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Find out about Alfred Waterhouse and how he came to design the Natural History Museum building in London. See a selection of his extraordinary terracotta designs. From imposing gargoyles to delicate interior detail, every element of his design pays homage to the natural world.
His interiors ranged from the most elaborate at Eaton Hall and Manchester Town Hall, respectively for Britain's richest man and northern England's richest city cottonopolis, to the simplest in buildings like the Royal Liverpool Infirmary, where utility and hygiene dictated the interior design, and the even starker Strangeways Prison.
Alfred Waterhouse ( Liverpool, 19 de julio de 1830 - Yattendon, Berkshire, 22 de agosto de 1905) fue un arquitecto inglés, asociado particularmente con el estilo neogótico victoriano.
It is worth adding that Waterhouse continued to paint and has many fine watercolours, both architectural and landscapes, to his credit, and that, like Scott and Street, he also designed furniture, fittings and so forth.
The design of the museum was significant in its extensive use of terracotta for the exterior and interior facing of the building.
19 de jul. de 1998 · Many of his buildings (e.g., the Romanesque-inspired Natural History Museum [1873–81] in London) are built with brick (often burnt) and terra-cotta, with extensive use of decorative ironwork and exposed metal structure.
4 de jun. de 2023 · The Library and Archives holds the original architectural drawings by Museum designer Alfred Waterhouse, and an extensive collection of photographs and plans of the building.
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