Parliament buildings

NOTES: Fuller & Jones were responsible for the Centre Block, completed in 1867, while Stent & Laver designed the East and West Blocks, completed in 1877. The complex was destroyed by fire in 1916 and was rebuilt by Marchand & Pearson in 1917-1922.

NOTES: The Reichstag has been the seat of the Bundestag since April 1999. The original 1894 building (architect Paul Wallot), was damaged by a fire in 1933 and bombed severely during World War II, leaving it gutted. After reunification, Foster & Partners were commissioned to redesign a new parliament for the Bundestag inside the shell of the old building, creating a new dome in the process.

NOTES: The Reichstag has been the seat of the Bundestag since April 1999. The original 1894 building (architect Paul Wallot), was damaged by a fire in 1933 and bombed severely during World War II, leaving it gutted. After reunification, Foster & Partners were commissioned to redesign a new parliament for the Bundestag inside the shell of the old building, creating a new dome in the process.

NOTES: The Reichstag has been the seat of the Bundestag since April 1999. The original 1894 building (architect Paul Wallot), was damaged by a fire in 1933 and bombed severely during World War II, leaving it gutted. After reunification, Foster & Partners were commissioned to redesign a new parliament for the Bundestag inside the shell of the old building, creating a new dome in the process.

SOURCE: Charles Barry Jnr. Some description of the mechnical scaffolding used at the New Palace of Westminster, particularly in reference to the three main towers of the building, RIBA Proceedings, 1856-1857, opposite p. 160

SOURCE: A. Pugin. Specimens of Gothic architecture (London, 1821), pl. XXXIII

SOURCE: Henry T. Ryde. A history of the Palace of Westminster (London, 1849), after p. 48

NOTES: Parliament Square was originally laid out in 1868 by Sir Charles Barry. It was redesigned in 1950 by George Grey Wornum.