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Derngate Centre, Northampton: the main hall during a concert
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NOTES: See RIBA158178 for a colour version of this image.
Derngate Centre, Northampton: the main hall set up for a concert
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NOTES: See RIBA158179 for a colour version of this image.
Gottfried Semper's signature on the half-title page of his book on the Konigliche Hoftheater, Dresden, which he gave to the RIBA in 1850
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SOURCE: Gottfried Semper. Des konigliche Hoftheater zu Dresden (Braunschweig: Vieweg, 1849), half-title NOTES: Originally known as the Konigliche Hoftheater, the Staatsoper (often known as the Semperoper) was designed by Gottfried Semper in 1838-1841, but burnt down in 1869. It was rebuilt under the direction of Semper's son, Manfred Semper.
Konigliche Hoftheater (now Staatsoper or Semperoper), Dresden
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SOURCE: Gottfried Semper. Des konigliche Hoftheater zu Dresden (Braunschweig: Vieweg, 1849), pl. 2 NOTES: Originally known as the Konigliche Hoftheater, the Staatsoper (often known as the Semperoper) was designed by Gottfried Semper in 1838-1841, but burnt down in 1869. It was rebuilt under the direction of Semper's son, Manfred Semper.
St George's Hall, Lime Street, Liverpool: the circular concert hall with caryatids supporting the cast-iron balconies
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NOTES: The design for St George's Hall was won in open competition by Harvey Lonsdale Elmes in 1839. Construction began in 1841 and after Elmes's death in 1847 work was continued by the Corporation Surveyor, John Weightman, until C. R. Cockerell took over as architect in 1851.
St George's Hall, Lime Street, Liverpool: the stage of the concert hall lit from the vaulted skylight and the clerestory above
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NOTES: The design for St George's Hall was won in open competition by Harvey Lonsdale Elmes in 1839. Construction began in 1841 and after Elmes's death in 1847 work was continued by the Corporation Surveyor, John Weightman, until C. R. Cockerell took over as architect in 1851.
St George's Hall, Lime Street, Liverpool: the stage of the concert hall lit from the vaulted skylight and the clerestory above
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NOTES: The design for St George's Hall was won in open competition by Harvey Lonsdale Elmes in 1839. Construction began in 1841 and after Elmes's death in 1847 work was continued by the Corporation Surveyor, John Weightman, until C. R. Cockerell took over as architect in 1851. See RIBA130462 for a colour version of this image.
St George's Hall, Lime Street, Liverpool: the barrel-vaulted great hall looking towards the organ
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NOTES: The design for St George's Hall was won in open competition by Harvey Lonsdale Elmes in 1839. Construction began in 1841 and after Elmes's death in 1847 work was continued by the Corporation Surveyor, John Weightman, until C. R. Cockerell took over as architect in 1851.
St George's Hall, Lime Street, Liverpool: the stage of the concert hall lit from the vaulted skylight and the clerestory above
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NOTES: The design for St George's Hall was won in open competition by Harvey Lonsdale Elmes in 1839. Construction began in 1841 and after Elmes's death in 1847 work was continued by the Corporation Surveyor, John Weightman, until C. R. Cockerell took over as architect in 1851. See RIBA130460 for a black and white version of this image.
St George's Hall, Lime Street, Liverpool
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NOTES: The design for St George's Hall was won in open competition by Harvey Lonsdale Elmes in 1839. Construction began in 1841 and after Elmes's death in 1847 work was continued by the Corporation Surveyor, John Weightman, until C. R. Cockerell took over as architect in 1851. See RIBA130483 for a colour version of this image.
St George's Hall, Lime Street, Liverpool: the east portico
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NOTES: The design for St George's Hall was won in open competition by Harvey Lonsdale Elmes in 1839. Construction began in 1841 and after Elmes's death in 1847 work was continued by the Corporation Surveyor, John Weightman, until C. R. Cockerell took over as architect in 1851.