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1853 In Architecture
The year 1853 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Events * June 30 – Georges-Eugène Haussmann is selected as '' préfect'' of the Seine (department) to begin the re-planning of Paris. Buildings and structures Buildings * Fastnet Rock Lighthouse is completed at the most southerly point of Ireland. * The New York Crystal Palace is constructed for the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City. * The New York Cotton Exchange building is completed in New York City. * Rhode Island Tool Company building is completed in Providence, Rhode Island. * Charlbury railway station in Oxfordshire, England, designed by I. K. Brunel, is opened. Awards * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Robert Smirke. * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Arthur-Stanislas Diet. Births * February 26 – Antonio Rivas Mercado, Mexican architect, engineer and restorer (died 1927) * June 21 – Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint, Danish architect, designer, pai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Smirke (architect)
Sir Robert Smirke (1 October 1780 – 18 April 1867) was an English architect, one of the leaders of Greek Revival architecture, though he also used other architectural styles. As architect to the Board of Works, he designed several major public buildings, including the main block and façade of the British Museum. He was a pioneer of the use of concrete foundations. Background and training Smirke was born in London on 1 October 1780, the second son of the portrait painter Robert Smirke; he was one of twelve children.page 73, J. Mordaunt Crook: ''The British Museum A Case-study in Architectural Politics'', 1972, Pelican Books He attended Aspley School, Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire,page 74, J. Mordaunt Crook: ''The British Museum A Case-study in Architectural Politics'', 1972, Pelican Books where he studied Latin, Greek, French and drawing, and was made head boy at the age of 15. In May 1796 he began his study of architecture as a pupil of John Soane but left after only a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
September 11
Events Pre-1600 * 9 – The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends: The Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine is established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbarians for the next four hundred years. *1185 – Isaac II Angelos kills Stephen Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that deposes Andronikos I Komnenos and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire. * 1297 – Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English. *1390 – Lithuanian Civil War (1389–92): The Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of Vilnius. * 1541 – Santiago, Chile, is attacked by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonco, to free eight indigenous chiefs held captive by the Spaniards. *1565 – Ottoman forces retreat from Malta ending the Great Siege of Malta. 1601–1900 *1609 – Henry Hudson arrives on Manhattan Island an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1939 In Architecture
The year 1939 in architecture involved some significant events. Events * Jane Drew sets up an all-female architectural practice in London. Buildings and structures Buildings opened * April 21 – The San Jacinto Monument near Houston, Texas, United States. * April 30 – 1939 New York World's Fair. Notable examples of temporary architecture include the Trylon and Perisphere designed by Wallace Harrison and J. André Fouilhoux and the Ireland pavilion designed by Michael Scott (architect), Michael Scott. * May 7 – Vulcan Park in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. * June 14 – St Peter the Apostle Roman Catholic Church, Gorleston, England, designed by Eric Gill. * July 26 – The Barber Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Birmingham, England, designed by Robert Atkinson (architect), Robert Atkinson. * November 16 – Uptown Theater (Minneapolis), designed by Liebenberg and Kaplan. Other buildings * The Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., designed by John Russell Pope, is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Shukhov
Vladimir Grigoryevich Shukhov (russian: link=no, Влади́мир Григо́рьевич Шу́хов; – 2 February 1939) was a Russian Empire and Soviet engineer-polymath, scientist and architect renowned for his pioneering works on new methods of analysis for structural engineering that led to breakthroughs in industrial design of the world's first hyperboloid structures, diagrid shell structures, tensile structures, gridshell structures, oil reservoirs, pipelines, boilers, ships and barges. He is also the inventor of the first cracking method. Besides the innovations he brought to the oil industry and the construction of numerous bridges and buildings, Shukhov was the inventor of a new family of doubly curved structural forms. These forms, based on non-Euclidean hyperbolic geometry, are known today as hyperboloids of revolution. Shukhov developed not only many varieties of light-weight hyperboloid towers and roof systems, but also the mathematics for their analysis. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Style And New Style Dates
Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively. Usually, this is the change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar as enacted in various European countries between 1582 and 1923. In England, Wales, Ireland and Britain's American colonies, there were two calendar changes, both in 1752. The first adjusted the start of a new year from Lady Day (25 March) to 1 January (which Scotland had done from 1600), while the second discarded the Julian calendar in favour of the Gregorian calendar, removing 11 days from the September 1752 calendar to do so.Spathaky, MikOld Style and New Style Dates and the change to the Gregorian Calendar "Before 1752, parish registers, in addition to a new year heading after 24th March showing, for example '1733', had another heading at the end of the following December indicating '1733/4'. This showed where the Historical Year 1734 started even though the Civil Year 1733 continued u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August 28
Events Pre-1600 * 475 – The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna. * 489 – Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy. * 632 – Fatimah, daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, dies, with her cause of death being a controversial topic among the Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims. * 663 – Silla–Tang armies crush the Baekje restoration attempt and force Yamato Japan to withdraw from Korea in the Battle of Baekgang. * 1189 – Third Crusade: The Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan. * 1521 – Ottoman wars in Europe: The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade. * 1524 – The Kaqchikel Maya rebel against their former Spanish allies during the Spanish conquest of Guatemala. * 1542 – Turkish–Portuguese War: Battle of Wofla: The Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
