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Ictinus

5th century BCE · Greek architect · Ancient Greece

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Fresco depiction of Ictinus on the facade of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Painting by Carl Rahl and Edward Lebietski; photo George E. Koronaios · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

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Architect associated with the Parthenon and classical architecture's mature synthesis of proportion and structure.

Key works

  • Parthenon

THE RETHINK

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