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1800 In Architecture
The year 1800 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * June 30 – Replacement Teatro Riccardi opera house in Bergamo Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germanic elements *''berg +*heim'', the "mountain home") is a city in the alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from Switzerland, the alpine lakes Como ..., Lombardy, designed by Giovanni Francesco Lucchini, is opened. * November 1 – White House, The White House in Washington D.C., United States, is completed. However, the porticoes are not added until 1825 in architecture, 1825. * The King's Inns in Dublin, designed by James Gandon, are completed. * Santiago Metropolitan Cathedral in Chile is completed. * East Cowes Castle on the Isle of Wight, designed by John Nash (architect), John Nash for his own use, is completed. * Tyringham Hall near Newport Pagnell in England, designed by John Soane, is completed. * Gosford H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honorable Society Of King's Inns, Dublin
''The Honourable'' (British English) or ''The Honorable'' (American English; see spelling differences) (abbreviation: ''Hon.'', ''Hon'ble'', or variations) is an honorific style that is used as a prefix before the names or titles of certain people, usually with official governmental or diplomatic positions. Use by governments International diplomacy In international diplomatic relations, representatives of foreign states are often styled as ''The Honourable''. Deputy chiefs of mission, , consuls-general and consuls are always given the style. All heads of consular posts, whether they are honorary or career postholders, are accorded the style according to the State Department of the United States. However, the style ''Excellency'' instead of ''The Honourable'' is used for ambassadors and high commissioners. Africa The Congo In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the prefix 'Honourable' or 'Hon.' is used for members of both chambers of the Parliament of the Democratic Repu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyringham Hall
Tyringham Hall (/ˈtiːrɪŋəm/) is a Grade I listed stately home, originally designed by Sir John Soane in 1792. It is located in Tyringham near Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England. Architecture The house was built on the site of the original manor house by William Praed William Praed (24 June 1747 – 9 October 1833) was an English businessman, banker, and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1808. He is not to be confused with his first cousin of the same name, William Mackworth Praed, serj ..., with plans by Sir John Soane. Later additions by Edwin Lutyens in 1924 include the Bathing Pavilion, Temple of Music and Rose Garden. Tyringham Hall stands in Lutyens’ formally laid-out gardens, with a tree-lined drive leading past the deer park to a gravel sweep in front of the house. The façade features stone columns with sphinxes on either side of the entrance porch leading to the reception rooms. The Temple of Music had a Welte-Philharmonic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1870 In Architecture
The year 1870 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Buildings and structures Buildings * January 6 – The Musikverein in Vienna, designed by Theophil Hansen, is inaugurated. * May 1 – Equitable Life Building (New York City), designed by Arthur Gilman and Edward H. Kendall, with George B. Post as a consulting engineer, is completed. The 7-storey building is the first office block to incorporate passenger elevators, hydraulic examples by the Elisha Otis company. * June 23 – Keble College, Oxford, designed by William Butterfield, is opened. * August 9 – Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Australia is opened. * November – University of Glasgow new campus building, designed by George Gilbert Scott, is opened. * Perth Town Hall in Australia, designed by Richard Roach Jewell and James Manning, is completed. * David Sassoon Library in Bombay, designed by J. Campbell and G. E. Gosling, is completed. * Khotan Mosque in China is built. * App ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1881 In Architecture
The year 1881 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Buildings and structures Buildings * Alþingishúsið in Reykjavík, Iceland, designed by Ferdinand Meldahl, is opened to house the Althing (national parliament) * British Museum (Natural History) in London, England, designed by Alfred Waterhouse, is opened * Founder's Building at Royal Holloway College, Egham in England, designed by William Henry Crossland, is completed * Tweed Courthouse is completed by Leopold Eidlitz in New York City * The National Theatre (Prague), designed in 1865–68 by Josef Zítek, is opened officially * Construction of St Stephen's Church, Bournemouth, England, designed by John Loughborough Pearson, is begun Awards * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – George Godwin. * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Henri Deglane. Births * March 29 – Raymond Hood, American Art Deco architect (died 1934) * August 2 – Walter Godfrey, English architectural historian and architec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decimus Burton
Decimus Burton (30 September 1800 – 14 December 1881) was one of the foremost English architects and landscapers of the 19th century. He was the foremost Victorian architect in the Roman revival, Greek revival, Georgian neoclassical and Regency styles. He was a founding fellow and vice-president of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and from 1840 architect to the Royal Botanic Society, and an early member of the Athenaeum Club, London, whose clubhouse he designed and which the company of his father, James Burton, the pre-eminent Georgian London property developer, built. Burton's works are Hyde Park, London (including the gate or screen of Hyde Park Corner, and the Wellington Arch, and the Gates); Green Park and St James's Park; Regent's Park (including Cornwall Terrace, York Terrace, Clarence Terrace, Chester Terrace, and the villas of the Inner Circle which include his own mansion, The Holme, and the original Winfield House); the enclosure of the forecourt of Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1869 In Architecture
The year 1869 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events * Construction of Neuschwanstein in Bavaria, designed by Christian Jank, is begun. Buildings and structures Buildings opened * February 3 – Booth's Theatre, New York City, United States. * May 12 – Chapel of St John's College, Cambridge, England, designed by George Gilbert Scott, consecrated. * May 25 – Vienna State Opera, constructed by Josef Hlávka to designs by August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll. van der Nüll hanged himself in 1868 in disappointment at the public reaction to the design and von Sicardsburg died of tuberculosis a few months later. * June – Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo, Japan. * October 19 – St Barnabas Church, Oxford, England, designed by Arthur Blomfield, consecrated. * November 6 – Blackfriars Bridge, London, England. * November 17 – The modern Suez Canal. * December 31 – St Stephen's Church, Rosslyn Hill, London, designed b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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