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1733 In Architecture
The year 1733 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings *Clandon Park (Surrey), designed by Giacomo Leoni, completed. *Trafalgar House (Wiltshire) completed. *St John Horsleydown and St Luke Old Street in London, both designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor and John James, are completed for the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches. *Wade's Bridge, Aberfeldy, Scotland, designed by William Adam, built. *Ludwigsburg Palace is completed. Births * January 4 – Robert Mylne, Scottish architect (died 1811) Deaths * December 7 – Edward Lovett Pearce, Irish palladian architect (born 1699) References Architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ... Years in architecture 1730s architecture {{Architecture-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1733 Works
Events January–March * January 13 – Borommarachathirat V becomes King of Siam (now Thailand) upon the death of King Sanphet IX. * January 27 – George Frideric Handel's classic opera, ''Orlando'' is performed for the first time, making its debut at the King's Theatre in London. * February 12 – British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia. * March 21 – The Molasses Act is passed by British House of Commons, which reinforces the negative opinions of the British by American colonists. The Act then goes to the House of Lords, which consents to it on May 4 and it receives royal assent on May 17. * March 25 – English replaces Latin and Law French as the official language of English and Scottish courts following the enforcement of the Proceedings in Courts of Justice Act 1730. April–June * April 6 – **After British Prime Minister Robert Walpole's proposed excise tax bill results in rioting over the imposit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1699 In Architecture
The year 1699 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Buildings and structures Buildings *English architect and dramatist John Vanbrugh is commissioned to begin Castle Howard in Yorkshire. *Craigiehall, Scotland, designed by Sir William Bruce and James Smith, is completed for William Johnstone, 1st Marquess of Annandale *St Werburgh's Church, Derby, England * Thomas Lambert House, Rowley, Massachusetts completed *Trinity Cathedral in Pskov, Russia completed Births *February 10 – Francisco Hurtado Izquierdo, Spanish Baroque architect (died 1725) * February 17 – Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Prussian painter and architect (died 1753) *''date unknown'' ** Matthew Brettingham, English Palladian country and town house architect (died 1769) **Edward Lovett Pearce, Irish Palladian architect (died 1733 Events January–March * January 13 – Borommarachathirat V becomes King of Siam (now Thailand) upon the deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Lovett Pearce
Sir Edward Lovett Pearce (1699 – 7 December 1733) was an Irish architect, and the chief exponent of Palladianism in Ireland. He is thought to have initially studied as an architect under his father's first cousin, Sir John Vanbrugh. He is best known for the Irish Houses of Parliament in Dublin, and his work on Castletown House. The architectural concepts he employed on both civic and private buildings were to change the face of architecture in Ireland. He could be described as the father of Irish Palladian architecture and Georgian Dublin. Early life Edward Lovett Pearce was born about 1699 in County Meath and was the only child of General Edward Pearce, a first cousin of the architect Sir John Vanbrugh, and Frances, daughter of Christopher Lovett, Lord Mayor of Dublin 1676–77 and previously a merchant in Turkey. In that same year Vanbrugh was beginning work on his first great architectural commission of Castle Howard which was the first truly baroque house in England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1811 In Architecture
The year 1811 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings * Argyll House, London, designed by William Wilkins is completed * The House wing of the United States Capitol, designed by William Thornton and Benjamin Latrobe is completed. Events * March – The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 determines the grid plan of Manhattan. * John Nash prepares his plan of the Regent Street and Regent's Park areas of London. Awards * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Jean-Louis Provost. Births * c. May – Thomas Larkins Walker, British architect (died 1860) * July 13 – George Gilbert Scott, English architect (died 1878) Deaths * May 5 – Robert Mylne, British architect (born 1734) * August 22 – Juan de Villanueva, Spanish architect (born 1739) References {{Reflist Architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Mylne (architect)
Robert Mylne (4 January 1733 – 5 May 1811) was a Scottish architect and civil engineer, particularly remembered for his design for Blackfriars Bridge in London. Born and raised in Edinburgh, he travelled to Europe as a young man, studying architecture in Rome under Piranesi. In 1758, he became the first Briton to win the triennial architecture competition at the Accademia di San Luca. This made his name known in London, and won him the rivalry of fellow Scot Robert Adam. On his return to Britain, Mylne won the competition to design the new Blackfriars Bridge over the Thames in London, his design being chosen over those of established engineers, such as John Smeaton. He was appointed surveyor to the New River Company, which supplied drinking water to London, and Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral, where he was responsible for maintaining the building designed by Sir Christopher Wren. Both positions he held for life. Mylne designed a number of country houses and city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwigsburg Palace
Ludwigsburg Palace, nicknamed the "Versailles of Swabia", is a 452-room palace complex of 18 buildings located in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its total area, including the gardens, is the largest palatial estate in the country. The palace has four wings: the northern wing, the Alter Hauptbau, is the oldest and was used as a ducal residence; the east and west wings were used for court purposes and housing guests and courtiers; the southern wing, the Neuer Hauptbau, was built to house more court functions and was later used as a residence. Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg, appointed Philipp Joseph Jenisch to direct the work and construction began in 1704. In 1707, Jenisch was replaced with Johann Friedrich Nette, who completed the majority of the palace and surrounding gardens. Nette died in 1714, and Donato Giuseppe Frisoni finished much of the palace façades. In the final year of construction, Eberhard Louis died and the Neue Hauptbau's interiors were left ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Adam (architect)
William Adam (1689 – 24 June 1748) was a Scottish architect, mason, and entrepreneur. He was the foremost architect of his time in Scotland,McWilliam, p.57 designing and building numerous country houses and public buildings, and often acting as contractor as well as architect. Among his best known works are Hopetoun House near Edinburgh, and Duff House in Banff. His individual, exuberant style built on the Palladian style, but with Baroque details inspired by Vanbrugh and Continental architecture. In the 18th century, Adam was considered Scotland's "Universal Architect". However, since the early 20th century, architectural critics have taken a more measured view, Colin McWilliam, for instance, finding the quality of his work "varied to an extreme degree". As well as being an architect, Adam was involved in several industrial ventures and improvement schemes, including coal mining, salt panning, stone quarries and mills. In 1731 he began to build up his own estate in Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberfeldy, Perth And Kinross
Aberfeldy ( gd, Obar Pheallaidh) is a burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, on the River Tay. A small market town, Aberfeldy is located in Highland Perthshire. It was mentioned by Robert Burns in the poem ''The Birks Of Aberfeldy''. Etymology Aberfeldy means 'mouth of the Peallaidh'. The first element of the name is the Pictish word ''aber'' 'river mouth'. The river-name perhaps incorporates the name of a water-sprite known as Peallaidh, which in Gaelic means 'shaggy'. Aberfeldy is recorded in 1526 as ''Abrefrally'' and in 1552 as ''Abirfeldy''. History Beyond its association with Burns, who mentioned Aberfeldy in his poem '' The Birks of Aberfeldy'', the town is known for Wade's Bridge, built in 1733 and designed by architect William Adam, father of Robert Adam. General George Wade considered this bridge to be his greatest accomplishment. Aberfeldy is also mentioned in the traditional "Loch Tay Boat Song". While working in the 1880s as a hired farmhand for Robert Menzies of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commission For Building Fifty New Churches
The Commission for Building Fifty New Churches (in London and the surroundings) was an organisation set up by Act of Parliament in England in 1711, the New Churches in London and Westminster Act 1710, with the purpose of building fifty new churches for the rapidly growing conurbation of London. It did not achieve its target, but did build a number of churches, which would become known as the Queen Anne Churches. Churches built Most of the churches were designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor, with John James, Thomas Archer and James Gibbs also participating. *Christ Church, Spitalfields, Hawksmoor 1714–29 *St Alfege Church, Greenwich, Hawksmoor 1712–18 (rebuilding of an existing church) *St Anne's Limehouse, Hawksmoor 1714–30 *St George's, Bloomsbury, Hawksmoor 1716–31 *St George in the East, Hawksmoor 1714–29 *St George's, Hanover Square, James 1720–25 *St John Horsleydown, Hawksmoor and James 1727–33 *St John's, Smith Square, Archer 1713&ndash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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