Robert Smythson Research Paper

He got the surname Shuttlesworth from his stepdaddy. William, who had married his mother and he worked as a farmer . He combative nature may have developed in reaction to his stepfather, who beated him, his mother and his other eight siblings. The family grew crops on rented land to survive.

After Hunt died in July 31, 1895, his son continued his work on the Biltmore Estate, even though it was essentially finished. The center of the Biltmore Village was the All Souls Episcopal Cathedral. This was one of Hunt’s favorite, but least known works. Today, full-height portraits of Richard Morris Hunt and Frederick Law Olmsted, the great designers, hang in the Biltmore.

Found beneath a shingle lies these words, and just like the uncertainty of who wrote this, it is still unknown to mankind when the Glebe was built. Yet, regardless of our lack of knowledge for when the house was erected, many firmly believe that it was constructed in 1774. What better person to know whether or not this is true then Reverend John Brunskill himself. Born in 1718, Reverend Brunskill was raised in Upmanhall, Westmoreland, England. By the age of 19 he was admitted into Pembroke College at Cambridge University where he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1741-1742. After being appointed as Minister to the Raleigh Parish in the Virginia Colony, Reverend Brunskill moved to what was known as Amelia country, in those days, in 1749 where

Rapson Hall was built as a lecture hall for the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus and currently houses both the Schools of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Rapson Hall was originally designed in the 1960s in a modern, brick style by architect Ralph Rapson. However, in 2002 Steven Holl designed the asymmetrical, copper addition students know today. Although Rapson hall is modern in the span of architectural history, it follows the criteria set by Vitruvius, one of the first-known architects.

The Biltmore Estate represents the finest architecture, construction, and materials available in the late nineteenth century. The famous house was built by George Vanderbilt, grandson of Corneluis Vanderbilt. George inherited money from Cornelius, a pioneer in the railroad industry (Hudson et al. 113).

The Isaac Royall family lived in the Royall House from 1737-1775. Isaac Royall, Sr. was a prosperous merchant who amassed great

Our walk continues through the fields to Lartington Hall. Built in 1635 during the reign of Charles I, Lartington Hall was the ancestral home of the Maires family. They were one of the North’s wealthiest Catholic families, whose ancestry has been traced to the twelfth-century Lords of Appleby. The hall served as a Red Cross convalescent home during the war and after extensive restoration it became a hotel. The restored gardens were originally laid out by architect Joseph Hansom, most famous for introducing the Hansom

Russel Wright is an American industrial designer and architect that lived during the early to mid twentieth century. Many of Wright’s ideas and designs were considered to modern at time, drawing influences from not only ingenious designers like Frank Lloyd Wright but nature as well. Wright’s influences would lead him to create a design style unlike any at the time; a style that would eventually become almost standard in many homes in the United States. The designer Russel Wright and his wife, Mary Wright together published a guidebook known as Guide to Easier Living. In it contains numerous suggestions and thoughts on home architecture, interior design, as well as product design. Many of the thoughts and suggestions conveyed in the book can be seen in present-day design and architecture. Wright’s book also laid the groundwork for his home, Dragon Rock, which of itself possesses elements of design that are seen in today’s homes. Russel Wright’s Guide to Easier Living is clearly a response to interior design at the time; containing numerous design ideas, Wrights guide influences Wright’s own future works.

History does not have much information on King until 19832 when he moved to Columbus, Ga. John Godwin purchased him in 1830 (Gibbons 56). Rumor has it that King might have been related to the wife of John Godwin, which is why he bought him. However, because of King’s zeal to learn new building and architectural things, he developed a strong relationship with his master. Godwin himself was a contractor, but in the end, people recognized King’s work more than his.

In 1724 (the year William Conolly purchased Rathfarnham castle) the adjacent town of Cill Droichid (kildrought) was anglicised to Celbridge. The year 1695 marked the year that the first house of the present main street was constructed “kildrought house” aligning to the Celbridge avenue from Castletown. This marked a shift in the emphasis of the town away from the bridge eastward to the gates of the demesne. The Main street of today was constructed from this point onward for the next two hundred or so years. On Purchasing the estate in 1709 William Conolly was not at all impressed with the tenants on the demesne stating “all the earls tenants were beggars”. Conolly sought to address this issue by removing and seeking new more desirable tenants

‘The main reason for building a stately home in Elizabethan times was to demonstrate the successful career of its owner’ How far does the study of Hardwick Hall support this statement?

Sandringham house, as the much-loved living place of royal members, has seen its many deaths: Prince Eddy (the Prince of Wales's eldest son) in 1892, Queen Alexandra in 1925, George V in 1936, and George VI in 1952. Comparing to Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, Sandringham house has its special attractions to royal members for architectural style, living environment, interior or exterior decoration etc. However, this spectacular building was not the same as what it look like at present. More than 3 renowned architects were invited to design and reconstruct this house in history. As time went on and technology developed, almost all elements including style, shape, materials as well as decoration have changed. This part will introduce these variations in details with respect to period.

The two building I decided to compare were The Uffizi in Florence and Liverpool's Town Hall. The Uffizi, built by Alfonso Parigi and Bernardo Buontalenti in 1580 in a pre industrial Florence, was primarily built to house the offices of thirteen Florentine magistrates and guilds in one place , and from this position they would have had authority over the entire Republic of Florence. Whereas the Town Hall built from 1749-1754, during the industrial revolution, was designed by John Wood , but was largely rebuilt in the early 19th century, adding a dome and south facing portico to the existing building. It served a variety of functions, including the Mayor's Courtroom and a customs warehouse. Since 1952 it has been a grade 1 listed building , referred to as 'one of the finest surviving 18th century town halls .

Robert Adam (1728–92) was one of the most important British architects working in the Neo-classical style and was a main force in the development of a unified style that extended beyond architecture and interiors to include both the fixed and moveable objects in a room. He was a essential Scottish neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer of his century. He incorporated design ideas from ancient Greece and Rome into his forms and decoration. His famous London houses include Kenwood House, Osterley Park and Syon House. Robert Adam developed the "Adam Style", and his theory of "movement" in architecture, based on his studies of antiquity, by contrasting room sizes and decorative schemes.

The French architect, Jules Hardouin-Mansart, was born on April 16, 1646, in Paris, France and was the son of a painter. He was also a relative of Francois Mansart, a famous architect that was known as the “God of architecture.” Because his relative was a famous architect as well, he decided to take the name and eventually became Jules Hardouin-Mansart. J.H. Mansart studied under his relative who left him all of his drawings of floorplans and designs after his passing, but also under Liberal Bruant, the original designer of Les Invalides in Paris, the royal hospital. The use of his name helped assist in promoting his architectural career during the 18th century in