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Since 1999, the German parliament has again assembled in Berlin in its original Reichstag building, which dates from the 1890s and underwent a significant renovation under the lead of British architect Sir Norman Foster.
Left to Right: Montagu House, Bloomsbury | Montagu House, Townley Gallery and Robert Smirke ( architect ) | Sir Robert Smirke's west wing under construction ( July 1828 )
The neoclassical architect, Sir Robert Smirke, was asked to draw up plans for an eastern extension to the Museum "... for the reception of the Royal Library, and a Picture Gallery over it ..." and put forward plans for today's quadrangular building, much of which can be seen today.
The next major addition was the White Wing 1882 – 1884 added behind the eastern end of the South Front, the architect being Sir John Taylor.
Later critics of the Baroque, such as Francesco Milizia and the English architect Sir John Soane, were particularly critical of Borromini ’ s work.
* 1878 – Sir George Gilbert Scott, English architect ( b. 1811 )
* 1880 – Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect and designer ( d. 1960 )
* 1976 – Sir Basil Spence, British architect ( b. 1907 )
In the meantime, the immediate priority was to provide accommodation for the next Parliament, and so the Painted Chamber and White Chamber were hastily repaired for temporary use by the Houses of Lords and Commons respectively, under the direction of the only remaining architect of the Metropolitan Board of Works, Sir Robert Smirke.
The Commons Chamber was rebuilt after the war under the architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, in a simplified version of the old chamber's style.
The galleries are housed in the former Bankside Power Station, which was originally designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the architect of Battersea Power Station, and built in two stages between 1947 and 1963.
* May 12 – Sir Charles Barry, English architect ( b. 1795 )
* October 20 – Sir Christopher Wren, English architect, astronomer, and mathematician ( d. 1723 )
* February 25 – Sir Christopher Wren, English architect, astronomer, and mathematician ( b. 1632 )
The architect was Richard Rogers and the contractor was a joint venture company, McAlpine / Laing Joint Venture ( MLJV ) formed between Sir Robert McAlpine and Laing Management.
The building was designed by the British architect Sir James Stirling.
However a monument designed by the architect Sir Clough Williams-Ellis was subsequently erected around the grave, bearing an englyn ( strict-metre stanza ) engraved on slate in his memory composed by his nephew Dr William George.
In 1924, the famous architect Sir Edwin Lutyens created Queen Mary's Dolls ' House for her collection of miniature pieces.
When in 1861 the College's administration decided that a new building was needed, Sir George Gilbert Scott was selected as architect.
The architect was Sir George Gilbert Scott.
The last major architect who admitted to being dependent on him was Sir Edwin Lutyens, who died in 1944.
The country's most eminent architect, Sir Christopher Wren, was called upon to draw the plans, while the master of works was to be William Talman.
The building's first phase was designed by British architect Sir Denys Lasdun and is one of his few works outside the UK.
* Sir William Clayton ( architect ) ( 1823 – 1877 ), New Zealand architect

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* Corrupt architect John Poulson and links to Conservative Home Secretary Reginald Maudling, Labour council leader T. Dan Smith and others ( 1972-4 ): Maudling resigned, Smith sentenced to imprisonment.
Designed by the American architect John Russell Pope, it was completed in 1938.
The Duveen Gallery, sited to the west of the Egyptian, Greek & Assyrian sculpture galleries, was designed to house the Elgin Marbles by the American Beaux-Arts architect John Russell Pope.
* 1787 – John Dobson, English architect ( d. 1865 )
In Montreal, English born architect John Ostell worked on a significant number of remarquable constructions in the Georgian style such as the Old Montreal Custom House and the Grand séminaire de Montréal.
Chief architect in the development of the 80386 was John H. Crawford.
His first major recognition came with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado ; his new stature led to his selection as chief architect for the John F. Kennedy Library in Massachusetts.
* 1977 – John Gidding, American architect and TV host
* 1850 – John Wellborn Root, American architect ( d. 1891 )
In 1759 he formed a partnership with John Craig, an architect and businessman, to manufacture and sell a line of products including musical instruments and toys.
* John Brown ( architect ), British architect in the 19th century
* John Nash ( architect ) ( 1752 – 1835 ), Anglo-Welsh architect
* John Nash Round, English architect active in the mid-19th-century Kent, England
Michael George Francis Ventris, OBE ( 12 July 1922 – 6 September 1956 ) was an English architect who, along with John Chadwick and Alice Kober, deciphered Linear B, a previously unknown ancient script discovered at Knossos by Arthur Evans.
< tt > MMIX </ tt > ( pronounced em-mix ) is a 64-bit RISC architecture designed by Donald Knuth, with significant contributions by John L. Hennessy ( who contributed to the design of the MIPS architecture ) and Richard L. Sites ( who was an architect of the Alpha architecture ).
After failing to gain a job, Foster was led to John Beardstow, a local architect in Manchester.
* John Lautner, internationally famous modern architect
John H. Crawford, chief architect of the original 386, co-managed the design of the P5, along with Donald Alpert, who managed the architectural team.
John Wilkins and Gareth Nelson have argued that French architect Pierre Trémaux proposed an " anticipation of the theory of punctuated equilibrium of Gould and Eldredge.
The Palm House ( 1844 – 1848 ) was the result of cooperation between architect Decimus Burton and iron-founder Richard Turner, and continues upon the glass house design principles developed by John Claudius Loudon and Joseph Paxton.

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