Links. House Of William Burges .Digitised book from the collections of the National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, uploaded by library staff;
La fotografía fue utilizada, desde los primeros tiempos, como un elemento formador e informador de la arquitectura.
Libros ilustrados con fotos se encuentran digitalizados cada vez con más frecuencia sobre todo por universidades americanas o, a veces, como en este caso por museos británicos.
Ante estos datos busqué quien era William Burges pues tengo que confesar que ni idea tenía.
William Burges fue un arquitecto inglés del siglo XIX,
considerado uno de los de los más destacados del periodo victoriano,
buscó con su trabajo escapar del estilo propio de la industrialización y
de la arquitectura neoclásica
y restablecer la arquitectura y los valores sociales de una utópica
Inglaterra medieval. Trabajó en Irlanda, Gales e Inglaterra. Burges se
encuadra dentro de la tradición neogótica, sus trabajos entroncan con el
movimiento prerrafaelista y el Arts and Crafts.
- y google nos informa, recogiendo una noticia de la BBC, de su actual dueño, Jimmy Page antiguo guitarrista de Led Zeppelin
A fan of the Victorian architect's work, Page lives in
the house which Burges designed for himself in London and allowed it to
be featured in a new book on Burges.
I was still finding things 20 years after being there - a little beetle on the wall or something like that," Page said.
"It's Burges' attention to detail that is so fascinating."
Tower House is the only property designed by Burges which is currently not open to the public.
But after hearing a request from Cardiff castle curator Matthew
Williams, Page allowed pictures of his home to be featured in the new
book, called William Burges, written by Mr Williams.
William Burges
(1827-1881), Architect and designer
William Burges was one of England's most notable Gothic Revival
architects. He studied medieval architecture, travelling widely in
Europe and Turkey. He established his own architectural practice in
1856. He designed the Brisbane Cathedral, Australia, in 1859 and St.
Finbar's Cathedral in Cork in 1862. In 1865, Burges started an extensive
restoration of Cardiff Castle, making many extensions to the existing
apartments and directing an elaborate scheme of interior decoration.