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Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) Waterhouse was particularly associated with the Victorian Gothic revival. He is perhaps best known for his design for the Natural History Museum in London, although he also built a wide variety of other buildings throughout the country. Financially speaking, Waterhouse was probably the most successful of all ...
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 ...
13 de mar. de 2021 · An rough architectural plan drawn by Richard Owen in 1859 entitled 'Idea of a Museum of Natural History'. The plan was referred to by Alfred Waterhouse in the creation of the Natural History Museum, London. In 1864 Francis Fowke, the architect who designed the Royal Albert Hall and parts of the Victoria and Albert Museum, won a competition to ...
His brothers were prominent architect Alfred Waterhouse, designer of London's Natural History Museum and many other iconic Victorian buildings, and solicitor Theodore Waterhouse, who founded the firm of Waterhouse & Co. that continues to practise in the City of London (now as part of Field Fisher Waterhouse).
Alfred Waterhouse 1887. A big man with a bushy beard, Alfred Waterhouse designed colossal Victorian buildings. Born in Liverpool, he undertook his architectural apprenticeship in Manchester, where he started up his own practice. By opening another office in London, Waterhouse built up one of the country’s largest architectural practices.
27 de abr. de 2024 · 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 ...
Paul Waterhouse was born on 29 October 1861 in Manchester, England. He was the son and business partner of Alfred Waterhouse, an architect who designed many well-known buildings in England and had been President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). Waterhouse was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, obtaining his MA in 1887.
