R. W. H. Jones, was the British architect responsible for the design of the Art Deco Saltdean Lido and the Grand Ocean Hotel in Saltdean, Sussex, England.
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John Elliott (architect) John Elliott, RIBA, (26 October 1936 – 13 September 2010) was a British architect, who planned and designed luxury hotels and resorts. Born in Portsmouth, England, he was known principally for his contribution in the Middle East and designing 7 star hotel "Emirates Palace" in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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Raphael Soriano Raphael S. Soriano, FAIA, (August 1, 1904 – July 21, 1988) was an architect and educator, who helped define a period of 20th-century architecture that came to be known as Mid-century modern. He pioneered the use of modular prefabricated steel and aluminum structures in residential and commercial design and construction.
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Pyotr Baranovsky Pyotr Dmitrievich Baranovsky (, February 26, 1892 - June 12, 1984) was a Russian architect, preservationist and restorator who reconstructed many ancient buildings in the Soviet Union. He is credited with saving Saint Basil's Cathedral from destruction in the early 1930s, founding and managing the Kolomenskoye and Andrei Rublev museums, and developing modern restoration technologies.
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Henry Ince Henry Ince (1736–1808) was a sergeant-major (and later lieutenant) in the British Army who achieved fame as the author of a plan to tunnel through the North Face of the Rock of Gibraltar in 1782, during the Great Siege of Gibraltar. As a result of his work, by the end of the 18th century Gibraltar had almost 4000 ft of tunnels in which dozens of cannons were mounted overlooking the isthmus linking the peninsula to Spain. He was one of the first members of the Soldier Artificer Company, a predecessor to today's Royal Engineers, and rose to be the Company's senior non-commissioned officer. He was also a founder of Methodism in Gibraltar through his activities as a Methodist lay preacher. Ince spent most of his life in the Army and served for 36 years in Gibraltar before retiring to Devon four years before he died at the age of 72.
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Salvatore Dierna Salvatore Dierna (18 November 1934 - 19 April 2016) is an Italian Architect, Full Professor in Environmental Design since 1977 at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”; he was the Dean of the Architecture School at the same University (2000-2003); President of the Human Sciences, Arts and Environment Federated Athenaeum (2004-2007).
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Raimondo D'Aronco Raimondo Tommaso D’Aronco (1857–1932) was an Italian architect renowned for his building designs in the style of Art Nouveau. He was the chief palace architect to the Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II in Constantinople for 16 years.
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Tomb of Pope Alexander VII The Pope Alexander VII is a sculptural monument designed and partially executed by the Italian artist Gianlorenzo Bernini. It is located in the south transept of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City. The piece was commissioned by Pope Alexander VII himself. However, construction of the monument didn't start until 1671 and was completed in 1678, eleven years after the Pope's death. At the age of 81, this would be Bernini's last major sculptural commission before his death in 1680.
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Arduino Berlam Arduino Berlam (1880 – 1946) was an Italian architect who took over the work of his father, Ruggero Berlam.
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Friedrich Zollinger Friedrich Zollinger, also known as "Fritz Zollinger" (March 31, 1880 – April 19, 1945) was a German architect, engineer, buildings official and town planner.
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Alfred Agache (architect) Hubert Donat Alfred Agache (24 February 1875 – 4 May 1959) was a French architect and urbanist known for his work in Brazil.
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Mihran Mesrobian Mihran Mesrobian (Armenian: Միհրան Մեսրոպեան ; 10 May 1889 – 21 September 1975) was an Armenian-American architect whose career spanned over fifty years and in several countries. Having received an education in the Academy of Fine Arts in Constantinople, Mesrobian began his career as an architect in Smyrna and in Constantinople. While in Constantinople, Mesrobian served as the palace architect to the last Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed V.
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Nikola Dobrović Nikola Dobrović (Serbian Cyrillic: , ] ; 12 February 1897 - 11 January 1967) was a Serbian architect, teacher and urban planner. He designed the Yugoslav Ministry of Defence building, later destroyed during the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.