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A street in SoHo in New York City famous for its cast-iron facades. Spa Colonnade in Mariánské Lázně, 1889.Nearly every element is cast iron. Cast-iron architecture is the use of cast iron in buildings and objects, ranging from bridges and markets to warehouses, balconies and fences.
Cast-iron architecture in the United States (3 C, 17 P) V. Cast-iron architecture in Venezuela (3 P) Pages in category "Cast-iron architecture"
Bogardus attached plaques to his cast-ironwork that read: "James Bogardus Originator & Patentee of Iron Buildings Pat' May 7, 1850." [6] He demonstrated the use of cast-iron in the construction of building facades, especially in New York City for the next two decades. He was based in New York, but also worked in Washington, DC, where three cast ...
Margot Gayle described cast-iron architecture as her "all-consuming passion." [ 5 ] In 1970 she founded the group the Friends of Cast Iron Architecture (FCIA) as part of the opposition to Robert Moses's plan to build an expressway through TriBeCa and SoHo. [ 4 ]
Justus F. Krumbein (1847 – November 1907) was an architect based in Portland, Oregon, United States, whose work included Richardsonian Romanesque designs and Italianate, cast-iron architecture. Little of his work survived the 20th Century.
Daniel D. Badger (15 October 1806–1884 [3]) was an American founder, working in New York City under the name Architectural Iron Works. With James Bogardus, he was one of the major forces in creating a cast-iron architecture in the United States. [4]
A cast iron dome nearly 26 meters wide, it had a technically advanced triple-shell design with iron trusses reminiscent of St. Paul's Cathedral in London. [38] The design for the cathedral was begun after the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 and given to a French architect , but construction was delayed.
Pages in category "Cast-iron architecture in the United States" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.