Elizabeth Bay House c.1835
Image by Sydney Heritage
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Elizabeth Bay House was built for Colonial Secretary Alexander Macleay (1767-1848) between 1835 and 1839 on land granted in 1826 by Governor Ralph Darling. The designer of the house is uncertain, with recent research suggesting that the accomplished colonial architect John Verge (1788–1861) was the main designer, but that he was presented with an imported scheme that he modified for Macleay. The fine detailing demonstrates the role of Verge's partner John Bibb. The house's facade is severe, owing to its incomplete nature: like many colonial houses begun in the late 1830s, the house is unfinished, the victim of Macleay's growing financial distress and the severe economic depression of the 1840s. It was originally intended to have an encircling single-storey Doric colonnade (included in several views by Conrad Martens, and akin to the colonnade at Vineyard, designed by Verge for Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur); the small portico was only added in the early 20th century.
The main axis of the house is aligned with the winter solstice. Though no documents are known to discuss this feature, it is not likely to be an accident.
A rear service wing (since demolished) contained a kitchen, laundry and servants' accommodation, and a large stables (also demolished) was sited elsewhere on the estate. A design for a proposed bathing pavilion imitated the Tower of the Winds in Athens. The pavilion was intended for the extremity of nearby Macleay Point, facing Rushcutters Bay and which was poetically named Cape Sunium after the peninsula east of Athens with its picturesque ruined temple.
The house has been refurnished in the style of 1839–1845, the interiors reflecting the lifestyle of the Macleays and presenting an evocative picture of early 19th century Sydney life. Largely in the Greek Revival style with elements of the Louis revival, the house's interiors have been recreated based on several inventories, notably an 1845 record of the house's contents and a list of furniture sold to the newly completed Government House, plus pieces known to have originated at the house that is now located at Camden Park or Brownlow Hill (originally the Macleays' country property near Camden, NSW). The large library contains several insect cases and a desk originally owned by Macleay, on loan from the Macleay Museum at Sydney University. Wall colours have been determined from paint scrapes that revealed the original colour schemes. The house also contains a collection of significant early Australian furniture from Sydney and Tasmania.
www.hht.net.au/discover/highlights/guidebooks/elizabeth_b...
House of the Day #52: 1323 S. Heath
Image by reallyboring
Cicero Hine is not a well-known name in the pantheon of Chicago architects today, but he was in the late 1800s. Born in England, he worked in the offices of a number of then-prominent Chicago architects, including, in the mid-1880s, the office of Normand Patton, where he designed the house pictured above, part of a small development on Claremont, Heath, and Oakley south of 13th Street. This 1886 home is in good repair relative to other homes on the street, which has not fared well as the areas around it have changed through the years. It's a fine example of Hine's unique Victorian style, with the signature projecting bay window, and panels of pressed brick.
Shortly after these houses, Hine hung out his own shingle, and built a very similar development on Berkeley south of 41st Street, near the lakefront, in the late 1880s.
Perhaps Hine's name has faded from memory because, in 1913, he closed his practice and became the in-house architect of what is now the Brunswick Corporation, known for billiards.
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Stairs "Cellular House"
Image by Juan Galicia
These are the stairs for a house I'm currently designing, painted the whole place white, and well I wont explain the whole project here since i'm just showing the stairs tho I will say they are for a small house in the woods... that blue thing at the end of the stairs is the top of a mountain called Sierra Madre Oriente, In Mexico :3
Its just really out of focus here ... also you might notice some strange lighting like why is the top left corner so dark? its just cause i took the picture at a balcony so the roof is blocking the sky there tho the lighting inside the stairs isn't affected.
Hope you like it, more info about the project here < www.flickr.com/photos/38713682@N03/6159687038/in/photostream
Picture 001
Image by ncsunewsdept
The Small House, built by architect G. Milton Small for his own family, has a huge, screened porch overlooking the front yard.
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