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Imhotep

c. 27th century BCE · Egyptian official and builder · Ancient Egypt

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Statuette, Imhotep
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Pioneer of monumental stone architecture and one of the earliest named architects.

Key works

  • Saqqara Step Pyramid

THE RETHINK

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