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1803 In Architecture
The year 1803 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Buildings and structures Buildings * The Raj Bhavan in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. * Holy Cross Church, Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Charles Bulfinch, dedicated. * St. John's Chapel (New York City), designed by John McComb, Jr. and his brother Isaac. * Rivington Unitarian Chapel in Lancashire, England. * Bob Church, Cluj, Transylvania. * Casa del Labrador, designed by Isidro González Velásquez, at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez in Spain is completed. * Nantwich Bridge in Cheshire, England, built by William Lightfoot. Awards * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: François-Narcisse Pagot. Births *April 3 – David Bryce, Scottish architect (died 1876) *April 20 – Christian Hansen, Danish historicist architect (died 1883) *August 3 – Joseph Paxton, English gardener, architect and MP (died 1865) *October 16 – Robert Stephenson, English railway civil and mechanical engineer ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Hansen (architect)
Hans Christian Hansen (20 April 1803 – 2 May 1883) was a Historicist Danish architect who worked 18 years in Greece where he was active in the transformation of Athens from a small town to the country's capital and an international metropolis. Later in his career he returned to Denmark, where he became a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and designed buildings such as the Copenhagen Municipal Hospital and the Østervold Observatory. He was the brother of Theophilus Hansen who was also an internationally successful architect, active in Athens and Vienna. He is considered to be a pioneer in the study and application of polychrome architecture. Biography Early life and career Christian Hansen was born in Copenhagen. He attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen from 1816, just 13 years old, where he studied under Christian Frederik Hansen, the leading Danish architect of the time, and Gustav Friedrich Hetsch. Christian Frederik Hansen taught h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1803 Works
Eighteen or 18 may refer to: * 18 (number), the natural number following 17 and preceding 19 * one of the years 18 BC, AD 18, 1918, 2018 Film, television and entertainment * ''18'' (film), a 1993 Taiwanese experimental film based on the short story ''God's Dice'' * ''Eighteen'' (film), a 2005 Canadian dramatic feature film * 18 (British Board of Film Classification), a film rating in the United Kingdom, also used in Ireland by the Irish Film Classification Office * 18 (''Dragon Ball''), a character in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise * "Eighteen", a 2006 episode of the animated television series ''12 oz. Mouse'' Music Albums * ''18'' (Moby album), 2002 * ''18'' (Nana Kitade album), 2005 * '' 18...'', 2009 debut album by G.E.M. Songs * "18" (5 Seconds of Summer song), from their 2014 eponymous debut album * "18" (One Direction song), from their 2014 studio album ''Four'' * "18", by Anarbor from their 2013 studio album '' Burnout'' * "I'm Eighteen", by Alice Cooper commonly r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1730 In Architecture
The year 1730 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * Annenhof Palace in the Lefortovo District of Moscow, designed by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli. * The :File:Blenheim Column of Victory.JPG, Column of Victory at Blenheim Palace in England, designed by Roger Morris (1695–1749), Roger Morris and Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke, Henry Herbert, is completed. * Zeughaus (arsenal, modern-day Deutsches Historisches Museum) on Unter den Linden in Berlin (Prussia), to a design originated by Johann Arnold Nering in 1695 in architecture, 1695 (the year of his death) and continued successively by Martin Grünberg, Andreas Schlüter and Jean de Bodt, is completed. * Senate House (University of Cambridge), designed by James Gibbs and James Burrough (architect), James Burrough, is completed. * St Anne's Limehouse, designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, and St Paul's, Deptford, designed by Thomas Archer, are completed for the Commission for Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottone Calderari
Ottone Calderari (13 September 1730 – 26 October 1803) was an Italian architect and writer of architectural design. Calderari was born and died in Vicenza. He made the designs for the Palazzos Loschi (Zileri dal Verme), Anti, Sola, Bonini, and Cordellina located in and near Vicenza. He completed the Palazzetto Capra Lampertico for the . He helped construct the church of Santorso, province of Vicenza. His design for a facade of the church of San Marco in San Girolamo in Vicenza, was later used for the church of St. Filippo Neri by Antonio Piovene. He was active in some of the reconstruction and expansions of Thiene Cathedral. He also worked in Verona, Padua, and Marostica. In his day, he was said to represent a ''rejuvenated Andrea Palladio, Palladio'', while by others, he was considered a plagiarist.F. Boni Sources * See also *Palladian architecture {{DEFAULTSORT:Calderari, Ottone 1730 births 1803 deaths Architects from Vicenza 18th-century Italian architects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
