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Vitruvius

c. 80–15 BCE · Roman architect and engineer · Ancient Rome

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Vitruvius (80 BC - 15 BC)
Jacopo Bernardi (engraver); Vincenzo Raggio (painter) · Licence: Public domain · Source

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Roman architect and author whose treatise became foundational to later architectural theory.

Key works

  • De architectura

THE RETHINK

Vitruvius 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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Vitruvius changed architecture through ideas, buildings and approaches that still shape how we understand space.
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Image rights verified — Jacopo Bernardi (engraver); Vincenzo Raggio (painter), licence Public domain, checked on its source file page.