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Giorgio Cavaglieri (August 1, 1911 – May 15, 2007) was an Italian architect and a leading figure in the historic preservationist movement in New York City.He is best known for his 1960s restoration of the Jefferson Market Library in Greenwich Village.
The United Society of Artists, hitherto styled the New Society of Artists, has decided to disuse the latter title because, as the Society was established in 1921, it is no longer appropriate. It was also found to be inconvenient, as it gave the erroneous impression that it is a body of so-called “advanced” artists, which is not the case.
The restoration became an internet phenomenon, and increased tourist visits to the church. [31] In 2018, in Navarre, Spain, a 16th-century statue of St. George was left "looking like a cartoon character" after a botched restoration attempt. A $34,000 "unrestoration" project in 2019 fixed most of the damage.
Sherborne House was built c.1720 for Henry Seymour Portman as a halfway house between his properties in Somerset (Orchard Portman) and Dorset (). John Hutchins in his 'History of Dorset' [3] reported that the house was designed by 'Mr Bastard of Sherborne' (Benjamin Bastard), but given the date of its building, it was more likely that the Bastard company of Blandford Forum only provided the ...
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The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) (also known as Anti-Scrape) [1] is an amenity society founded by William Morris, Philip Webb, and others in 1877 to oppose the destructive 'restoration' of ancient buildings occurring in Victorian England.
All but two of the 181 people aboard Jeju Air Flight 7C2216 died on Sunday morning after the plane embarked on an unsuccessful emergency landing at South Korea’s Maun International airport.
They moved from Sydney to Brisbane after an unsuccessful exhibition and he took up work as a house painter. After his work showed at Finney's Art Gallery (David Jones department store) in 1955, he was invited to teach sculpture, modelling and art restoration at the Brisbane Central Technical College (now QUT). [5]