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Find 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 his design pays homage to the natural world.
- The Museum at Wartime
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- Sir Joseph Banks
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Architect Alfred Waterhouse and his iconic Natural History...
- The Museum at Wartime
Waterhouse is known for the use of terracotta on the exterior of his buildings, most famously at the Natural History Museum. He also used faience, once its mass production was possible, on the interiors of his buildings. Such as the Victoria Building, University of Liverpool.
The Natural History Museum in London is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in South Kensington , the others being the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum .
15 de abr. de 2024 · Natural History Museum, London, designed by Alfred Waterhouse and opened in 1881. Many of his buildings (e.g., the Romanesque-inspired Natural History Museum [1873–81] in London) are built with brick (often burnt) and terra-cotta, with extensive use of decorative ironwork and exposed metal structure.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
22 de jul. de 2023 · Waterhouse chose to incorporate living and extinct animals into the architectural details of the building, with extinct species in the east wing and living ones in the west. The building is dominated by the cathedral-like Hinzte Hall (formerly Central Hall) at the Museum’s main entrance.
Waterhouse recibió, sin concurso, el encargo de erigir el Museo de Historia Natural en South Kensington (1873–1881), un diseño que marca una época en el uso moderno de la terracotta arquitectónica y que se iba a convertir en su obra más conocida.
