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| Architect | Sir Charles Barry |
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| Location | London, England, United Kingdom map | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1836 to 1868 timeline | ||||||||||||||||||
| Building Type | seat of government, government center | ||||||||||||||||||
| Construction System | cut stone bearing masonry | ||||||||||||||||||
| Climate | temperate | ||||||||||||||||||
| Context | urban | ||||||||||||||||||
| Style | English Gothic Revival | ||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Westminster New Palace, the Houses of Parliament for England and all the United Kingdom, including the famous clock Big Ben. Design of gothic details assisted by A. W. N. Pugin. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Poster Image - Parliament and Big Ben in Evening Light
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| Discussion | Westminster Palace, or Houses of Parliament Commentary
Connects with the much older Westminster Hall. In the south-west corner is the 102m (336ft) high Victoria Tower, considered the tallest in the world at the time it was built. At the northern end rises the Clock Tower, a great symbol of London with the famous clock "Big Ben", and 96m (316ft) high itself. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Sources on Westminster Palace, or Houses of Parliament
Yetsuh Frank photographs. Johnson Architectural Images. Copyrighted slides in the Artifice Collection. Sir Banister Fletcher. A History of Architecture. London: The Butterworth Group, 1987. ISBN 0-408-01587-X. LC 86-31761. NA200.F63 1987. description p1138, overview photo and plan drawing, p1139. — The classic text of architectural history. Expanded 1996 edition available at Amazon.com Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5.— Available at Amazon.com
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Explore Parliament — CD-ROM site with some online VR Westminster Palace, or Houses of Parliament at Archiplanet — Find, add, and edit info at the all-buildings collaboration
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