John Soane Research Paper

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The website successfully introduces one to the works and ideas of John Soane. It highlights his drawing since he was a student at the Royal academy, his earliest sketch/notebooks to drawings of his architectural practice. Five of his major London schemes: the Soane Monument in St Pancreas Gardens, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Pitzhanger Manor, the Royal Hospital Chelsea and the Bank of England. Soane’s earliest works date from 1777, the first of which was while he was in Henry Holland’s office. There he designed a farmyard at Cad land, Hampshire. The same year he submitted two designs in the competition for a new St Luke’s Hospital for lunatics, London. While in Rome in 1778, he met the bishop of Derry and they made three designs, Soane for Downhill, …show more content…

Robert Adam (1728-1792) was the second born son of the days’ leading Scottish architect William Adams. He was brought up amid the intellectual environment of the Scottish enlightenment. However, he abandoned his studies at Edinburgh University early in order to join his father’s architectural practice. This way, he amassed a 5000 dollars fortune, which enabled him take a grand tour. He returned to England in 1758 and set up his architectural practice in London. Within a short period, he rose to among the most influential and important architects of the Georgian period. The combination of professional draughtsman and a hardworking architect resulted in a vast array of designs with a fascinating history and archeology. This collection spans a 36 years periods ending in 1794 when James Adam died and encompasses works of over 350 different …show more content…

It’s solely financed Britain’s wars and managed national debts. As the surveyor to the bank of England for 45 years, John Soane was responsible for its maintenance and repairs, alterations and additions. Since war resulted in more business for the bank demanding extensive alterations and additions, the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars between 1793 and 1815 resulted in Saone’s vast building work. All of the Saone’s work was built of incombustible materials, using hollow cones and paving bricks for the vaulted ceilings, and metal window made by specialists sash makers. Saone’s architecture design was influenced by the bank’s changed reputation as it was increasingly recognized as a national institution with his architecture aimed at reflecting this prestige and responsibility. As the architect, Saone responded to the Bank requirements with ambitious design approach, which were secure and

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