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1832 designed by Decimus Burton. This irregularly shaped artificial pond is the only landscaping to remain from the early gardens and was designed by Decimus Burton. The ponds have been remodeled on several occasions, the last as part of the Land of the Lions in 2016.
Decimus fue el décimo hijo de James Burton, un destacado promotor inmobiliario de Londres (1761-1837), y Elizabeth Westley (12 de diciembre de 1761 - 14 de enero de 1837), de Loughton, Essex, hija de John y Mary Westley.. Su padre nació James Haliburton y acortó su apellido a Burton en 1794, entre el nacimiento de su cuarto y quinto hijo.
Kew’s Palm House, designed by Decimus Burton and constructed by Richard Turner in 1844, is one of the Gardens’ most recognizable buildings. Known for its elegant walls of glass and iron, the structure was highly innovative for its time and was rooted in methods and forms used in shipbuilding. Turner also contributed to the nearby Waterlily ...
Richard Turner. It has become fashionable ever since Professor Hitchcock in his 'Early. Victorian Architects' (1954) questioned Decimus Burton's authorship of the Palm House at Kew either to credit the design to Richard Turner, the Irish engineer, or, with a prudent impartiality, to couple Turner's name. with that of the putative designer.
The present Clock Tower was part of the original Zoo layout designed by architect Decimus Burton, and built between 1827 and 1828. The earliest building on the spot was a Llama House – or as the early records describe it, a “Gothic house for llamas”. This was reported to be “in progress”, along with a bear pit and a boundary wall, in ...
Hyde Park Corner. Coordinates: 51°30′10″N 0°9′4.5″W. Hyde Park Corner in 1842, looking east towards Piccadilly. The entrance to Hyde Park through Decimus Burton 's Ionic Screen is on the left, and behind it, in darker stone, is Apsley House. A partial view of the Wellington Arch, in its original setting, is to the right, opposite the ...
16 de dic. de 2007 · Decimus Burton was of the same mould as Pugin and William Morris: a man of immense talent and vision, so obsessed with his work that he had little time for alternative pursuits or his family. But Decimus Burton did reverse the fortunes of Tunbridge Wells, which to this day remains the epitome of a respectable country town. Posted by Lucy at 19:39.
