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Triumphal arches
Designs for Admiralty Arch, The Mall, London: variant preliminary design for new buildings and arch: elevation showing a different alternative treatment of the upper part and of the lower part of the wings
RIBA97957
NOTES: This design shows the three archways of equal height, the ends of the curving wings defined by aedicules and surmounted by cupolas capped by lanterns.
Designs for Admiralty Arch, The Mall, London: variant preliminary design for new buildings and arch: elevations towards The Mall and Charing Cross and elevation towards Drummon Bank
RIBA97958
NOTES: This variant design differs only from that seen in RIBA97954-RIBA97957 in the treatment of the attic and small details.
Designs for Admiralty Arch, The Mall, London: variant preliminary design for new buildings and arch: elevation towards Admiralty and section
RIBA97959
NOTES: This variant design differs only from that seen in RIBA97954-RIBA97957 in the treatment of the attic and small details.
Designs for Admiralty Arch, The Mall, London: variant preliminary design for new buildings and arch: layout plan
RIBA97960
NOTES: In this variant design the ends of the curving wings are defined by aedicules consisting of pilasters and pediment and not surmounted by cupolas. The attic is embellished by friezes and surmounted by a centrally placed quadriga.
Designs for Admiralty Arch, The Mall, London: variant preliminary design for new buildings and arch: perspective viewed from The Mall
RIBA97961
NOTES: In this variant design the ends of the curving wings are defined by aedicules consisting of pilasters and pediment and not surmounted by cupolas. The attic is embellished by friezes and surmounted by a centrally placed quadriga.
Design for the Triumphal Arch, Garendon Park, Ashby Road, Loughborough: elevation (left); and, Porte de Peyrou, Montpellier: elevation (right)
RIBA99657
NOTES: The design to the left for this carriage arch and lodge is based on the Arch of Titus in Rome. The design to the right, the Porte de Peyrou built to glorify Louis XIV, was completed in 1693 (erected by Augustin-Charles d'Aviler to designs by Francois d'Orbay) but bas relief panels and inscriptions were added in 1715. These come from a sketchbook put together by Ambrose Phillipps containing measured drawings and engravings of French and Roman buildings as well as designs for the house and garden buildings at Garendon Park, Leicestershire, the compiler's home.
Examples of 'Principles of Proportions': A) Tetrastyle; B) Hexastyle; C) Octastyle; D) Arch of Trajan Beneventum; E) Arch of Septimus Severus Rome; F) Baptistry, Pisa; G) Medieval Cathedrals; H) Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster; J) Chapter House, Wells; K) St George's Chapel, Windsor; L) King's Colle
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SOURCE: Dan Cruickshank (ed.). Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of architecture, 20th ed. (Oxford: Architectural Press, 1996), p. 209
The Arch of Titus, Rome (A-C); Arch of Septimus Severus, Rome (D-F); City Gates: Trier and Autun (G-H): elevations, sections and perspective
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SOURCE: Dan Cruickshank (ed.). Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of architecture, 20th ed. (Oxford: Architectural Press, 1996), p. 260