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Sir Aston Webb, GCVO, CB, RA, FRIBA (22 May 1849 – 21 August 1930) was a British architect who designed the principal facade of Buckingham Palace and the main building of the Victoria and Albert Museum, among other major works around England, many of them in partnership with Ingress Bell.
- Architect
- University of Birmingham
24 de ago. de 2020 · Aston Webb Student Hub. Opened to students from autumn 2015, the new Aston Webb Student Hub sits at the heart of the University campus. The Hub boasts a modern reception with an interactive booking system, an information zone and a suite of one-to-one consultation rooms.
Su primer encargo importante fue un diseño ganador para los Tribunales de Justicia de Victoria en Birmingham (1886), el primero de numerosos esquemas de edificios públicos que la pareja diseñó durante los siguientes 23 años. Hacia el final de su carrera, Webb fue asistido por sus hijos, Maurice y Philip.
- Británica
- 21 de agosto de 1930 (81 años), Londres (Reino Unido)
- Londres
Webb received great recognition in his own lifetime. He became president of the Architectural Association in 1884, even before his breakthrough with the Birmingham Law Courts, was awarded the RIBA gold medal in 1905, and became president of the Royal Academy (1919–1924), only the second architect to be so honoured, after James Wyatt in 1805.
16 de feb. de 2012 · Aston Webb’s grand semi-circle of buildings conceived for Birmingham university in 1900 was the original redbrick campus. But only four of its five neo-Byzantine pavilions were ever built. Now Glenn Howells Architects and Bam have finished the job. Building reports. Birmingham University.
24 de oct. de 2018 · RIBA Royal Gold Medal winner 1905Victoria Law Courts, Birmingham, 1891. The story of Aston Webb’s buildings in Birmingham probably sums up all we need to know about how architecture has progressed over 125 years.
Aston Webb Figures - University of Birmingham. Aston Webb carved figures. Architectural carvings of Beethoven, Virgil, Michelangelo, Plato, Shakespeare, Newton, Watt, Faraday and Darwin. Artist: Henry Pegram (1862-1937) Date produced: 1907. Medium: Darley Dale stone. Research and Cultural Collections. Accession number: BIRRC-A0565a-i.