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The present Somerset House was designed by Sir William Chambers, begun in 1776, and was further extended with Victorian era outer wings to the east and west in 1831 and 1856 respectively. The site of Somerset House stood directly on the River Thames until the Victoria Embankment parkway was built in the late 1860s.
Somerset House es uno de los grandes edificios históricos de Gran Bretaña. Está situado en la orilla norte del Támesis, frente al National Theatre de Londres, en la parte Sur de The Strand. Construido en el siglo XVIII por William Chambers, sobre un palacio del período Tudor, albergaba originalmente oficinas gubernamentales, sociedades ...
Chambers’s best-known works are Somerset House (1776–86) in London, now home of the Courtauld Institute Galleries; the casino at Marino (c. 1776), near Dublin; Duddingston House (1762–64) in Edinburgh; and the ornamental buildings, including the Great Pagoda (1757–62), at Kew Gardens, Surrey (now in London).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
23 de dic. de 2017 · William Chambers (1723–1796), block plan for a design for buildings covering the whole site from the Strand to the River and from Strand Lane on the east to Duchy Lane on the west, Somerset House, London, c.1776. Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper. © Sir John Soane’s Museum, London. Photo: Ardon Bar Hama.
William Chambers (27 de octubre de 1723–17 de febrero de 1796) fue un arquitecto británico nacido en Suecia, autor de la Somerset House de Londres, obra capital del neoclasicismo inglés. Biografía. Somerset House en Londres. William Chambers nació en Gotemburgo, Suecia, donde su padre era un comerciante.
Sir William Chambers RA (23 February 1723 – 10 March 1796) was a Swedish-Scottish architect, based in London. Among his best-known works are Somerset House, and the pagoda at Kew. Chambers was a founder member of the Royal Academy .
1775 After decades of neglect, the original Somerset House is demolished; architect William Chambers immediately starts work on its replacement 1779 The Royal Academy of Arts becomes the first resident of new Somerset House in what’s now known as the North Wing
