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Robert Mills
Robert Mills 1781-1855, American architect of the classic revival period, b. Charleston, S.C. From 1800 to 1820 he worked as an architect in Washington, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, being associated at different times with Thomas Jefferson, James Hoban, and B. H. Latrobe. He then returned to... Read more |
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Sir William Chambers
Sir William Chambers 1723-96, English architect, b. Gothenburg, Sweden. He traveled extensively in the East Indies and in China making drawings of gardens and buildings, many of which were later published. He studied architecture in France and Italy and established (1755) his practice in England... Read more |
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Isaac Ware
Isaac Ware d. 1766, English architect of the Georgian period. After travels in Italy he was employed in 1729 as clerk of the works at Windsor Castle. For Philip, earl of Chesterfield, he built (1749) Chesterfield House, Mayfair, of which his work The Complete Body of Architecture (1756) contains... Read more |
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Sir Robert Smirke
Sir Robert Smirke 1781-1867, English architect, one of the most noted exponents of the classic revival . His best-known design is the main facade of the British Museum (1823-47). Other buildings in London are the General Post Office and the Royal College of Physicians. Smirke's influence resulted... Read more |
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Sir Basil Spence
Spence, Sir Basil Urwin (1907–76). British architect, born in India and educated in Scotland and London. He worked in the office of Lutyens for a brief period. He made his name when he won the competition for the rebuilding of Coventry Cathedral, Warwicks. (1950–1), regarded as a... Read more |
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Wolfgang Huber
Huber, Wolfgang (or Wolf Huber) (b ?Feldkirch, c.1480/90; d Passau, 3 June 1553). Austrian painter, printmaker, and architect, active mainly in Passau in Germany, where he was court painter and architect to the prince-bishop. He was first and foremost a poetic interpreter of landscape and is... Read more |
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Solomon Willard
Solomon Willard 1783-1861, American architect and sculptor, b. Petersham, Mass. Arriving in Boston in 1804, he eventually became a leading architect; he both designed and supervised the erection of the Bunker Hill monument. He carved the architectural detail of many Boston buildings, as well as... Read more |
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Richard Upjohn
Richard Upjohn 1802-78, American architect, b. England. He came to the United States in 1829. A skilled cabinetmaker and draftsman, he lived first in Manlius, N.Y., and then in New Bedford, Mass., where he set himself up as an architect. His first commissions were private houses in Bangor, Maine... Read more |
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Georgian architecture
Georgian architecture It includes several trends in English architecture that were predominant during the reigns (1714-1830) of George I, George II, George III, and George IV. The first half of the period (c.1710-c.1760) was dominated by Neo-Palladianism (see Palladio ). Colin Campbell, with his... Read more |
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Charles de Wailly
Wailly, Charles de (1730–98). French architect and painter, one of the most distinguished and influential of the Louis Seize and Revolutionary periods. He studied under J. -F. Blondel, Le Geay, and Servandoni, and at the French Academy in Rome (1754–6), where he fell under the spell... Read more |
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The Shaper of Things to Come; At the Octagon, Robert Adam's Original Drawings
...century British architect Robert Adam could hardly...show of 66 drawings by Adam and his talented...finished drawing." Passing...1791 Adam drawing of a ... |
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Georgian rivals
...after another architect who was his natural rival...commissions which Adam craved...instrumental in his first royal...was made Architect to the Dowager...the young Robert Adam was...assembled a huge ... |
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Sir John Soane's Museum. (London, England) (Column)
...tree as an architect. Marrying...Fields as his family home and office, and to display his treasures...conscious of his humble origins...architectural drawings by Wren, Piranesi, Robert Adam ... |
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Charles Rennie MacIntosh
...acclaimed as an architect, designer...with genius his achievements...everyone in his native land...the greatest British architect since Robert Adam, between...Glasgow Herald offices and ... |
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David Watkin welcomes a book on British twentieth-century houses that is...
...Paul Paget for his uncle, Samuel...brickwork and metal office furniture are...Despite his own openness...Channel steamers, offices like vast bee...Professor-Architect'. Powers points...included a drawing room with ... |
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...Portland Place offices. CIMA actually...The grand drawing rooms, dining...well as the British Council and...Institute of British Architects, all occupying...out by the Adam brothers in 1774. Robert ... |
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