Architecture - British Museum
WEBThe building was completed in 1852, using the latest technology: concrete floors, a cast-iron frame filled in with London stock brick, and Portland stone on the front layer of the building. In 1853, the quadrangle building won the Royal Institute of British Architects' Gold Medal.
Greek Revival architecture: simplicity and splendour - British Museum
WEBThe south façade of the Museum is dominated by a massive colonnade and portico (monumental porch) of 44 Ionic columns, topped with capitals with distinctive scroll-like ornaments (or volutes). Many of the details are taken from ancient Greek buildings in Athens and western Turkey (especially Priene) dating to the 5th–4th centuries BC.
Greece: Parthenon - British Museum
WEBThe Parthenon was built as a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena. It was the centrepiece of an ambitious building programme on the Acropolis of Athens. The temple's great size and lavish use of white marble was intended to show off the city's power and wealth at the height of its empire.
Portland stone: how a creamy British limestone became a …
WEBJul 30, 2021 · Portland stone is a creamy-white limestone quarried from the Isle of Portland on the Dorset coast. Though this Jurassic-aged rock started life as a seafloor sediment it now adorns the buildings...
British Museum - Architectuul
WEBThe core of today's building, the four main wings of the British Museum, was designed in the nineteenth century. Other important architectural developments include the round Reading Room with its domed ceiling and the Norman Foster designed Great Court which opened in 2000.
Architect Alfred Waterhouse and his iconic Natural History Museum …
WEBFind out about Alfred Waterhouse and how he came to design the Natural History Museum building in London. See a selection of his extraordinary terracotta designs. From imposing gargoyles to delicate interior detail, every element of …
Buckingham Palace: An Architecture Landmark to Visit in London
WEBFeb 20, 2024 · Its iconic balcony and Portland stone facade set a standard that buildings like the BBC Broadcasting House and Royal Festival Hall emulate in their imposing, symmetrical street presence. Lastly, Buckingham Palace shapes the perception of prestige in British architecture.
Natural History Museum, Front Lodge and Gates ... - Historic …
WEBThe Earth Galleries (the former Geology Museum) has a steel frame, red Bracknell bricks and Portland Whitbed stone details to the facade and dressings, yellow stock bricks at the south and west elevations and slate roof coverings. Internally it has …
British Museum - Wikipedia
WEBThe British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. [3] It documents the story of human culture from its …
Robert Smirke, The British Museum - Smarthistory
WEBIt survives complete today and is considered one of the greatest neoclassical interiors in London. In 1827 construction on the remaining wings was begun, creating the famous quadrangle with its impressive colonnaded portico and two acre courtyard. The antique sourcing of the façade is predictable enough.