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10 Famous Architects Who Didn’t Have an Architecture Degree

10 Famous Architects Who Didn’t Have an Architecture Degree

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Yagmur Baydır
October 19, 2025

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10 Famous Architects Who Didn’t Have an Architecture Degree

Those who wish to pursue a career in architecture usually follow a path that begins with earning a degree from a university’s architecture program. However, throughout architectural education, from history courses to studio work, we frequently encounter the names of renowned architects who became icons of their eras and sources of inspiration, despite not holding a formal architecture degree.

By cultivating their own skills and developing distinctive design languages, they became some of the most celebrated architects in history. Traveling around the world or apprenticing to master architects, these renowned architects eventually developed their own architectural styles and created many of the masterpieces currently taught in architecture schools.

Here are the 10 famous architects who didn’t possess an architecture degree:

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1. Louis Henri Sullivan

Guaranty Building, image courtesy of Boston Valley Terra Cotta

2. Frank Lloyd Wright

Fallingwater House by Frank Lloyd Wright © Yujan Du

3. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe © Jonathan Rieke

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