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Charles Bulfinch

1763–1844 · Neoclassical & Early Modern · United States

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Charles Bulfinch is honored as the third Architect of the Capitol Portrait by George B. Matthews, after 1842 drawing by Alvan Clark Oil on canvas, 29-1/2" x 24-1/2" 1931 This official Architect of t
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Prominent early American architect associated with a distinct Federal style.

Key works

  • Massachusetts State House

THE RETHINK

Charles Bulfinch helps us rethink architecture as more than the production of buildings: their work shows how decisions about structure, space, materials, context or public life can change what a society considers possible.

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Charles Bulfinch changed architecture through ideas, buildings and approaches that still shape how we understand space.
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