Aston Webb

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Aston Webb was a prominent British architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for major public buildings and urban landmarks in London.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British architect
architect
human
architecturalStyle Baroque Revival
Neoclassical architecture
surface form: Classical Revival
awardReceived Royal Gold Medal
surface form: Royal Gold Medal for architecture
collaboratedWith Edward Ingress Bell
Ingress Bell
countryOfBirth United Kingdom NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
educatedAt Royal Academy of Arts
surface form: Royal Academy Schools
familyName James Webb Space Telescope
surface form: Webb
fieldOfWork architecture
genre civic architecture
monumental architecture
public architecture
givenName Aston
honorificTitle Sir
knownFor major public buildings in London
urban planning around Buckingham Palace and The Mall
memberOf Royal Institute of British Architects
movement Edwardian architecture
surface form: Edwardian Baroque architecture

Victorian architecture
name Aston Webb self-link
notableProjectType government buildings
museums
university buildings
notableWork Admiralty Arch
surface form: Admiralty Arch, London

Birmingham Civil and Family Justice Centre
surface form: Birmingham Law Courts (with Ingress Bell)

Birmingham University Aston Webb Building
Buckingham Palace principal façade redesign
Christ’s Hospital
surface form: Christ’s Hospital, Horsham buildings

King’s College, Cambridge buildings (including Webb’s Court)
New Scotland Yard
surface form: Metropolitan Police Headquarters, New Scotland Yard (original building on Victoria Embankment)

Royal College of Music façade, London
Royal College of Science, London
Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth
surface form: Royal Naval College, Dartmouth buildings

Royal United Services Institute building, London
Victoria and Albert Museum
surface form: South Kensington Museum extensions

The Mall, London
surface form: The Mall, London urban layout

University of Birmingham
surface form: University of Birmingham original buildings

Victoria Law Courts, Birmingham
Victoria and Albert Museum
surface form: Victoria and Albert Museum Cromwell Road frontage

Victoria and Albert Museum
surface form: Victoria and Albert Museum main building
occupation architect
placeOfBirth London, England
surface form: London
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London
positionHeld President of the Royal Institute of British Architects
workLocation Birmingham
London, England
surface form: London

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Admiralty Arch architect Aston Webb
Buckingham Palace architect Aston Webb
Aston Webb name Aston Webb self-link