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Martin, Brenda; Sparke, Penny: Women's Places: Architecture and Design 1860–1960. Routledge, 2003. ISBN 978-0415284493; Matrix, Making Space: Women and the Man Made Environment. London: Pluto Press, 1984. [ISBN missing] Matrix, A Job Designing Buildings: For Women Interested in Architecture and Buildings.
At the time of the erection of the Clock Tower, Ann Thwaytes (1789–1866) was the rich widow of London grocer William Thwaytes. [7] Between 1834 and 1840 she visited Herne Bay regularly with friends, staying with Mr Camplin who owned number 8 (now 30) Marine Terrace on Central Parade, and became an established town benefactor of Herne Bay. [8]
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This list includes all occupiable structures over 50-metre (160 ft) tall, including spires, that were designed by women in the roles of primary architect or design coordinator. Note that many of these buildings are designed by larger teams that include the female architects listed.
Sophia Hayden (1868–1953), Chilean-born American architect, first woman architecture graduate from MIT, best known for designing the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition; Margo Hebald-Heymann, 1960s graduate, contributed to Terminal One, Los Angeles International Airport; Margaret Helfand (1947–2007), own firm in New York City
Although it is a common mis-conception that the Norman's brought the Romanesque style of architecture to England - the Anglo-Saxons had already built several substantial churches in the style most notably the first Westminster Abbey (1052) - Romanesque buildings built in England after 1066 were far more ambitious in terms of size and style, as ...
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The Royal Crescent is a row of 30 terraced houses laid out in a sweeping crescent in the city of Bath, England. Designed by the architect John Wood, the Younger, and built between 1767 and 1774, it is among the greatest examples of Georgian architecture to be found in the United Kingdom and is a Grade I listed building. Although some changes ...