The Bank of England is seeking an architect for a major consolidation ... Originally designed by John Soane and later significantly redesigned by Herbert Baker, the historic complex last underwent ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the life and work of John Soane, architect of the old Bank of England and collector of the antiquities displayed in his home which became a museum.

Soane largely demolished the building, rebuilding it in his own vision as his bespoke home and office, choosing the location as it was situated between the Bank of England, which he designed and ...

As antiquary John Britton wrote in his short biography of the architect, Soane would impart the ‘results’ of his Italian studies to the public, not least with his work as architect of the Bank of ...

When he wasn’t designing notable buildings (among them the original Bank of England), Sir John Soane (1753-1837) obsessively collected art, furn. Go to the content Go to the footer.

There is a drawing in the new exhibition at London’s Sir John Soane’s Museum of the rear of his country home, Pitzhanger Manor, dating from 1810.It is, frankly, a little shocking. Not in its ...