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1849 In Architecture
The year 1849 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * March 1 – Ashby de la Zouch railway station, Ashby railway station, Leicestershire, England, probably designed by Robert Chaplin, opened. * May 1 – Stone railway station, Staffordshire, England, designed by H. A. Hunt, opened. * September 2 – Gare de l'Est railway station in Paris (France), designed by François Duquesnay, opened. * October 30 – Coal Exchange (London), London Coal Exchange opened. * December 1 – Gothenburg City Hall (Sweden), designed by Pehr Johan Ekman, opened. * Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street, central London, designed by Joseph John Scoles, completed. * Dormition Cathedral (London), All Saints, Ennismore Gardens, south London, designed by Lewis Vulliamy, interior completed. * Boston Custom House (Massachusetts), designed by Ammi B. Young, completed. * Rich-Twinn Octagon House, Akron, New York, built. Events * March – ''The Journa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Year 185 (Roman numerals, CLXXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lascivius and Atilius (or, less frequently, year 938 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 185 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Nobles of Britain demand that Emperor Commodus rescind all power given to Tigidius Perennis, who is eventually executed. * Pertinax, Publius Helvius Pertinax is made governor of Britain and quells a mutiny of the Roman Britain, British Roman legions who wanted him to become emperor. The disgruntled usurpers go on to attempt to assassinate the governor. * Tigidius Perennis, his family and many others are executed for conspiring against Commodus. * Commodus drains Ancient Rome, Rome's treasury to put on gladi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich-Twinn Octagon House
The Rich-Twinn Octagon House built in 1849 is an historic octagonal house located at 145 Main Street in Akron, New York. It is one of three known octagon houses in Erie County, New York and was "meticulously restored" prior to its 1994 nomination to the National Register. ''Note:'' This includes an''Accompanying four photographs''/ref> On February 10, 1995, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic .... Today it is a house museum and is occasionally open for touring. References External links Newstead Historical Society: Rich-Twinn Octagon House includes tour info Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Houses completed in 1849 Octagon houses in New York (state) Houses in Eri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aston Webb
Sir Aston Webb (22 May 1849 – 21 August 1930) was a British architect who designed the principal facade of Buckingham Palace and the main building of the Victoria and Albert Museum, among other major works around England, many of them in partnership with Ingress Bell. He was President of the Royal Academy from 1919 to 1924. He was also the founding Chairman of the London Society (organisation), London Society. Life The son of a watercolourist (and former pupil of the landscape artist David Cox (artist), David Cox), Edward Webb, Aston Webb was born in Clapham, South London, on 22 May 1849 and received his initial architectural training articled in the firm of Robert Richardson Banks, Banks and Charles Barry (junior), Barry from 1866 to 1871, after which he spent a year travelling in Europe and Asia. He returned to London in 1874 to set up his own practice. From the early 1880s, he joined the Royal Institute of British Architects (1883) and began working in partnership with In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1914 In Architecture
The year 1914 in architecture involved some significant events. Events * April 11 – Alpha Rho Chi, a professional architecture fraternity, is founded in the Hotel Sherman in Chicago, Illinois, United States. * May 15–August 8 – Werkbund Exhibition in Cologne, featuring the Glass Pavilion designed by Bruno Taut. * August 15 – A dismissed servant kills seven people at American architect Frank Lloyd Wright's studio and home, Taliesin in Wisconsin (including Wright's mistress, Mamah Borthwick), and sets it on fire. Buildings and structures Buildings and structures opened * January 14 – "Bridge of Sighs" at Hertford College, Oxford, England, designed by Sir Thomas Jackson. * April – Opera House, Wellington, New Zealand, designed by William Pitt. * May 7 – King Edward VII Galleries at the British Museum, London, designed by Sir John Burnet. * June 1 – Fairmont Palliser Hotel in Calgary, Alberta * August 15 – The Panama Canal, completed by George Washington Goethals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Holzmann
Carl Holzmann (22 February 1849, Šitboř ( Poběžovice), Bohemia, Austrian Empire – 14 September 1914, Baden bei Wien, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary) was an Austrian architect who designed several apartment buildings in the centre of Vienna, mostly in the Historicist style. They include the Paulanerhof (1894) and the Habig-Hof (1896)."Carl Holzmann" ''Architektenlexikon Wien 1770–1945''. Retrieved 15 May 2012. Biography Carl Holzmann was first trained as a bricklayer. After a period in Germany and , he settled in Vienna, where he worked for a builder in an ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1910 In Architecture
The year 1910 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events * January 21 – Architect Adolf Loos delivers the lecture ''Ornament and Crime'' in Vienna. * April 27 – Futurist poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti issues the manifesto ''Contro Venezia passatista'' ("Against Past-loving Venice") in the Piazza San Marco. * Mary Colter is appointed full-time architect for the Fred Harvey Company in the United States. Buildings and structures Buildings opened * January 22 – Flinders Street railway station in Melbourne, Australia, designed by Fawcett and Ashworth. * February – Birmingham Oratory in Birmingham, England, designed by Edward Doran Webb. * May 11 – Pan American Union Building, Washington, D.C., designed by Paul Philippe Cret and Albert Kelsey. * June – Abdulla Shaig Puppet Theatre in Baku, Azerbaijan. * July 31 – Split Rock Lighthouse, Minnesota, designed by Ralph Russell Tinkham. * August 5 – Pilgrim Monument, Boston, Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaetano Koch
Gaetano Koch (9 January 1849 – 14 May 1910) was an Italian architect. Koch was born in Rome, where he made his name with several major works – Palazzo Koch, seat of the Banca d'Italia, and the two porticoed palazzi which form Piazza della Repubblica, and the central Piazza Vittorio. His mark can also be seen in Rome's Palazzo Mengarini and Palazzo Margherita (the latter is now the American Embassy to Italy on Via Veneto). He collaborated with others in the design of the Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II. He also designed the decoration of the main hall of the Palazzo Comunale at Recanati Recanati () is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Macerata, in the Marche region of Italy. Recanati was founded around 1150 AD from three pre-existing castles. In 1290 it proclaimed itself an independent republic and, in the 15th century, .... References Sources *''This page is a translation of its Italian equivalent.'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Koch, Gaetano 1849 births 191 ... [...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] |
Luigi Canina
Luigi Canina ( Casale Monferrato, 1795 – Florence, 1856) was an Italian archaeologist and architect. Luigi Canina, Italian architect and archeologist, was born in Casale Monferrato in 1795 and died in Florence in 1856. He was a pupil of Ferdinando Bonsignore in Turin, and settled in Rome in 1818. Among his works are: some construction at the Villa Borghese (monumental neoclassical propylaea from Piazzale Flaminio); Casino Vagnuzzi outside of Porta del Popolo in Egyptian style; not realized projects for reconstruction of the sanctuary of Oropa (1856). He became professor of architecture at Turin, and his most important works were the excavation of Tusculum in 1829 and of the Appian Way in 1848, the results of which he embodied in a number of works published in a costly form by his patroness, the queen of Sardinia. In 1843, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Honorary member. Canina is also noted for his studies of history and archeology: ''Ancient archit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Gold Medal
The Royal Gold Medal for architecture is awarded annually by the Royal Institute of British Architects on behalf of the British monarch, in recognition of an individual's or group's substantial contribution to international architecture. It is given for a distinguished body of work rather than for one building, and is therefore not awarded for merely being currently fashionable. The medal was first awarded in 1848 to Charles Robert Cockerell, and its second recipient was the Italian Luigi Canina in 1849. The winners include some of the most influential architects of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1864), Frank Lloyd Wright (1941), Le Corbusier (1953), Walter Gropius (1956), Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1959) and Buckminster Fuller (1968). Candidates of all nationalities are eligible to receive the award. Not all recipients were architects. Also recognised were engineers such as Ove Arup (1966) and Peter Rice (1992), who undoubtedly played an outstan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Institute Of British Architects
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three supplemental charters and a new charter granted in 1971. Founded as the Institute of British Architects in London in 1834, the RIBA retains a central London headquarters at 66 Portland Place as well as a network of regional offices. Its members played a leading part in promotion of architectural education in the United Kingdom; the RIBA Library, also established in 1834, is one of the three largest architectural libraries in the world and the largest in Europe. The RIBA also played a prominent role in the development of UK architects' registration bodies. The institute administers some of the oldest architectural awards in the world, including RIBA President's Medals Students Award, the Royal Gold Medal, and the Stirling Prize. It also manages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ruskin
John Ruskin (8 February 1819 20 January 1900) was an English writer, philosopher, art critic and polymath of the Victorian era. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy. Ruskin's writing styles and literary forms were equally varied. He wrote essays and treatises, poetry and lectures, travel guides and manuals, letters and even a fairy tale. He also made detailed sketches and paintings of rocks, plants, birds, landscapes, architectural structures and ornamentation. The elaborate style that characterised his earliest writing on art gave way in time to plainer language designed to communicate his ideas more effectively. In all of his writing, he emphasised the connections between nature, art and society. Ruskin was hugely influential in the latter half of the 19th century and up to the First World War. After a period of relative decline, his reputation has steadily improved since the 1960s wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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