Author: Patricia Spencer-Silver
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
George Myers was one of the great Master Builders of the Victorian Age. Born in 'Hull in 1803, he gained renown as 'Pugin's Builder' and - from his workshops in Hull and then in London - directed a nationwide contracting business. Myers executed many of Pugin's buildings, such as cathedrals in Newcastle, Birmingham, Nottingham and Southwark and the Medieval Court for the Great Exhibition of 1851. In fact Myers undertook work for nearly 100 other architects. This included the original camp at Aldershot, military hospitals and the Staff College, Broadmoor Hospital and restoration work at the Guildhall, the Towers of London, Windsor Castle and extensive work for the Rothschilds. He died in London in 1875. This book, based on original research, provides a fascinating account of mid-19th century England and some of its most interesting figures. It contains hitherto unpublished drawings by Pugin.
Pugin's Builder
Author: Patricia Spencer-Silver
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
George Myers was one of the great Master Builders of the Victorian Age. Born in 'Hull in 1803, he gained renown as 'Pugin's Builder' and - from his workshops in Hull and then in London - directed a nationwide contracting business. Myers executed many of Pugin's buildings, such as cathedrals in Newcastle, Birmingham, Nottingham and Southwark and the Medieval Court for the Great Exhibition of 1851. In fact Myers undertook work for nearly 100 other architects. This included the original camp at Aldershot, military hospitals and the Staff College, Broadmoor Hospital and restoration work at the Guildhall, the Towers of London, Windsor Castle and extensive work for the Rothschilds. He died in London in 1875. This book, based on original research, provides a fascinating account of mid-19th century England and some of its most interesting figures. It contains hitherto unpublished drawings by Pugin.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
George Myers was one of the great Master Builders of the Victorian Age. Born in 'Hull in 1803, he gained renown as 'Pugin's Builder' and - from his workshops in Hull and then in London - directed a nationwide contracting business. Myers executed many of Pugin's buildings, such as cathedrals in Newcastle, Birmingham, Nottingham and Southwark and the Medieval Court for the Great Exhibition of 1851. In fact Myers undertook work for nearly 100 other architects. This included the original camp at Aldershot, military hospitals and the Staff College, Broadmoor Hospital and restoration work at the Guildhall, the Towers of London, Windsor Castle and extensive work for the Rothschilds. He died in London in 1875. This book, based on original research, provides a fascinating account of mid-19th century England and some of its most interesting figures. It contains hitherto unpublished drawings by Pugin.
The Builder
A.W.N. Pugin
Author: Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300066562
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Pub. for Bard Grad. Ctr. for Studies in Decorative Arts, NY, Exhibition catalog.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300066562
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Pub. for Bard Grad. Ctr. for Studies in Decorative Arts, NY, Exhibition catalog.
God's Architect
Author: Rosemary Hill
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300155751
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 617
Book Description
God's Architect is the first modern biography of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852), one of Britain's greatest architects. The author draws on thousands of unpublished letters and drawings to recreate Pugin's life and work as architect, propagandist, and Gothic designer, as well as the turbulent story of his three marriages, the bitterness of his last years, and his sudden death at forty. -- Inside cover.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300155751
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 617
Book Description
God's Architect is the first modern biography of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852), one of Britain's greatest architects. The author draws on thousands of unpublished letters and drawings to recreate Pugin's life and work as architect, propagandist, and Gothic designer, as well as the turbulent story of his three marriages, the bitterness of his last years, and his sudden death at forty. -- Inside cover.
The Architect
The Builder's Guide ...
Author: George Drysdale Dempsey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
The Pugins and the Catholic Midlands
Author: Roderick O'Donnell
Publisher: Gracewing Publishing
ISBN: 9780852445679
Category : Church architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Publisher: Gracewing Publishing
ISBN: 9780852445679
Category : Church architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Creating Paradise
Author: Richard Wilson
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1852852526
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Looking at the building of country houses as a whole, this book investigates why owners embarked on extensive building programmes, often following a grand tour. It explores the cost of building and the cost of furnishing and decoration.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1852852526
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Looking at the building of country houses as a whole, this book investigates why owners embarked on extensive building programmes, often following a grand tour. It explores the cost of building and the cost of furnishing and decoration.
Recollections of A. N. Welby Pugin, and His Father Augustus Pugin
Author: Benjamin Ferrey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architects
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architects
Languages : en
Pages : 566
Book Description
English Architecture Public & Private
Author: John F. Bold
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826421415
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
This book brings together twenty-four original essays by colleagues, pupils and friends of Kerry Downes. The essays range from the late middle ages to the twentieth century but are concentrated on the period to the study of which Kerry Downes has contributed so much: that of Wren, Vanbrugh and Hawksmoor. Taken together these essays display the different approaches taken by architectural historians and the rich variety of English architecture.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826421415
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
This book brings together twenty-four original essays by colleagues, pupils and friends of Kerry Downes. The essays range from the late middle ages to the twentieth century but are concentrated on the period to the study of which Kerry Downes has contributed so much: that of Wren, Vanbrugh and Hawksmoor. Taken together these essays display the different approaches taken by architectural historians and the rich variety of English architecture.