#Architect in Chiswick

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JOHN MARSDEN (ACTIVE 1735)

Model of a proposed new palace for Richmond 1735

Pearwood

A pearwood model for a Palladian style summer palace. A 3-storey building with a central portico on the first floor and a double staircase. In 1735 King George II and Queen Caroline contemplated building a summer palace, possibly at Richmond, and the architect was to be William Kent. This initiative was most likely to have come from The Queen; the model is the sole evidence of the location and date, known from a reference in the London Daily Post and General Advertiser of 15 September 1735. The surveyor, Richard Arundell, had visited Kew to show The Queen a model, created by Mr. Marsden of Vine Street, Westminster, of 'a Hunting Seat for His Majesty to be built either at Richmond or Bushy Park'. John Marsden was paid £120 for the model. William Kent is identified as the designer in a reference in the Board of Works minutes for 1 October 1771 in which the 'Model of a Palace (design'd by the late Mr. Kent) proposed to be bult at Richmond' was ordered to be sent to Hampton Court. A modern plaque on the model has the following description: 'This model was made for George II c.1735 to illustrate a design by William Kent for a country palace to replace the lodge in the Old Deer Park, Richmond. It is one of the many designs to be made for new royal palaces at Kew, none of which were executed ... Kent's design reflects the style he used in houses, such as Holkham & Chiswick. This model was almost certainly intended to have had a central dome'.

Royal Collection Trust

[zoyalannister]

Welcome back to your weekly unnecessary and boring post, aka

The gardens of Chiswick Manor

(Differences between the real Chiswick House in London and the Manor in Endless Sunlight)

When my friend A (which, I remind you, it's not the initial of her name but it stands for Architect) told me that the garden in Chiswick House is huge, I didn't quite grasp what she meant until i looked it up on maps.

Impressive, isn't it?

I had to zoom again to show the most important parts of the garden to you, too:

The first thing you can notice is that the Roman Garden, the one with the statues, in real life is quite far from the House, while in my fic it will be basically just behind the house (where I placed the blue dot) for ✨️plot conveniency✨️.

Where I placed the red dot in the map I placed the stable, close enough to the house but not too close to ruin the aestethic the rich owners wanted to show off. I accidentally cut the caption, but the Chiswick House Cafe is where the I placed the outbuilding for the house staff who don't live in the house 24/7 and the "Chiswick House Estate Office" is the old greenhouse that Grace visits in chapter 3.

Someone asked me if the temple is made up by me, but as you can see the temple actually exists.

This pic made me decide to place inside the temple the shrine Christopher built for his family.

There are only two other places that I haven't mentioned yet because Grace hadn't gone there yet: the bridge and the cascade.

I won't say much about these, if not that the position and the looks will be the exact same and that Grace will see them at some point.

Thanks for coming here and read another long post about something you probably don't even care about, but I had a lot of fun doing this research.

[lsbubastudio2]

“Chiswick Architectural Institute”, Chiswick House & Gardens, London _ Student: Kimberley Cornejo Ortiz / BA3 _ 06.05.2023

Two Georgian trendsetters, the architect and designer William Kent and his friend and patron Richard Boyle, the third Earl of Burlington, created the House and Gardens between 1725 and about 1738. Influenced by their travels on the Grand Tour, they rejected the showy, Baroque style fashionable in England, in favour of a simpler, symmetrical design based on the classical architecture of Italy. Together they broke down the rigid formality of the early 18th-century garden to create a revolutionary, natural-looking landscape. The main design approach of the new Institute of Architecture addresses a variety of issues, from the programmatic to the civic. The main challenge of the new structure has to do with the spatial limitations and potentials of the existing listed building, context and site.

Module 302 _ “Urban Arboretum: Treehouse (or The House of Trees)” _ BAS2 _ 2023-2024.

[chatsworthbyrubes]

~william cavendish the 4th duke of devonshire~

The 4th Duke of Devonshire just like his father was an active politician, and served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and, briefly, as Prime Minister of England from November 1756-May 1757. In 1748 the Duke married Lady Charlotte Boyle the marriage bringing new estates to the Cavendish family including Lismore Castle in ireland, Londesborough Hall and Bolton Abbey in Yorkshire, and Burlington House and Chiswick House in London. The inheritance included all of Lord Burlington's architectural books and drawings as well as many paintings and the entire contents of his houses. At Chatsworth, the 4th Duke made great changes to the park and garden. Having decided that the house should be approached from the west, he pulled down the old stables and offices which interrupted the view on this side and razed the cottages of Edensor village which were visible from the house. The architect James Paine was commissioned to build new stables for the house and he also designed a new bridge upstream of the house. Land to the west of the river, including what remained of Edensor village, was enclosed to become the park as it is today. Lancelot Brown was commissioned to replace the 1st Duke's formal garden and park with a more natural, romantic look which he had helped give the garden a more modern feel. The 4th Duke died in 1764 and was succeeded by his eldest son, William just like his father and grandfather.

Harvard referencing:

Thompson, A. (2015) William Cavendish Duke of devonshire (Whig, 1756-1757), History of government. Available at: https://history.blog.gov.uk/2015/01/14/william-cavendish-duke-of-devonshire-whig-1756-1757/ (Accessed: 04 September 2023).

Trust, N. (no date) William Cavendish, 4th duke of Devonshire KG (1720-1764) 1129203, National Trust. Available at: https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/1129203 (Accessed: 04 September 2023).

William Cavendish, 4th duke of devonshire (1720-1764) (no date) Chatsworth House. Available at: https://www.chatsworth.org/visit-chatsworth/chatsworth-estate/history-of-chatsworth/4th-duke-of-devonshire/ (Accessed: 04 September 2023).

William Cavendish, 4th duke of devonshire (no date) Encyclopædia Britannica. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Cavendish-4th-Duke-of-Devonshire (Accessed: 04 September 2023).

William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British, William Cavendish, marquess of hartington, later fourth Duke of devonshire, 1741 (no date) William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, Later fourth Duke of Devonshire. Available at: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5034 (Accessed: 04 September 2023).

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London Houses: New Property Designs

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Contemporary Residential Buildings in South East England – Contemporary British Homes in the UK Capital

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London House – Latest Designs

London Residential Architecture News, chronological:

4 May 2021 Highgate House Restoration, Highgate Conservation Area, North London Design: Cairn photograph : Peter Landers Highgate House Restoration This Edwardian property restoration project brought a dilapidated home back to life, re-organising the arrangement to suit the lives of a young family and converting the roof space. A huge amount of work was required to restore the home and modernise the layout and environmental performance.

27 Apr 2021 Sponge Urban Living

21 Apr 2021 House for a Gardener, Haringey, North East London Design: Amos Goldreich Architecture photograph : Ollie Hammick House for a Gardener, Haringey A much-loved garden was central to our design of this side and rear extension for a Victorian mid-terrace house in the Stroud Green Conservation Area of Haringey. The project arranges a sequence of living spaces around the garden and an internal courtyard that gives constant connection to greenery.

21 Apr 2021 Vault House

Mountain View House

Chiswick House Extension

Bladerunner House

Cascade House, Hampstead Village

1 Mar 2021 Cloistered House, Chelsea, south west London Design: Turner Architects photograph © Adam Scott Images Chelsea Georgian terraced house The restoration and extension of a Cubitt-built Georgian terraced house in a conservation area. The Cloistered House was carefully given life having been left to ruin for many years.

20 Feb 2021 Library House

16 Feb 2021 Eclectic House, Camden

14 Feb 2021 Melbury Studio

14 Feb 2021 Harcombe House

14 Feb 2021 St Georges House

14 Feb 2021 Boscombe House

29 Jan 2021 The Rower’s House, Chiswick, south west London Architects: Loader Monteith photography : Emanuelis Stasaitis The Rower’s House in Chiswick The clients wanted a home with four bedrooms, space to entertain, and an accessible garden – with plenty of space to live and work, as well as a divisible section for a relative to use autonomously. Despite a questionable original design, the couple found the perfect potential property in a quiet corner of London.

1 Feb 2021 Art House, Paddington

10 Dec 2020 Kensington Townhouse Design: KNOF design photography: David Cleveland Kensington Townhouse, Hyde Park KNOF Design, an international design practice founded by Susan Knof, has just completed a major London commission – the unification of two separate townhouses near Hyde Park to create a single 7,500sf family home.

4 Dec 2020 Pitched Black House

26 Nov 2020 Sugar House

17 Nov 2020 17 Portland Place Renovations

16 Nov 2020 Regency Villa, Kensington

16 Nov 2020 EC1 Penthouse, Clerkenwell

15 Nov 2020 Chiswick House Extension, West London Architects and Interior Designers: Found Associates photograph : Nick Hufton, Al Crow Chiswick House Extension A double-fronted Edwardian house has been updated and extended in dramatic fashion for a television and radio presenter and his family. This four storey villa sits on a corner site with unusually large gardens to the rear. The renovation and reinvention of the villa reinforces the sense of connection between house and garden.

7 Nov 2020 Winter House Renovations

24 Apr 2020 Two and a Half Storey House, Central London Architects: Bradley Van Der Straeten photograph © French + Tye Two and a Half Storey House The Two and a Half Storey House project that circumnavigates a local planning restriction by building a half-height roof extension! The clients owned the existing two-storey, two-bedroom property, located on a central London Housing Estate.

1 Apr 2020 Hampstead Penthouse Property, North London Design: Ungar Architects photograph : Peter Cook Hampstead Penthouse Property A breathtaking new penthouse in Hampstead, with panoramic views across the UK capital city.

1 Apr 2020 Contemporary London Penthouse Properties Penthouse Properties London

5 Mar 2020 An Eclectic Victorian Home Extension North London

3 Mar 2020 Slim Studio’s Flat Interior

26 Feb 2020 Collector’s Flat, Central London Design: MATA Architects photograph © Peter Landers Collector’s Flat Interior in Central London Extensive refurbishment and interiors fit out of an apartment in a mansion block constructed at the turn of the 19th century. The works included substantial structural modifications altering the flat’s layout and introducing new services.

30 Oct 2019 Brexit Bunker Design: RISE Design Studio photograph : Edmund Sumner Brexit Bunker This sunken garden room was envisioned as a way of adding a new studio and extending the program of the house, without having to intervene in the existing portion of the building.

15 Oct 2019 Fleet House in Hampstead

20 Sep 2019 Dukes House, Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill Structural Engineer: TZG Partnership photograph : Will Pryce Muswell Hill House This North London property is an ornate Edwardian Terrace, in the shadows of Alexandra Palace. The home has been given a complete make over.

20 Sep 2019 Aperture House in Islington

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London Houses Designs in 2018

23 Oct 2018 Duke’s Avenue House, Chiswick Architects: IBLA photograph : Brotherton Lock Contemporary House in London The clients, a pair of doctors, wanted to significantly increase the amount of floor-space in their West London home, whilst maintaining the existing character and external massing of the original house, and keeping their garden intact.

2 Oct 2018 Volcano House, Shoreditch, East London Architects: Urban Mesh design ltd photograph © Charles Hosea New House in Shoreditch The interiors of the home were playfully designed to suit the desires and personalities of the Client and his family.

20 Aug 2018 Benbow Yard Home, Southwark, South London Design: FORMstudio Architects photograph © Bruce Hemming Contemporary Home in Southwark This new property is a response to the Mayor of London’s Policy to optimise the re-use of small sites across the UK capital city.

19 Jun 2018 Victorian Townhouse, Highgate, North London Design: LLI Design photograph © Victorian Townhouse in Highgate Conversion of a Victorian property in reasonable condition to form a warm, comfortable home with contemporary style touches.

30 Apr 2018 Step House, North London Architects: Bureau de Change photo © Ben Blossom North London Property Extension Using bricks reclaimed from the fabric of the house, the architects exploited the rights of light diagram to create a staggered, extruded form that appears to melt away from the existing structure. This rhythmic stepping generated by the brick is echoed throughout the interior, and is integrated in both the plan and section of the extension.

27 Apr 2018 Roof Conversion, Crouch End, North London Design: JaK Studio, Architects photo : Francesco Russo Crouch End Flat Extension JaK Studio create unique loft conversion in large Victorian property by adding a new dormer extension to form a dramatic two-storey cathedral-esque space.

29 Jan 2018 The Etch House, Honor Oak, Lewisham, South London Design: Fraher Architects photo : Adam Scott Honor Oak Home Extension Joint Third Prize in ‘Don’t Move, Improve!’ 2018: this 1460 sqft property re-examines the layout of the traditional Victorian terrace house. A modern floor plan sits within the old house walls, hidden behind the retained street elevation.

26 Jan 2018 Sun Rain Rooms, Islington, North London Design: Tonkin Liu Architects photo : Edmund Sumner Sun Rain Rooms Home Extension ‘Sun Rain Rooms’ has been crowned London’s best and most innovative home extension as overall winner of New London Architecture’s (NLA) annual ‘Don’t Move, Improve!’ competition.

London Houses Design News for 2017

8 Dec 2017 Highgate Hill Townhouse, North London Design: LLI Design photo from LLI Design Highgate Hill Townhouse Winner in the Interior Design, London category – UK Property Awards 2017-18. LLI Design recently completed a total redesign and refurbishment of a 7 storey townhouse in Highgate, a leafy and desirable part of London.

15 Aug 2017 Hilltop House, Kingston-upon-Thames, South West London Architects: Coupdeville photograph : Simon Kennedy New Teddington House Commissioned in 2012, the architecture studio were asked to design a five bedroom house on a large 0.26 acre single plot, while retaining the existing building.

11 Aug 2017 Fairfax House, Teddington, South West London Architects: Coupdeville photograph : Simon Kennedy New Teddington House The proposal is for a contemporary dwelling that is based on a series of banded layers, that allow for a light filled interior and a dynamic and interesting external appearance.

24 Mar 2017 Oak Hill House, Hampstead, North London Design: Claridge Architects photograph : Simon Kennedy New Hampstead House Shou Sugi Ban, a UK based manufacturer of charred timber products, has selected Kebony, to create a distinctive modified timber cladding using the ancient Japanese techniques of burning, brushing or pre-weathering timber to provide a long-lasting and beautiful wood.

London Property Design News for 2016

27 Nov 2016 Increasing Value of Residential in the British Capital City Flipping Property Prices in London

1 Sep 2016 House of Trace Design: Tsuruta Architects photo : Tim Croker House of Trace A beautiful and unconventional extension to a London terraced house designed by Tsuruta Architects has been awarded the 2016 Stephen Lawrence Prize.

2 Jan 2016 Madeira Residence, Bromley, South east London Design: Rado Iliev Architect photograph : Assen Emilov New Residence in Bromley

5 Nov 2015 Newington Green Road Property, North east London Architects: NK Architects image : Robin Hayes Newington Green Road House

16 Sep 2013 Mayfair House Design: Squire and Partners, Architects photo : Gareth Gardner Mayfair House The contemporary interpretation of leaves are crafted as a metallic shingle, which cover a three storey elevation and rooftop pavilion. The PPC coated folded aluminium leaves – 4,080 in total – subtly vary in tones of bronze to mimic organic growth patterns. The concept was designed over a three year period of research and development working closely with Swiss manufacturer Tuchschmid.

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Peter Blake Studio, Chiswick (1986) by MJ Long

Image from Architects Journal

[myhouseidea]

Chiswick House by AU Architects balances traditional detailing with modern living spaces to create a contemporary west London home which is full of character.

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AUA has converted a semi-detached multi-occupancy house into a family dwelling in the heart of Chiswick. The brief was to create a large open plan ground reception space, with clear visual connections, together with a new basement, rear landscaped garden and upper bedrooms. Material and design finish details were carefully considered throughout and the character of the existing house combined with new build elements add a further design dimension to the spaces. As with many of our projects in London, a level connection with the inside improves a gardens usage, and at night, a carefully planned lighting design visually enhances this marriage. As with many of our London residential designs, open plan living is a driver, where this is no exception. By using a fire suppression sprinkling system this enabled us to completely open up the ground floor and new basement spaces to this semi-detached house. The result, an immediate sight line to the back garden when you step into the front living space, thereby creating a vast wide open living space. This visual openness is further enhanced by the enormous triple all sliding skyframe doors that effortlessly open to the rear landscape garden designed terrace. However with acoustics & cooking aromas a common challenge with such high volume spaces, coupled with reflective materials such as polished concrete, there is the option to partially and fully close off the front and rear spaces via large sliding pocket door. Full height glass to the side of the basement stairwell further aids in restricting sound travel whilst retaining the visual openness the client wanted. The interior uses high quality natural material finishes, shadow gap lines and varied lighting effects that bring together the cold refinement of modernist ideals with the functionality of a warm family house. Photography by David Butler Photography

Chiswick House by AU Architects Chiswick House by AU Architects balances traditional detailing with modern living spaces to create a contemporary west London home which is full of character.

[leibal]

Mortlake Apartment is a minimal apartment located in London, United Kingdom, designed by Giles Reid Architects. The brief was to re-plan the interior of a two story apartment on the Thames, London. It sits on the finishing line of the Oxford / Cambridge boat race, at a bend in the river with a clear view from Chiswick to Barnes Bridges. Opposite lies Dukes Meadows. At night one can see for 180° without any city lights. The building was a former public house ‘The Queen’s Head Hotel.’ It is situated on the site of the library of Tudor astronomer John Dee (1527-1609).

[tobypullen-architect]

[ Thames Mitten Crab Fishery ]

2021_MArch Architecture_University of Westminster

Explorations of The River Thames began a series of material experiments on the foreshore entitled ‘Aura of Place & Traces of Things’. Through this research by making, texture and context were combined to present unique artefacts influenced by their inhabitation of the riverbed. Emphasising the richness of The Thames, further investigation was carried out to understand how the river could be utilised to produce a more Versatile London.

The Thames Mitten Crab Fishery revives and reinstates The River Thames by introducing industrial and civic activity at the Chiswick Eyot riverside. Confronting the ecological issues caused by the invasive Chinese Mitten Crab, the project enables local people to harvest the crabs during their migration upriver. ‘The catch’ travels across the site encountering the washing bridge, kitchen, eatery and finally, the research facility where the long-chain polymer, Chitin is extracted from the remaining shells and used to produce bio-plastic and concrete. The richness of the river has been expressed through delicate intervention, aiming to introduce the low-tide foreshore as an expansive public space and revealing the river at the heart of the city.

Toby Pullen [ architect ] 

[zoyalannister]

So here comes the post where I feel entitled to bore you to death, aka

The planimetry of Chiswick Manor

(Differences between the real Chiswick House in London and the Manor in Endless Sunlight)

For this post I have to thank my friend who is an architect and really helped me, I will refer to her as A (for architect) in this post.

So, Chiswick House is basically a copy of the Villa Rotonda in Verona, and at some point it had two annexes at the side that were later destroyed. Since in my fic I want the Manor to be bigger and have many rooms, there are the annexes.

Since A told me that the upper floor was the most important, I will talk about upper floor, ground floor and basement in this order.

Upper floor

The black recrangles are the annexes where Grace didn’t go, but from her own world she knows it's where the bedrooms are located.

The blue recrangle is where Christopher’s office is located, but as you can see in the real House there is a wall: in the fic, Christopher tore down that wall to have a bigger and more symmetric office.

This room is referred to as "the blue velvet room" and this is why:

When I saw this pic I decided this is where I wanted Thule!Kit's office.

The red rectangle is the red room that Grace and Lizzie cross to arrive in Christopher’s office, and you can guess why the name...

The violet rectangle is the bedroom that Grace mentions in the chapter, and the green rectangle is a room called green velvet room, you’ll never guess why.

The two circular rooms on the top of the planimetry are two galleries that look like this:

The octagonal room in the center, also referred as saloon in some old planimetries, was the main place for balls and parties where the owners flexed how rich they were.

Lastly, what I circled in orange is the hidden staircase from Christopher’s office to Grace’s room. I don’t know if in real life it’s actually hidden or not, but in my fic it is because I like the idea of Christopher having his secret way to meet Grace.

Ground floor

As for the upper floor, since Grace didn’t explore the annexes they are in black rectangles, but here there are other rooms that she didn’t see.

(Small spoiler: Christopher tore down some walls to get more space).

For this part I won’t have pictures because, despite respecting (mostly) the original structure of the house, with the help of A, I changed or created by zero all the functions of each room.

The green rectangle is where I located the staff quarters, where some of the house maids and guys live 24/7 (the rest of the staff lives in the outbuilding in the garden).

The light blue rectangle is the facility room with the cistern and the electric generator, the yellow one is the bathroom for guests that Grace mentions and the red redtangle is the dining room.

Finally, the purple rectangle is Grace’s room: small, in an uncomfortable position and right next to the facility room; her bed is against that wall indeed.

Basement

I am honest: I have no idea if the real Chiswick House has a basement or not, but since I found nothing I assume it doesn’t exist and it’s all my imagination.

There are some storage rooms, the staff bathroom and A told me that I could add the kitchen with the condition that there is a ventilation system, and I added it because Christopher is both a genius and filthy rich in this fic, so he planned and built it himself.

That's all for now, maybe I will also do another post about the external part of the Manor because this post is already long enough.

[lsbubastudio2]

“Chiswick Architectural Institute”, Chiswick House & Gardens, London _ Site Analysis _ Student: Wasim Bensefia / BA3   _ 06.05.2023

Two Georgian trendsetters, the architect and designer William Kent and his friend and patron Richard Boyle, the third Earl of Burlington, created the House and Gardens between 1725 and about 1738. Influenced by their travels on the Grand Tour, they rejected the showy, Baroque style fashionable in England, in favour of a simpler, symmetrical design based on the classical architecture of Italy. Together they broke down the rigid formality of the early 18th-century garden to create a revolutionary, natural-looking landscape. The main design approach of the new Institute of Architecture addresses a variety of issues, from the programmatic to the civic. The main challenge of the new structure has to do with the spatial limitations and potentials of the existing listed building, context and site.

Module 302 _ “Urban Arboretum: Treehouse (or The House of Trees)” _ BAS2 _ 2023-2024.

[shannara-fashion]

Although his buildings are all in a relatively small part of Italy, Palladio's influence was far-reaching. One factor in the spread of his influence was the publication in 1570 of his architectural treatise, I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura (The Four Books of Architecture), which set out rules others could follow. The first book includes studies of decorative styles, classical orders, and materials. The second book included Palladio's town and country house designs and classical reconstructions. The third book has bridge and basilica designs, city planning designs, and classical halls. The fourth book included information on the reconstruction of ancient Roman temples. Before this landmark publication, architectural drawings by Palladio had appeared in print as illustrations to Daniele Barbaro's "Commentary" on Vitruvius.

Interest in his style was renewed in later generations and became fashionable throughout Europe, for example in parts of the Loire Valley of France. In Britain, Inigo Jones, Elizabeth Wilbraham, and Christopher Wren embraced the Palladian style. 

In his Italian Journey, Johann von Goethe describes Palladio as a genius, commending his unfinished Convent of Saint Maria della Carita as the most perfect existing work of architecture. Another admirer was the architect, Richard Boyle, 4th Earl of Cork, also known as Lord Burlington, who, with William Kent, designed Chiswick House. 

The influence of Palladio even spread to America. Thomas Jefferson loved that style of architecture and the United States Capitol building is an example of a slightly evolved version of Palladio's works. The One Hundred Eleventh Congress of the United States of America called him the "Father of American Architecture" (Congressional Resolution no. 259 of 6 December 2010). Exponents of Palladianism include the eighteenth century Venetian architect, Giacomo Leoni, who published an authoritative four-volume work on Palladio and his architectural concepts.

More than 330 of Palladio's original drawings and sketches still survive in the collections of the Royal Institute of British Architects,most of which originally were owned by Inigo Jones. Jones collected a significant number of these on his Grand Tour of 1613–1614, while some were a gift from Henry Wotton.

The Center for Palladian Studies in America, Inc., a nonprofit membership organization, was founded in 1979 to research and promote understanding of Palladio's influence in the architecture of the United States.

In 2010, the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. created an exhibition dedicated solely to Palladio and his legacy. The exhibition, titled Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey,was open to the public until January 2011.

what materials he used and why?

Palladio's architecture was not dependent on expensive materials, which must have been an advantage to his more financially pressed clients. Many of his buildings are of brick covered with stucco. Stuccoed brickwork was always used in his villa designs in order to portray his interpretations of the Roman villa typology.

In the later part of his career, Palladio was chosen by powerful members of Venetian society for numerous important commissions. His success as an architect is based not only on the beauty of his work, but also for its harmony with the culture of his time. His success and influence came from the integration of extraordinary aesthetic quality with expressive characteristics that resonated with his client's social aspirations. His buildings served to communicate, visually, their place in the social order of their culture. This powerful integration of beauty and the physical representation of social meanings is apparent in three major building types: the urban palazzo, the agricultural villa, and the church.

Traditional stucco

As a building material, stucco is a durable, attractive, and weather-resistant wall covering. It was traditionally used as both an interior and exterior finish applied in one or two thin layers directly over a solid masonry, brick or stone surface. The finish coat usually contained an integral color and was typically textured for appearance.

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Metropolitan Safe Deposits: Maximum Security

Christopher Barrow Metropolitan Safe Deposits provides the peace of mind that comes with knowing your most valuable possessions are secure While the recently opened Chiswick office of Metropolitan Safe Deposits was under construction – and it was a complex 10-month process – there was much speculation about the nature of the new arrival. Clearly, it wasn’t going to be yet another High Road coffee shop or phone store. ‘I’m not altogether surprised,’ smiles Chief Executive, Christopher Barrow. ‘Our near neighbours must have been curious about why articulated lorries were suddenly arriving with one-ton slabs of reinforced concrete. At the final count, it required 225 tons to build our two basement safe deposit box vaults.’ It’s fair to say that most people probably regard safe deposit boxes as the preserve of the super-wealthy. In fact, that’s far from the case. At its Chiswick vaults Metropolitan Safe Deposits has installed over 8000 boxes in 12 different sizes; the smallest, which is perfect for storing small keepsakes, rings or watches, is available at an annual fee of £95 (including £10,000 insurance, which can be increased to £500,000). ‘At a time when banks are exiting the safe custody market – no major bank in Chiswick has deposit boxes – we provide security at an affordable rate in world-class vaults that are protected by the most sophisticated systems,’ says Christopher. Having acquired Metropolitan Safe Deposits in 2007, Christopher initially focused on investing in the infrastructure of the company’s existing vaults in Knightsbridge and St John’s Wood. ‘We then decided to expand – and the best way forward was to build our own vaults. We noticed that many of our clients lived in West London and, after researching the options, Chiswick seemed the ideal location. This property was a new build development and, most importantly for us, we were able to negotiate a very long lease.’ Much care was devoted to the design. ‘I think the architect had to re-configure his plan 50 times before we signed it off,’ recalls Christopher. ‘The vaults are pre-fabricated by the industry’s leading manufacturer, the Swedish company Robur Safe, and they also supplied the safe deposit boxes. ‘We use multi-layered security and surveillance systems that combine the latest electronic technology, such as a biometric fingerprint-controlled access, with what has been tried and tested over many years. If one element fails, there is always a back-up in place: for example, the airlock doors, which are bullet resistant, have magnetic and electronic locks and two very strong physical locks with old-fashioned keys. ‘In addition, we have three alarm systems – each of our boxes is individually alarmed, that’s unique to us – which are linked to the police and extensive CCTV that is broadcast to and monitored by our other offices. The result is that we always know who is in a vault and which boxes are open (up to three registered people have access to each box) at any given time.’ The Chiswick team reports to Colin Mitchell, who was born and raised in Gunnersbury and has 34 years’ experience in the industry, all the staff are personally trained and CRB checked and the vaults have extended opening times (8.30am-7pm Monday-Friday 9am-5pm Saturday, 10am-4pm Sunday). ‘We’ve already had an encouraging take up of boxes across our full spectrum of sizes,’ says Christopher. ‘To the best of our knowledge, this type of vault has never been breached – so we can combine local convenience with a modern world-class facility.’

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