Hans Conrad Escher (1767–1823) was a merchant, naturalist, engineer, Member of Parliament, statesman and a genius illustrator of landscapes, who created the first geologically relevant and encompassing view of the Swiss Alps, including the first 360° panorama drawings. Showing enormous prescience,...
Learn about the evolution of the U.K. Parliament and the history behind the building of the current Houses of Parliament, designed by Sir Charles Barry and A.W.N. Pugin. See all videos for this article The death of his second wife in 1844 and the recurrence of an old illness cast a ...
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Completed in 2007 in Gentry, United States. Images by Timothy Hursley . Marlon Blackwell Architect were asked to design a new modern public library within the 100 year-old brick shell of a former hardware store, located...
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Canada between 1800 and 1950, including those residing in the USA and Britain. The site is searchable by keyword and browsable by alphabetical listing. An appendix provides a list of names associated with particular building types, such as public works, banks, and parliament and legislative ...
New Parliament House by Romaldo Giurgola This ideology of divisiveness will not deliver harmony nor prosperity. It will instead harbour inequality and resentment, which are at the very cause of the anger levelled against our democracies and the fear within them. “The real work of an architect...
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He was still at the centre of the Royal Society and was its president from 1680 to 1682. He was sufficiently active in public affairs to be returned as member of Parliament for Old Windsor in 1680 and, although he did not again take his seat, in 1689 and 1690. With the Glorious ...