Sunday, August 4, 2019

Architecture: Admiring London`s Gothic Revival

 

(Drivebycuriosity) -  - I am back from London where I stayed 6 weeks. I was fascinated by the architecture there. There are so many amazing buildings, some look really majestic. In the late 19th century - during the Victorian Epoch - there was a Gothic Revival. Many constructors, city planners & architects were apparently impressed by medieval palaces & cathedrals.

 

Above some images from the Royal Courts of Justice designed by George Edmund Street. The  building is a large grey stone edifice in the Victorian Gothic style built in the 1870s and opened by Queen Victoria in 1882.



 

Above St Pancras, a railway station - containing also a luxury hotel - designed by William Henry Barlow and opened 1868.


 

Above some similar buildings.


 

Above some original Gothic buildings: Palace of Westminster, Tower Bridge & Guildhall

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