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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.
Learn about the life and works of Sir Aston Webb (1849-1930), one of the most talented and successful architects of the Victorian period. He designed many prominent buildings in London and abroad, such as Buckingham Palace, Birmingham Law Courts, and the Victoria Memorial.
Aston Webb (1849-1930) was a prominent British architect who designed the façade of Buckingham Palace and many other buildings in London and elsewhere. He was a Royal Academician, a President of the RIBA and the RA, and a recipient of several awards and honors.
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 ...
