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Alfred Waterhouse (19. července 1830 Liverpool – 22. srpna 1905 Yattendon) byl anglický architekt. Těžištěm jeho tvorby byly návrhy staveb ve stylu viktoriánské novogotiky , neuzavíral se však ani před styly zcela odlišnými.
Easneye House. Alfred Waterhouse (1830–1905) was a prolific English architect who worked in the second half of the 19th century. His buildings were largely in Victorian Gothic Revival style. Waterhouse's biographer, Colin Cunningham, states that between about 1865 and about 1885 he was "the most widely employed British architect". [1]
science. The 'Temple of Nature' that Alfred Waterhouse built for him embodied Owen's belief that the history of the natural world was not a matter of randomness and chance but the creation of a transcendent presence. In other words, the Natural History Museum is the expression of an ideology, and its shape, size, position, style and
13 de mar. de 2014 · The Victorian architect Alfred Waterhouse is best known for his deep red terra cotta Gothic buildings, of great mass and grandeur, decorated with carved and moulded sculptural details, and sometimes statues. Alfred Waterhouse, Victorian Gothic architect par excellence, was born in Liverpool, grew up in London, but received his artistic training ...
Hace 2 días · Architect Waterhouse started his own practice in Manchester in 1853, his first major work, Manchester Town Hall, opening in 1877. He went on to design many significant public buildings, including the Natural History Museum in South Kensington, completed in 1880. An active figure in both the Royal Academy and the Royal Institute of British Architects, he was for many years regarded as the pre ...
Background. Alfred Waterhouse was born in Aigburth, Liverpool, the eldest of the large family of a cotton broker and his wife, both Quakers. A northerner by birth, he was to have his first big success in the north, with his 1859 design for the Manchester Assize Courts, and to design his "High Victorian secular masterpiece" there nearly ten years later â Manchester Town Hall (Curl 62).
Alfred Waterhouse (19 July 1830 – 22 August 1905) was a British architect, particularly associated with the Victorian Gothic Revival architecture. He is perhaps best known for his design for Manchester Town Hall and the Natural History Museum in London, although he also built a wide variety of other buildings throughout the country.
