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Designs for Devonport Post Office, St Aubyn Street and Fore Street, Devonport, Plymouth: elevation of the entrance facade on the corner of St Aubyn and Fore Streets
RIBA35591
NOTES: This design is one of a number of drawings bound into five volumes entitled 'Architectural works of George Wightwick', made between 1832 and 1850. Wightwick instructed his articled pupils to make this detailed set of retrospective drawings to illustrate every building of importance he had designed. The drawings were intended to serve both as a record of Wightwick's completed buildings and as a method of conveying to his students the design process from initial working design to finished structure.
Designs for Devonport Post Office, St Aubyn Street and Fore Street, Devonport, Plymouth: details of cornice decoration, mouldings, capitals and a carved frieze
RIBA35592
NOTES: This design is one of a number of drawings bound into five volumes entitled 'Architectural works of George Wightwick', made between 1832 and 1850. Wightwick instructed his articled pupils to make this detailed set of retrospective drawings to illustrate every building of importance he had designed. The drawings were intended to serve both as a record of Wightwick's completed buildings and as a method of conveying to his students the design process from initial working design to finished structure.
Correios or ECT, (Brazilian Post and Telegraph Organisation), Federal District, Brasilia
RIBA40869
NOTES: The city of Brasilia was planned and developed in 1956 with Lucio Costa as chief urban planner and Oscar Niemeyer as principal architect. It formally became the capital of Brazil in 1960 and is the seat of all three branches of the Brazilian government.
Post office, High Street, Coddenham, Suffolk
RIBA49041
NOTES: The post office was formerly an inn. The pargeting was added in the 17th century.
Post Office, corner of Wilton Place and Knightsbridge, London
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NOTES: The building was designed by W. D. Caroe in 1902-1903.