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Thomas Jefferson

1743–1826 · Neoclassical & Early Modern · United States

Official Presidential portrait of Thomas Jefferson
Rembrandt Peale · Licence: Public domain · Source

Bio

Architect and statesman whose classical planning influenced American civic and educational architecture.

Key works

  • Monticello
  • University of Virginia

THE RETHINK

Thomas Jefferson 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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