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Ettore Sottsass

1917 - 2007

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Ettore Sottsass (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛttore sotˈsas]; 14 September 1917 – 31 December 2007) was an Italian architect and product designer. He was known for his designs of furniture, jewelry, glass, lighting, homeware and office supplies. He also worked on numerous buildings and interiors, often defined by bold colours. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ettore Sottsass is the 143rd most popular architect (down from 137th in 2019), the 366th most popular biography from Austria (down from 335th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Austrian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Ettore Sottsass ranks 143 out of 518. Before him are Max Bill, Hans Scharoun, William Le Baron Jenney, Paul Abadie, Verner Panton, and Antonio Sant'Elia. After him are Fumihiko Maki, Ludwig Borchardt, Camillo Sitte, Dinocrates, Jacques-François Blondel, and Hans Vredeman de Vries.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Ettore Sottsass ranks 89. Before him are Magda Szabó, Robert Bloch, Alparslan Türkeş, Henry Ford II, David Tomlinson, and Yigael Yadin. After him are Maurice Trintignant, Augusto Roa Bastos, Atle Selberg, Roque Máspoli, Harold Garfinkel, and Luis Carniglia. Among people deceased in 2007, Ettore Sottsass ranks 74. Before him are Magda Szabó, Marcheline Bertrand, Petar Stambolić, Ousmane Sembène, Lady Bird Johnson, and Jean-Marie Lustiger. After him are Lois Maxwell, Bob Denard, Khun Sa, Atle Selberg, Vilma Espín, and Ashraf Marwan.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Ettore Sottsass ranks 366 out of 1,424. Before him are Karl Silberbauer (1911), Giovanni Battista Caproni (1886), Otto Hofmann (1896), Zoltán Tildy (1889), Senta Berger (1941), and Raoul Hausmann (1886). After him are Margaret of Austria, Queen of Bohemia (1204), Camillo Sitte (1843), Paul Badura-Skoda (1927), Joy Adamson (1910), Wolfgang Schüssel (1945), and Hermann Bahr (1863).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Austria

Among architects born in Austria, Ettore Sottsass ranks 5. Before him are Otto Wagner (1841), Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928), Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656), and Hans Hollein (1934). After him are Camillo Sitte (1843), Richard Neutra (1892), Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897), Ferdinand Fellner (1847), Josef Frank (1885), Jakob Prandtauer (1660), and Heinrich von Ferstel (1828).

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