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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_Chambers_(architect)William Chambers (architect) - Wikipedia

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   Casino at Marino. Dundas House (now the headquarters of the Royal Bank of Scotland) Dunmore Pineapple. Somerset House. Sir William Chambers RA (23 February 1723 – 10 March 1796) was a Swedish-Scottish architect, based in London. Among his best-known works are Somerset House, and the pagoda at Kew. Chambers was a founder member of the Royal ...

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   William Chambers (born February 23, 1723, Gothenburg, Sweden—died March 8, 1796, London, England) was a British eclectic architect of the Georgian period who was one of the leading Palladian-style architects of his day. He was the son of a merchant of Scottish descent living in Sweden.

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4. www.royalacademy.org.uk › name › william-chambers-raSir William Chambers | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts

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   By William Chambers, Member of the Imperial Academy of Arts in Florence, and Architect toTheir Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and Princess Dowager of Wales. - - London,: [1759] 06/4209 Sir William Chambers RA A Dissertation On Oriental Gardening; By Sr William Chambers, Comptroller-General Of His Majesty's Works, &c.

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   Sir William Chambers (1723 – 1796) was born in Sweden, educated in England, and in his youth journeyed to India and China as a cadet in the Swedish East India Company. From 1749 he studied architecture at Jacques-François Blondel's École des Arts, Paris, then undertook further years of study in Italy. Returning to England in 1755, he became ...

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6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Somerset_HouseSomerset House - Wikipedia

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   Somerset House is a large Renaissance complex situated on the south side of the Strand in central London, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo Bridge.The Georgian era quadrangle was built on the site of a Tudor palace ("Old Somerset House") originally belonging to the Duke of Somerset in 1547.

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   Jun 22, 2017 · 22 June 2017. The King’s Architect and the ‘Architect King’. In 1757 the Swedish-born Scot, William Chambers (1723–1796) was appointed as architectural tutor to the future king, George III. Chambers’ job was to teach the young heir the principles of classical architecture, but together they also designed and built several real ...

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   Who was Sir William Chambers?

   • Sir William Chambers RA (23 February 1723 – 10 March 1796) was a Swedish-Scottish architect, based in London. Among his best-known works are Somerset House, and the pagoda at Kew. Chambers was a founder member of the Royal Academy. William Chambers was born on 23 February 1723 in Gothenburg, Sweden, to a Scottish merchant father.

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   How did William Chambers become an architect?

   • Returning to England in 1755, he became architectural tutor to the prince of Wales, the future George III. This appointment led to an extremely successful career as an official architect. Kew Gardens: Great Pagoda The 10-story Great Pagoda (1762), designed by William Chambers, at Kew Gardens, London.

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   When did William Chambers write a treatise on civil architecture?

   • His theoretical Treatise on Civil Architecture was published in 1759 and subsequently put into practice in Somerset House between 1776 to 1801. William Chambers (1723–1796), internal finishings for the Royal Academy staircase, Somerset House, London, c.1776.

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   Where was William Chambers based?

   • William Chambers (1723–1796), detail of one bay of the façade facing the Strand, Somerset House, London, c.1776. Pen, pencil and wash on laid paper. © Sir John Soane’s Museum, London. Photo: Ardon Bar Hama. This preliminary drawing depicts the steep rise of the Royal Academy stairs, alongside the respective landing and designated doorways.

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   How old was Sir William Chambers when he died?

   • Sir William Chambers, Knight of the Polar Star, Architect, Surveyor General of His Majesty's Works, F.R.S., F.A.S., R.S. Died March 8th, 1796. Aged 74. One of Chambers friends, James Maule, wrote in his journal in August 1771: I visited the Stock Exchange and met John Wilson. I also met several Swedes at sir William Chambers.

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   Why did Sir William Chambers sculpt the bust?

   • It was an official posthumous portrait commissioned by the Office of Works whose ‘very high esteem for [Chambers] induced them to obtain the skillful services of Mr. Westmacott as the sculptor; and he, sharing their veneration for the deceased, exerted himself as the Bust abundantly testifies’. Sir William Chambers

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   Dec 23, 2017 · But when the appointed architect, William Robinson – someone so unremarkable that Edmund Burke, speaking in the House of Commons, called for magnificence in the project – conveniently died in 1775, the commission went to Chambers.