St Nicholas’s Church, Hamburg
St Nicholas’s Church – Hamburg was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott It must have been very soon after settling his family in Avenue Road that Scott’s attention was drawn, as he recalls: by a City...
View ArticleHoly Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, is an Anglican church designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s. It is designed in the Gothic revival style. The foundation stone was laid in 1866 and the...
View ArticleMumbai University, Mumbai
It is possibly through his admiration of Sir George Gilbert Scott that Akroyd persuaded Sir Charles Wood, his political ally and fellow founder of the Halifax Building Society, to commission Scott to...
View ArticleBattersea Power Station
Battersea Power Station was partly designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. Scott was commissioned to design the building’s exterior following public protests that the building would be clumsy and ugly....
View ArticleSt Pancras hotel & train station
St Pancras hotel, formerly known as Midland Grand Hotel, was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott. Scott won a competition to design the church by submitting plans for a neo-Gothic, 300-room hotel. The...
View ArticleTate Modern
Tate Modern is a remarkable combination of old and new. Bankside Power station was built in two phases between 1947 and 1963. It was designed by the architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. The post Tate...
View ArticleThe Prince Albert Memorial
The Prince Albert Memorial was designed by George Gilbert Scott in 1863-72 . Uncanny in its fantasy, almost the first thing one needs to ask if they are not to be carried off into bemusement by this...
View ArticleChrist Church, Southgate
Christ Church Southgate, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Tucked away in a leafy North London suburb lies the aesthetic gem that is Christ Church Southgate. Designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and...
View ArticleRed Telephone Box
The red telephone box was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott Sir John Soane: how tomb for architect’s wife inspired the red telephone box The post Red Telephone Box appeared first on gilbertscott.org.
View ArticleDr. Ian Toplis
Ian Toplis trained as an architect during the 1950s, based in and around London. He was working on post-war building schemes to help rebuild the infrastructure when he became interested in Victorian...
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