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William Watts Sherman House as built. January 5 – Palais Garnier, home of the Paris Opera in France, designed by Charles Garnier, opens. June 13 – Sage Chapel at Cornell University, designed by Charles Babcock, holds opening services. [1] [2] Congregational Chapel, Wellingborough, England, designed by Edward Sharman and Caleb Archer, is ...
"Rest Cottage" (1910), a Price-designed house in Arden, DE. Will was an ardent Georgist and a believer in the economic philosophy of Henry George.The Arden, Delaware website (www.theardens.com) writes that "Arden was founded in 1900 by sculptor Frank Stephens and architect Will Price based on the Single Tax philosophy of Henry George, a political economist whose ideas were popular in America ...
William Edward Parsons (June 19, 1872 – December 17, 1939) was an architect and city planner known for his work in the Philippines during the early period of American colonial period. He was a consulting architect to the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands from 1905 to 1914, and designed various structures, most notably the Gabaldon ...
Norman Shaw Buildings, Victoria Embankment, Westminster.North Building, 1887 (right); South Building, 1902 (left) British Queen Anne Revival architecture, also known as Domestic Revival, [1] is a style of building using red brick, white woodwork, and an eclectic mixture of decorative features, that became popular in the 1870s, both for houses and for larger buildings such as offices, hotels ...
The year 1914 in architecture involved some significant events. ... New Zealand, designed by William Pitt. May 7 – King Edward VII Galleries at the British Museum ...
The architecture and decor of Paris restaurants closely followed the styles of the day. The most characteristic restaurant of the Belle Époque style still in existence is the Train Bleu restaurant, designed by Marius Toudoire as the station buffet when it opened in 1902. The lavishly decorated interior is in the style of the 1900 Exposition ...
The American Craftsman style was a 20th century American offshoot of the British Arts and Crafts movement, [1] which began as early as the 1860s. [2]A successor of other 19th century movements, such as the Gothic Revival and the Aesthetic Movement, [2] the British Arts and Crafts movement was a reaction against the deteriorating quality of goods during the Industrial Revolution, and the ...
James Salmon, who was a native of Glasgow and attended Glasgow School of Art from 1888 until 1895, completing his apprenticeship in the office of William Leiper (1839–1916), also developed a remarkable style. "The Hatrack" (1899–1902) in St Vincent Street is his most famous work, with much glass, a highly detailed Modern Style facade and a ...