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1820 In Architecture
The year 1820 in architecture involved some significant events. Events * Approximate date – Gatcombe Park, Gloucestershire, England, is remodelled by George Basevi (a relative of the owner at this time, economist David Ricardo). Buildings and structures Buildings completed * Charlotte Square, completing the construction of New Town, Edinburgh, Scotland; laid out to the design of Robert Adam (died 1792 in architecture, 1792). * Bakers Island Light, Salem, Massachusetts, USA. * Citadelle Laferrière in Haiti, the largest fortification in the Americas. * Clock tower of Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned, Gibraltar. * Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire, England, by Robert Smirke (architect), Robert Smirke. * Inveraray Jail and Courthouse, Scotland, by James Gillespie Graham. * Óbuda Synagogue, Hungary. * Pont de la Tosca, Andorra. * 'Stack A' bonded warehouse, Custom House Docks, Dublin, Ireland, by John Rennie the Elder. Awards * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: François Villain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inveraray Jail
Inveraray Jail, formerly County Buildings, is a municipal structure in Church Square, Inveraray, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The structure, which was the headquarters of Argyll County Council as well as a jail and a courthouse, is a Category A listed building. History The building was commissioned to replace the old town house on Front Street which dated from 1755 and which had been deemed too small. The original plans for the new building had called for a courthouse and three prisons, one for males, one for females and one for debtors, but the scheme was deemed too expensive and was curtailed. The new courthouse was designed by James Gillespie Graham based on initial drawings by Robert Reid in the neoclassical style, built in ashlar stone and was completed in 1820. The design of the courthouse involved a symmetrical main frontage of three bays facing onto Church Square. The central bay featured a doorway with a fanlight on the ground floor and a Venetian window on the first f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1750 In Architecture
The year 1750 in architecture involved some significant events. Events * November 18 – Westminster Bridge across the River Thames in London, designed by Swiss-born engineer Charles Labelye, is officially opened. * Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire, England, is commissioned by Sir Nathaniel Curzon (later 1st Baron Scarsdale), to be designed by James Paine and Matthew Brettingham. * Calcot Park, Berkshire, England, is rebuilt by John Blagrave, following a fire. * William Halfpenny publishes ''Rural Architecture in the Chinese Taste'' in England. Buildings and structures Buildings * Azm Palace, Damascus * Christoffel Vought Farmstead, New Jersey * Preservation Hall, a private residence in the New Orleans French Quarter (it will serve as a tavern during the War of 1812) * Fort Rensellear in Canajoharie, New York Births * January 21 – François Baillairgé, architect, painter and sculptor (died 1830) * May 20 – William Thornton, British-American physician, inventor, painter a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Baldwin (architect)
Thomas Baldwin (c.1750 – 7 March 1820) was an English architect in the city of Bath, who was responsible for designing some of Bath's principal Georgian buildings. In 1775, he was appointed as the official Bath City Architect. In this role he designed Guildhall, Argyle Street, Laura Place, Great Pulteney Street and many others. In 1793, he was dismissed for financial irregularities, and as a result he was forced into bankruptcy and his reputation was ruined. Jane Root, biographer of Baldwin, writes; "he had a history not merely of imprudence, but of deliberate dishonesty". Career Baldwin was born in 1749 or 1750. His place of birth is not recorded, however, he was not native to Bath. He was first recorded in the city of Bath in 1774. He was initially a clerk (later builder and assistant) to plumber, glazier, and politician Thomas Warr Attwood. By 1775, he was appointed as the Bath City Architect after Attwood's death. During the construction of the Guildhall he was officia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
March 7
Events Pre-1600 * 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. * 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Coblenz in the presence of the papal legate Theodwin. * 1277 – The University of Paris issues the last in a series of condemnations of various philosophical and theological theses. *1573 – A peace treaty is signed between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, ending the Ottoman–Venetian War and leaving Cyprus in Ottoman hands. 1601–1900 * 1799 – Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives. * 1814 – Emperor Napoleon I of France wins the Battle of Craonne. * 1827 – Brazilian marines unsuccessfully attack the temporary naval base of Carmen de Patagones, Argentina. * 1827 – Shrigley abduction: Ellen Turner is abducted by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1886 In Architecture
The year 1886 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events * Patrick Manogue, Sacramento's first bishop, acquires the land to build the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in the United States, designed by Bryan J. Klinch. Buildings and structures Buildings opened * June 30 – Founder's Building at Royal Holloway College for women, Egham, near London, designed by William Henry Crossland. * July – Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, designed by Christian Jank and realized by Eduard Riedel, is opened to the public, although incomplete. * October 28 – Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, United States, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi with engineering by Gustave Eiffel and Maurice Koechlin. * October 31 – Dom Luís Bridge in Porto, designed by Téophile Seyrig. Buildings completed * Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, designed by John C. Cochrane and Alfred H. Piquenard * National Assembly building in Sofia, designe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Devey
George Devey (1820, London – 1886, Hastings, Sussex) was an English architect notable for his work on country houses and their estates, especially those belonging to the Rothschild family. The second son of Frederick and Ann Devey, he was born and educated in London. After leaving school he studied art, under John Sell Cotman and James Duffield HardingDavey 1995, p.22 with an ambition to become a professional artist, but later trained as an architect. Career During his professional career Devey had a London office in Great Marlborough Street, where he specialised in country houses and estate cottages and lodges. His first important work, in 1850, was on a group of cottages at the entrance gate of Penshurst Place in Kent, where he modified and added to existing buildings, to create a picturesque composition, with the intention of creating an illusion of genuine antiquity. He worked extensively for the Duke of Sutherland at Cliveden in Buckinghamshire where he designed lodges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1912 In Architecture
The year 1912 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events * Clough Williams-Ellis receives his first major architectural commission, for the remodelling of Llangoed Hall in Wales. Buildings and structures Buildings opened * Electric Tower, in Buffalo, New York, designed by Esenwein & Johnson * April 19 – Bridges in Constantine, Algeria: ** Sidi M'Cid Bridge, designed by Ferdinand Arnodin. ** Sidi Rached Bridge, designed by Paul Séjourné. * April 25 – Rebuilt St Mark's Campanile in Venice inaugurated. * May – Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts opens in Moscow, Russia. * June – Government Conference Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (opened by the Grand Trunk Railway as Ottawa's railway station) * October 12 – Quarr Abbey on the Isle of Wight (England), designed by Dom Paul Bellot, consecrated. * December 26 – Opening of: ** Manchester Opera House, in Manchester, England, as the New Theatre, designed by Richardson & Gill with Far ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Kerr (architect)
Peter Kerr (21 April 182031 March 1912) was an Australian architect and the principal designer of the Parliament House of Victoria, Australia, commencing from a government architect's basic design.History of Parliament House at Parliament of Victoria Kerr immigrated to in 1852 after working under Sir on the design of the . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April 21
Events Pre-1600 *753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date). * 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered shortly after. * 900 – The Laguna Copperplate Inscription (the earliest known written document found in what is now the Philippines): the Commander-in-Chief of the Kingdom of Tondo, as represented by the Honourable Jayadewa, Lord Minister of Pailah, pardons from all debt the Honourable Namwaran and his relations. * 1092 – The Diocese of Pisa is elevated to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Urban II *1506 – The three-day Lisbon Massacre comes to an end with the slaughter of over 1,900 suspected Jews by Portuguese Catholics. * 1509 – Henry VIII ascends the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII. * 1526 – The last ruler of the Lodi dynasty, Ibrahim Lodi is defeated and killed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Prix De Rome
The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them to stay in Rome for three to five years at the expense of the state. The prize was extended to architecture in 1720, music in 1803 and engraving in 1804. The prestigious award was abolished in 1968 by André Malraux, then Minister of Culture, following the May 68 riots that called for cultural change. History The Prix de Rome was initially created for painters and sculptors in 1663 in France, during the reign of Louis XIV. It was an annual bursary for promising artists having proved their talents by completing a very difficult elimination contest. To succeed, a student had to create a sketch on an assigned topic while isolated in a closed booth with no reference material to draw on. The prize, organised by the Académie Royale de Peinture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rennie The Elder
John Rennie FRSE FRS (7 June 1761 – 4 October 1821) was a Scottish civil engineer who designed many bridges, canals, docks and warehouses, and a pioneer in the use of structural cast-iron. Early years He was born the younger son of James Rennie, a farmer near Phantassie, near East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland. John showed a taste for mechanics at a very early age, and was allowed to spend much time in the workshop of Andrew Meikle, a millwright and the inventor of the threshing machine, who lived at Houston Mill on the Phantassie estate. After receiving a normal basic education at the parish school of Prestonkirk Parish Church, he was sent to the burgh school at Dunbar, and in November 1780 he matriculated at the University of Edinburgh, where he remained until 1783. His older brother George remained to assist in the family agricultural business. Rennie worked as a millwright to have established a business. His originality was exhibited by the introduction of cast iron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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