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A new exhibition of the work of Richard Rogers at Sir John Soane’s Museum in London affords an opportunity to play that game, ...
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.
Pitzhanger Manor, in Ealing, was his country house. After acquiring the estate in 1800, he transformed it into a showcase of ...
It must be said that some connections are more tenuous. In one vitrine, drawings show Soane making an urban feature of a corner of the Bank of England, while next door Alvaro Siza is doing something ...
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.
Founded in 1694, the Bank of England’s Threadneedle Street site is a landmark of British financial history and occupies a prominent site overlooking the William Tite-designed Royal Exchange and the ...