{
  "title": "Sacred Geometry Atlas documentary designer and constructor evidence",
  "asOf": "2026-08-23",
  "scopeNote": "This register separates a named designer, patron, or project master from the unknown people and teams who physically constructed a building. No attribution below is inferred from a ratio or image.",
  "geometryConclusion": "Historical constructor identity is not determinable from geometry alone.",
  "records": [
    {
      "id": "basilica",
      "documentaryStatus": "not-established-in-current-source-set",
      "roles": [],
      "constructionTeam": "unknown",
      "sourceUrl": "https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/788/"
    },
    {
      "id": "gothic",
      "documentaryStatus": "not-established-in-current-source-set",
      "roles": [],
      "constructionTeam": "multiple medieval builders; individual constructor not identified here",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.cathedrale-chartres.org/en/cathedrale/monument/architecture/the-13th-century-cathedral/"
    },
    {
      "id": "byzantine",
      "documentaryStatus": "not-established-in-current-source-set",
      "roles": [],
      "constructionTeam": "unknown",
      "sourceUrl": "https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/537/"
    },
    {
      "id": "baroque",
      "documentaryStatus": "designer-documented-constructor-not-established",
      "roles": [
        {
          "role": "architect/designer",
          "name": "Gian Lorenzo Bernini",
          "sourceUrl": "https://www.gesuiti-santandrea.it/storia-e-arte/architettura/"
        }
      ],
      "constructionTeam": "not identified in the current source",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.gesuiti-santandrea.it/storia-e-arte/architettura/"
    },
    {
      "id": "stave",
      "documentaryStatus": "not-established-in-current-source-set",
      "roles": [],
      "constructionTeam": "unknown medieval carpenters and builders",
      "sourceUrl": "https://fortidsminneforeningen.no/en/museum/borgund-stave-church/"
    },
    {
      "id": "concrete",
      "documentaryStatus": "designer-documented-constructor-not-established",
      "roles": [
        {
          "role": "architect/designer",
          "name": "Tadao Ando",
          "sourceUrl": "https://www.moma.org/documents/moma_catalogue_348_300085246.pdf"
        }
      ],
      "constructionTeam": "not identified in the current source",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.moma.org/documents/moma_catalogue_348_300085246.pdf"
    },
    {
      "id": "san-vitale",
      "documentaryStatus": "not-established-in-current-source-set",
      "roles": [],
      "constructionTeam": "unknown; do not treat the geometric model author as the historical builder",
      "sourceUrl": "https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/788/"
    },
    {
      "id": "hagia-sophia",
      "documentaryStatus": "designers-documented-constructor-not-established",
      "roles": [
        {
          "role": "architects/designers",
          "name": "Anthemios of Tralles and Isidoros of Miletus",
          "sourceUrl": "https://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=356"
        }
      ],
      "constructionTeam": "not identified in the current source",
      "sourceUrl": "https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/356/"
    },
    {
      "id": "speyer",
      "documentaryStatus": "patron-and-history-documented-constructor-not-established",
      "roles": [],
      "constructionTeam": "medieval building teams; individual constructor not identified here",
      "sourceUrl": "https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/168/"
    },
    {
      "id": "durham",
      "documentaryStatus": "not-established-in-current-source-set",
      "roles": [],
      "constructionTeam": "unknown in the current source set",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.durhamcathedral.co.uk/explore/the-cathedral-building-and-grounds/the-quire"
    },
    {
      "id": "santiago",
      "documentaryStatus": "staged-medieval-project-documented",
      "roles": [
        {
          "role": "early masters",
          "name": "Bernard the Elder, Admirable Master, Roberto, and later Master Esteban",
          "sourceUrl": "https://catedraldesantiago.es/en/cathedral/"
        },
        {
          "role": "later project master",
          "name": "Master Mateo",
          "sourceUrl": "https://catedraldesantiago.es/en/portico-de-la-gloria/"
        }
      ],
      "constructionTeam": "workshops and stonecutters are implied by the staged project; a single constructor is not supported",
      "sourceUrl": "https://catedraldesantiago.es/en/cathedral/"
    },
    {
      "id": "reims",
      "documentaryStatus": "not-established-in-current-source-set",
      "roles": [],
      "constructionTeam": "multiple medieval masters; exact role attribution requires a dedicated architectural-history source",
      "sourceUrl": "https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/601/"
    },
    {
      "id": "cologne",
      "documentaryStatus": "staged-project-documented-constructor-not-normalized",
      "roles": [],
      "constructionTeam": "multiple medieval and modern builders followed the design over centuries; this register does not collapse them into one name",
      "sourceUrl": "https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/292/"
    },
    {
      "id": "monreale",
      "documentaryStatus": "patron-and-workshop-history-requires-further-source-work",
      "roles": [],
      "constructionTeam": "Arab-Norman workshops and later builders; individual constructor not established here",
      "sourceUrl": "https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1487/"
    },
    {
      "id": "saint-denis",
      "documentaryStatus": "patron-and-architectural-history-documented-constructor-not-established",
      "roles": [
        {
          "role": "patron/abbot associated with the Gothic rebuilding",
          "name": "Abbot Suger",
          "sourceUrl": "https://www.saint-denis-basilique.fr/en/discover/the-cradle-of-gothic-art"
        }
      ],
      "constructionTeam": "not identified in the current source",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.saint-denis-basilique.fr/en/discover/the-cradle-of-gothic-art"
    },
    {
      "id": "urnes",
      "documentaryStatus": "not-established-in-current-source-set",
      "roles": [],
      "constructionTeam": "unknown medieval carpenters and carvers",
      "sourceUrl": "https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/58/"
    },
    {
      "id": "kizhi",
      "documentaryStatus": "not-established-in-current-source-set",
      "roles": [],
      "constructionTeam": "unknown carpenters and builders; later attribution legends require separate verification",
      "sourceUrl": "https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/544/"
    },
    {
      "id": "san-giorgio",
      "documentaryStatus": "designer-documented-constructor-not-established",
      "roles": [
        {
          "role": "architect/designer",
          "name": "Andrea Palladio",
          "sourceUrl": "https://tour.venice.it/venice/what-to-see/details/basilica-di-san-giorgio-maggiore"
        }
      ],
      "constructionTeam": "not identified in the current source",
      "sourceUrl": "https://tour.venice.it/venice/what-to-see/details/basilica-di-san-giorgio-maggiore"
    },
    {
      "id": "redentore",
      "documentaryStatus": "designer-documented-constructor-not-established",
      "roles": [
        {
          "role": "architect/designer",
          "name": "Andrea Palladio",
          "sourceUrl": "https://www.veneziaunica.it/sites/default/files/vu_english_170616.pdf"
        }
      ],
      "constructionTeam": "not identified in the current source",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.veneziaunica.it/sites/default/files/vu_english_170616.pdf"
    },
    {
      "id": "st-pauls",
      "documentaryStatus": "architect-documented-constructor-not-established",
      "roles": [
        {
          "role": "architect",
          "name": "Christopher Wren",
          "sourceUrl": "https://www.stpauls.co.uk/wren-office-drawings"
        }
      ],
      "constructionTeam": "not identified in the current source",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.stpauls.co.uk/our-timeline"
    },
    {
      "id": "karlskirche",
      "documentaryStatus": "architectural-history-documented-constructor-not-established",
      "roles": [
        {
          "role": "architectural project",
          "name": "Fischer von Erlach family; exact role split requires source-page verification",
          "sourceUrl": "https://www.karlskirche.at/en/history/"
        }
      ],
      "constructionTeam": "not identified in the current source",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.karlskirche.at/en/history/"
    },
    {
      "id": "ronchamp",
      "documentaryStatus": "architect-documented-constructor-not-established",
      "roles": [
        {
          "role": "architect/designer",
          "name": "Le Corbusier",
          "sourceUrl": "https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1321/"
        }
      ],
      "constructionTeam": "not identified in the current source",
      "sourceUrl": "https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1321/"
    },
    {
      "id": "brasilia",
      "documentaryStatus": "designer-documented-constructor-not-established",
      "roles": [
        {
          "role": "architect/designer",
          "name": "Oscar Niemeyer",
          "sourceUrl": "https://catedral.org.br/institucional/historia/"
        }
      ],
      "constructionTeam": "not identified in the current source",
      "sourceUrl": "https://catedral.org.br/institucional/historia/"
    },
    {
      "id": "thorncrown",
      "documentaryStatus": "architect-documented-constructor-not-established",
      "roles": [
        {
          "role": "architect/designer",
          "name": "E. Fay Jones",
          "sourceUrl": "https://www.thorncrown.com/about"
        }
      ],
      "constructionTeam": "not identified in the current source",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.thorncrown.com/about"
    }
  ]
}