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Hace 23 horas · Robert Hooke was Surveyor to the City of London and chief assistant to Christopher Wren, in which capacities he helped Wren rebuild London after the Great Fire of 1666. Hooke designed the Monument to the Great Fire of London (1672), [154] [155] [s] Montagu House in Bloomsbury (1674) [156] and Bethlem Royal Hospital (1674), which ...
Hace 3 días · Sir Christopher Wren was commissioned by William III to oversee its enlargement from 1689, and thereafter it became a principal royal residence. The Orangery House in the gardens was built for Queen Anne in 1704, and George I directed William Benson to replace Wren in making improvements to the palace itself.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
In the late 17th century, Christopher Wren, the prolific architect responsible for the rebuilding of London after the Great Fire of 1660, designed a front door, hall, and staircase at Longleat. The current Grand Staircase dates to the 19th century, however, and is much more elaborate than Wren’s.
Hace 3 días · Christopher Wren was a brilliant architect, mathematician, and astronomer who left an indelible mark on London’s skyline and beyond, inspiring generations with his iconic designs and multidisciplinary brilliance.
Hace 4 días · Sir Christopher Wren FRS (/ r ɛ n /; 30 October 1632 [O.S. 20 October] – 8 March 1723 [O.S. 25 February]) was an English architect, astronomer, mathematician and physicist who was one of the most highly acclaimed architects in the history of England.
18 de may. de 2024 · Temple Bar was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren, in 1670–72, soon after the Great Fire had swept away eighty-nine London churches, four out of the seven City gates, 460 streets, and 13,200 houses, and had destroyed fifteen of the twenty-six wards, and laid waste 436 acres of buildings, from the Tower eastward to the Inner Temple westward.
Hace 6 días · Sir Christopher Wren, it is to be observed, had also been specially employed at an earlier date (1668), in the erection of the old Customs House, which was destroyed by fire in 1719, and with the building of which the Trinity Corporation was no doubt associated. We may also further put in evidence the close connection between the Wentworth ...
