Architecture, Edwardian
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Sir Aston Webb collection
Collection
Identifier: WEBB
Abstract
Sir Aston Webb (1849-1930), London architect, designed many large public commissions throughout England between 1875-1915; he worked with E. Ingress Bell and later with his son Maurice Webb. The collection consists of architectural drawings, photographs, and tearsheets from British architectural periodicals that document the career of Sir Aston Webb.
Dates:
1868-1936
Found in:
Alexander Architectural Archives
Smith and Brewer drawings
Collection
Identifier: SB
Abstract
Arnold Dunbar Smith (1866-1933) and Cecil Claude Brewer (1871-1918) formed a partnership in London in 1895, establishing a reputation as arts and crafts architects working in the so-called "Free Style" of the 1890s. The firm's work was mainly domestic, using vernacular traditions, until their design for the National Museum of Wales (1910) in which they employed the then-popular Beaux-Arts style. The collection is comprised of architectural drawings which best represent Smith and Brewer's...
Dates:
1896-1939
Found in:
Alexander Architectural Archives