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Architect. Buildings. Blenheim Palace. Castle Howard. Seaton Delaval Hall. Grimsthorpe Castle. Stowe House. Kings Weston House. Sir John Vanbrugh ( / ˈvænbrə /; 24 January 1664 (baptised) – 26 March 1726) was an English architect, dramatist and herald, perhaps best known as the designer of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard. [3]
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John Vanbrugh created many disparate works, and this is a list of many of the notable ones. Castle Howard, c. 1699 [1] (west wing designed by Sir Thomas Robinson only completed in early 19th century). The architect's own house in Whitehall, 1700–1701, known as "Goose-Pie House", demolished 1898.
John Vanbrugh (vænbrə) (Londres, 24 de enero de 1664-Westminster, 26 de marzo de 1726 [1] ) fue un arquitecto y dramaturgo inglés, mayormente conocido por haber sido el diseñador del palacio de Blenheim.
- John Vanbrugh
- 26 de marzo de 1726, (62 años), Westminster ()
Hace 6 días · Sir John Vanbrugh (baptized Jan. 24, 1664, London, Eng.—died March 26, 1726, London) British architect who brought the English Baroque style to its culmination in Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire. He was also one of the dramatists of the Restoration comedy of manners.
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17 de oct. de 2022 · Brief synthesis. Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, was designed by John Vanbrugh. The English nation presented the site to John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough, in recognition of his victory in 1704 over French and Bavarian troops, a victory which decided the future of the Empire and, in doing so, made him a figure of ...
Coordinates: 51.4803°N 0.0048°E. Vanbrugh Castle is a house designed and built by John Vanbrugh for his own family, located on Maze Hill on the eastern edge of Greenwich Park in London, to the north of Blackheath, with views to the west past the Old Royal Naval College at Greenwich down to the Thames reaching as far as the Houses of Parliament .
Like his older contemporary Wren, Vanbrugh was appointed Comptroller at the Royal Works, although he was was greatly overshadowed by Wren's successful designs for major London buildings, such as St Paul's Cathedral. Like Wren, however, his influence persisted into the era of late-18th century architecture.