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Indigo Jones

1st significant English Architect to implement Vertruvian principles in architecture; built the Queen's house in Greenwich.

17th century Liverpool

AKA Athen's of the North From a small town of 7 streets- became a major trade port (mostly slave trades and other no thought as unethical trades)

st. Genevieve 1757

AKA the Patheon of Paris by Jacques-Germain Soufflot

Leeds Town hall

Architect- Cuthbert Brodrick Its "crossings" represented the 4 unknown continents... sound familiar? Bernini's Quattro Fuimi ring a bell?

John Foster JR.

Built the mini replica of of the Parthenon

Chiswick House

Chiswick House AKA "Mental Assylum" is a Palladian villa in Burlington Lane, Chiswick, west London. Arguably the finest remaining example of Neo-Palladian architecture in London, the house was designed by Lord Burlington, and completed in 1729.

St. Paul's Cathedral

English Baroque: The cathedral is one of the most famous and most recognizable sights of London. Its dome, framed by the spires of Wren's City churches, dominated the skyline for 300 years. At 365 feet (111 m) high, it was the tallest building in London from 1710 to 1967. The dome is among the highest in the world. St Paul's is the second largest church building in the area in the United Kingdom after Liverpool Cathedral.

Georgian Architecture

Influence of King George; German dude that barely spoke English... This was the time of transition from monarchy system to the house of commons, people no longer wanted to be under the influence of the catholic churches England's 1st national style: simplified bare walls symmetrically arranged portico w/ pilasters white wood short flighted steps low(rusticated surfaces) to high(smooth surface) order

John Wood of Bath

Inspired by Andre Palladio, contructed the liverpool town hall in the Palladian Style(temple front/1st level piano noble)

King's Chapel in Boston

King's Chapel AKA "Stone Chapel" is an independent Christian unitarian congregation affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Association that is "unitarian Christian in theology, Anglican in worship, and congregational in governance.

Sir Christopher Wren

One of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history. He was accorded responsibility for rebuilding 52 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including what is regarded as his masterpiece, St. Paul's Cathedral, on Ludgate Hill, completed in 1710.

Queen's House at Greenwich By: Inigo Jones

Queen's House is a former royal residence built between 1616-1635 in Greenwich, then a few miles down-river from London and now a district of the city. Its architect was Inigo Jones, for whom it was a crucial early commission, for Anne of Denmark, the queen of King James I. Queen's House is one of the most important buildings in British architectural history, being the first consciously classical building to have been constructed in the country. It was Jones's first major commission after returning from his 1613-1615 grand tour of Roman, Renaissance and Palladian architecture in Italy.

Charles Barry

Rebuilt the palace of West Minister ( House of Parliament) "Beauty is nothing without Utility" C. Barry

Claude Nicolas Ledoux

Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans

Lyceum

Secondary School(otherwise know as highschool)- derived from Greek peripatetic school of Aristotle

kempthorne workhouse

Square layout plan built to keep its occupants in... Mainly used as a work house for indentured servants and criminals(or for lack of a better word, poor people...) If Trump gets elected we may see these go back into trend ;)

Belper North Mill

The original North Mill, completed in 1786 by Jedediah Strutt, was destroyed by fire in 1803

Suffolk Mills Lowell MA

This was Disney land for children back in the industrial Reveolution... Not really... Focus on the location of the factory, it was a stellar factory location back in the day due to its close proximity to the water, however, it is now prime realestate as apartments due to its industrial look, and waterfront, hipster heaven so to say...

St. George's Hall

This was the crazy ass multi-use building that had a music hall/ court/library/ and a effing prison.... it was built by Harvey Longsdale Elmes, and considered one of the finest Neoclassical buildings ever to be built. Elmes died at 33, and Robert Cockerell took over and completed the building... Fun Fact: they have a mosaic floor that is only open to public once every decade or so...

The Picton Reading Room

by Cornelius Sherlock

bibliotheque nationale 1785

inspired by Étienne-Louis Boullée's grand design for a French National Library in 1785 built by Henri Labrouste

BlueCoat Chambers

oldest surviving building in central Liverpool, England-- commissioned by Brian Blundell- rich sea cap that got his wealth by slave trades, tobacco, and sugar etc. Architect was unknown, but very poorly executed...

Jacques-Germain Soufflot

was a French architect in the international circle that introduced neoclassicism. His most famous work is the Panthéon in Paris, built from 1755 onwards, originally as a church dedicated to Saint Genevieve.

Rotonde de la Villette at Place de Stalingrad, old station of the Wall of the Farmers-General

was to have six towers (one every 4 kilometers) and to comprise sixty tax-collecting offices. Ledoux was charged to design these buildings, which he baptized pompously "les Propylées de Paris", and to which he wanted to give a character of solemnity and magnificence while putting into practice his ideas on the necessary links between form and function.

Étienne-Louis Boullée

Étienne-Louis Boullée (February 12, 1728 - February 4, 1799) was a visionary French neoclassical architect whose work greatly influenced contemporary architects. Cenotaph for Sir Isaac Newton SciFi building concept- never built...