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William Chambers. Esta página de desambiguación enumera artículos que tienen títulos similares. William Chambers puede referirse a: William Chambers (1723 - 1796), arquitecto escocés. Robert William Chambers (1865 - 1933), escritor estadounidense. William Chambers Coker (1872 - 1953), botánico estadounidense.
William Chambers (arquitecto) Sir William Chambers RA (23 de febrero de 1723 - 10 marzo de 1796) fue un arquitecto sueco-escocés, con sede en Londres. Entre sus obras más conocidas se encuentran Somerset House y la pagoda de Kew. Chambers fue miembro fundador de la Royal Academy.
24 de jul. de 2023 · William Chambers’ Influence. Upon the garden’s completion in 1763, Chambers published a text explaining his work at Kew, called Plans, Elevations, Sections, Perspective Views of the Gardens and Buildings at Kew. It is important to note that Chambers was the first trained architect to publish architectural drawings of Chinese buildings.
25 de feb. de 1996 · Books. Sir William Chambers: Architect to George III. John Harris. Yale University Press, Feb 25, 1996 - Biography & Autobiography - 229 pages. Brought up in Sweden by Scottish parents, trained in France, a regular visitor to China and India, Sir William Chambers (1726-1796) was by far the most internationally minded British architect of his time.
Chambers, Sir William (1723–96), architect and writer, was born 23 February 1723 in Gothenburg, Sweden, of Scottish parents, eldest among two sons and three daughters of John Chambers (d. 1752), a merchant who had settled in Sweden, and Sara Chambers (née Elphinstone). Educated in Ripon, Yorkshire, Chambers was subsequently employed (1739 ...
Sir William Chambers (Estocolmo, 27 de octubre de 1723-Londres, 17 de febrero de 1796) fue un arquitecto británico. Autor de obras de un clasicismo severo, contribuyó a la moda del exotismo en la decoración arquitectónica y de jardines (jardines de Kew).
Chambers's architecture combined English Palladianism and French Neo-Classicism, as can be seen at the Casino, Marino, near Dublin (1758–76), built on a Greek-cross plan, and at his masterpiece, Somerset House, London (1776–96), arguably the grandest official building ever erected in the capital: John Webb's Queen's Gallery, Somerset House (1662), which had an arched rusticated ground ...
