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Extract. The neglect of Sir William Chambers is one of the paradoxes of English architectural history. Although he stands with Robert Adam and James Wyatt as one of the triumvirate of great architects of the second half of the eighteenth century, he has received little attention. Yet, he was not only engaged in over seventy building projects ...
Chambers, Sir William (1723–96), architect and writer, was born 23 February 1723 in Gothenburg, Sweden, of Scottish parents, eldest among two sons and three daughters of John Chambers (d. 1752), a merchant who had settled in Sweden, and Sara Chambers (née Elphinstone). Educated in Ripon, Yorkshire, Chambers was subsequently employed (1739 ...
Title: General Plan of the Gardens at Kew. Architect: Sir William Chambers (British (born Sweden), Göteborg 1723–1796 London) Date: 1763. Medium: Watercolor, pen and ink. Dimensions: sheet: 20 7/8 x 47 5/8 in. (53 x 121 cm) Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture. Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925. Accession Number: 25. ...
Brought up in Sweden by Scottish parents, trained in France, a visitor to China and India, Sir William Chambers (1726-96) was by far the most internationally minded British architect of his time. Settling in London in 1755, Chambers became a favourite of King George III and went on to hold the highest official architectural offices and to build public and private commissions throughout the ...
William Chambers, né le 23 février 1723 à Göteborg et mort le 10 mars 1796 à Londres, est un architecte écossais. Biographie [ modifier | modifier le code ] Fils d'un marchand écossais établi en Suède , William Chambers est envoyé en Angleterre pour faire ses études.
サー ・ウィリアム・チェンバーズ （ Sir William Chambers, 1723年 2月23日 - 1796年 3月8日 ）は、 イギリス の 建築家 。. キュー・ガーデンズ （現在の王立植物園）の グレート・パゴダ や サマセット・ハウス の設計者として知られる。. ロイヤル・アカデミー 創設 ...
Civil Architecture. William Chambers (1723-1796), A treatise on the decorative part of civil architecture , London : Priestley and Weale, 1825. Chambers publicó por vez primera su Treatise On Civil Architecture en 1759. Pero le cambió el título en las siguientes ediciones de 1768 y 1791 : A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil ...
