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Hippodamus of Miletus

c. 498–408 BCE · Greek planner and political theorist · Ancient Greece

Early twentieth-century map of Piraeus showing the grid plan associated with Hippodamus of Miletus.
Karl Baedeker · Licence: Public domain · Source

Bio

Associated with systematic urban planning and the grid plan.

Key works

  • Planned urban layouts

THE RETHINK

Hippodamus of Miletus 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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Hippodamus of Miletus changed architecture through ideas, buildings and approaches that still shape how we understand space.
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Image rights verified — Karl Baedeker, licence Public domain, checked on its source file page.