Monumental classic architecture in Great Britain and Ireland during the eighteenth & nineteenth centuries (1914)
Richardson, A. E. (Albert Edward), Sir, 1880-1964 · London, B. T. Batsford, ltd.; New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 121
THE GRTCO-ROMAN PHASE, 1780—1820 was hold and striking ; the astylar centre portion relied solely on the arched fenestration lor effect, and the comparative simplicity oi the centre mass was contrasted hy the columnar treatment assigned to the appendages. Sir Robert Smirke’s … i • . 1 1 -1 FIG. 57. THE CUSTOMS HOUSE, LEITH Robert Reid., Architect Edinburgh, where lie erected several conspicuous buildings. Between the years 1808—40 he designed the new Courts of Law, extending round three sides of the Parliament Square; and in the years 1811 — 14 he built St. George’s…
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