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John Soane

The New York Review of Books | 1 week ago

Art and Traffic

...a leafy village far from the polluted air of central London. To build his gallery, he named the architect Sir John Soane, who came up with a design so innovative that his building is...

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Daily Mail | 1 week ago

Best friends with Prince Andrew and mistress of a GBP28m London mansion - Goga Ashkenazi hasn't done badly for a 'peasant girl' from Kazakhstan

...doubt, guests driving into Tyringham Hall - the 18th century Buckinghamshire pile designed by Sir John Soane and now owned by property developer Anton Bilton and his actress wife Lisa B...

Telegraph.co.uk - Travel | 1 month ago

The National Trust opens more doors

...in the converted coach houses. Eating Hartwell's dining room was restored in the style of a Sir John Soane interior. The menu (three courses from GBP29.95 at dinner) focuses on local...

Wikipedia | 1 month ago

George Dance the Younger

...he largely designed the Theatre Royal , built by John Palmer in 1804-5. Sir John Soane was a pupil. Many of his buildings have been demolished, including the Royal College of Surgeons...

Wikipedia | 1 month ago

Aynhoe Park

...main staircase, have been remodelled. However, Aynhoe Park has retained the rooms designed by Sir John Soane. Soane was instructed to prepare designs for a thorough remodelling of the...

Wikipedia | 2 months ago

Dulwich Picture Gallery

...is an art gallery in Dulwich, London. It was built by Sir John Soane as England's first purpose-built public art gallery and opened in 1817. The Gallery is a registered charity. The...

Wikipedia | 2 months ago

Wotton House

...Fitch has been suggested. A fire destroyed the content of the house in 1820, and John Soane was employed to restore it. He reduced its height, giving an impression of increased width,...

Wikipedia | 2 months ago

Pitzhanger Manor

...in Ealing (west London), was owned from 1800 to 1810 by the architect John Soane, who radically rebuilt it. Soane intended it as a country villa for entertaining and eventually for...

Wikipedia | 2 months ago

Moggerhanger House

...I listed country house in Moggerhanger, Bedfordshire, England, designed by the eminent architect John Soane. The house is owned by a Christian charity, Harvest Vision, and the...

Guardian | 2 months ago

Pulling down Snowdonia's power station would be a nuclear waste

...a guiding question for the design, which was inspired by the great English neo-classical architect Sir John Soane: "Will it make a beautiful ruin?" Unless we act now, we'll never know.

Wikipedia | 3 months ago

John Soane

Thomas Lawrence : <br />''Portrait of Sir John Soane'' Sir John Soane, RA (10 September 1753 - 20 January 1837) was an English architect who specialised in the Neo-Classical style. His...

Boston Globe -- Today's paper A to Z | 4 months ago

Napoleon’s hair sent to UK museum

...and gave it to the daughter of a British official, a little girl of whom he was fond. She later gave it to John Soane, architect of the Bank of England, whose London house is now a...