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Sir Aston Webb, GCVO, CB, RA, FRIBA (22 May 1849 – 21 August 1930) was a British architect who designed the principal facade of Buckingham Palace and the main building of the Victoria and Albert Museum, among other major works around England, many of them in partnership with Ingress Bell.
Sir Aston Webb (1849-1930), whose slight appearance belied his leadership qualities and energy, was widely considered to be one of the Victorian period's most "talented, successful and significant architects" (Allinson 248).
Webb, Aston 1849 - 1930. Aston Webb [also known as Sir Aston Webb] was born in Clapham, Surrey, England on 22 May 1849 and was the son of Edward Webb (1805-1854), a painter.
Aston Webb House is a Grade II listed building of historical note located in London. It is the converted General Office of Boord & Son's Distillery, which was built between 1899 and 1901 and designed by Aston Webb, an English architect who designed the principal facade of Buckingham Palace and the main building of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
May 22, 2013 · Sir Aston Webb (1849-1930): A Short Biography. Government Buildings. Façade, Buckingham Palace (after 1901) Supreme Court Building (now the Legislative Council Building (1915) Victoria Law Courts, Birmingham. Educational Institutions. New Schools for the French Protestant Church of London (1897) The Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.
Mar 25, 2024 · Sir Aston Webb, RA, FRIBA (Clapham, London, (May 22 1849)[1] - Kensington, London, (August 21 1930)[2]) was an English architect, active in the late 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century.
In 1909, the architect Sir Aston Webb completed a three-storey façade extension to the Victoria and Albert Museum. Built at a time of rising wealth and public patronage, coupled with unprecedented innovation across industries, the Webb wing – spanning a 12,120m2 site – reflects the emergence of new civic centres with buildings that had ...
