1852 In Architecture

picture info	1852 In Architecture The year 1852 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events * February – Augustus Pugin suffers a breakdown and is admitted to a private asylum, Kensington Housea, London, days after designing the clock tower for the Palace of Westminster. * June – Augustus Pugin is transferred to the Royal Bethlem Hospital. * ''date unknown'' – Thomas M. Penson restores a house at 22 Eastgate Street, Chester, England, in black-and-white Revival style. Buildings and structures Buildings completed * January 1 – Battle railway station, East Sussex (England), designed by William Tress, is opened. * February 3 – The House of Commons of the United Kingdom in the Palace of Westminster, London (England) designed by Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin, is opened. * May 15 – Teatro Comunale Alighieri in Ravenna, designed by Tommaso and Giambattista Meduna, is opened. * October 14 – London King's Cross railway station, designed by Lewis C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Augustus Pugin Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin ( ; 1 March 181214 September 1852) was an English architect, designer, artist and critic with French and, ultimately, Swiss origins. He is principally remembered for his pioneering role in the Gothic Revival style of architecture. His work culminated in designing the interior of the Palace of Westminster in Westminster, London, England, and its iconic clock tower, later renamed the Elizabeth Tower, which houses the bell known as Big Ben. Pugin designed many churches in England, and some in Ireland and Australia. He was the son of Auguste Pugin, and the father of Edward Welby Pugin and Peter Paul Pugin, who continued his architectural firm as Pugin & Pugin. He also created Alton Castle in Alton, Staffordshire. Biography Pugin was the son of the French draughtsman Auguste Pugin, who had immigrated to England as a result of the French Revolution and had married Catherine Welby of the Welby family of Denton, Lincolnshire, England. Pugin wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Giovanni Battista Meduna Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) Meduna (11 Jun 1800 – 27 April 1886), knight and Commander of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, was an Italian architect from Venice. Biography He was the son of Venetian carpenter and window maker Andrea Meduna and a descendant of the Meduna family. Meduna studied architecture under Gian Antonio Selva and after his death under Antonio Diedo and Francesco Lazzari. He was lieutenant of the ''Guardia Civica'' during the Revolutions of 1848 in the Italian states, 1848–1849 revolutions, a member of the ''Comitato Segreto di Venezia'' at the time of the Italian Risorgimento against the Austrian Empire, working in connection with the municipal council not recognized by Austria. When it assumed power, he was called to be part of it. He often collaborated with his brother Tommaso Meduna (1798–1880), engineer and designer of the first railway bridge between Venice and the mainland in 1836. His first son Leopoldo was born in 1837. He was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]