British lawyer & horologist Edmund Beckett had a hand in designing this famous attraction
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Compiled by Galina Kuznetsova | Big Ben's Past and Present ...  It is really one of the most photographed places in London and may be in the whole world. ... the clock were the lawyer and amateur horologist Edmund Beckett Denison, ... Edmund Beckett Denison became involved in the design of the bells for the ... Until the Westminster clock tower, the largest bell ever cast in Britain was...
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Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe | British horologist ...  Jul 7, 2016 ... English lawyer and horologist notorious in his day for his ... Alternative Titles: Edmund Beckett Denison, Sir Edmund Beckett, 5th ... John Dent, Denison undertook the design of the clock for the tower of the .... Black and white photo of people in courtroom, hands raised, pledging ... Famous People in History.
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The History of Big Ben - BigBenFacts.co.uk  In the end, the committee chose the design of Charles Barry, but here's a little ... Britain were upset that he had asked Benjamin Louis Vuillamy to design the ... Here's my favourite part of the story: Edmund Beckett Denison wasn't even a ... It's the famous "Westminster Chime" that you hear just before Big Ben strikes the hour.
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Big Ben - Wikipedia  Design and construction. Architect, Augustus Pugin. Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of ... Despite being one of the world's most famous tourist attractions, the interior of the tower is not ... The designers were the lawyer and amateur horologist Edmund Beckett Denison, and...
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An Architectural Tour of London's Leading Insurers - Intermap  Jun 18, 2015 ... Insurance companies have a long history of expressing themselves ... This is especially true in the City of London, where many of the world's insurance powerhouses ... The Lloyd's Building (1 Lime Street), designed by Richard Rogers, ... at Lloyd's: The Lutine Bell resides in the main Underwriting Room.
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jeopardy/1584_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  ARCHITECTS | Richard Hunt, the first American to attend the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, designed this statue's stone-&-concrete pedestal | Statue of Liberty.
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Ghosts of London Bridge - Weird Arizona  The bridge was purchased from the Brits in the late 1960s by city planner and theme-park designer C.V. Wood Jr. and town founder Robert P. McCulloch, ... stone version in 1209, though this time it was the result of the structure's very design. ... others and served as part of the overall lineage of the famous London Bridge.
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Matt Weaver examines the career of architect Sir Basil Spence ...  Oct 16, 2007 ... He triumphed in Coventry, failed in Glasgow and received mixed reviews throughout his life. Matt Weaver reassesses the architecture of Sir Basil Spence. ... Swiss Cottage library, north London. designed by Sir Basil Spence. ... Spence's own buildings were unashamedly modern in style, but many see...
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Lincoln Center Plaza North - Landmark West  The north plaza, part of the original plan for Lincoln Center, was designed by the .... pool, which, in turn, embraced the Henry Moore sculpture as its focal point with Saarinen's ... Generally considered the most important British sculptor of the 20 ... Between 1959 and 1964, Moore produced several reclining figures consisting...
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Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix  Nov 22, 2010 ... Alex Trebek wrote: ` In case you want to "steal" a look at them, they're in a room in Wakefield Tower. Would these be the crown jewels? Reply .
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I. M. Pei - Wikipedia  In the early 1980s, Pei was the focus of controversy when he designed a glass-and-steel pyramid for the Muse du Louvre in Paris. He later returned to the world...
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America's Eiffel Tower | Invention and Technology  That summer, excited tourists waited in line for the ride of a lifetime on Ferris's big ... Like his famous wheel, Ferris's career had ascended to exhilarating heights, where ... After graduation he worked on road, trestle, and bridge projects in New York, ... His claim of completing the details in one afternoon must have been an...
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Edmund Woolley - Wikipedia  Edmund Woolley (c. 1695  1771) was an English-born American architect and master carpenter, best known for building Independence Hall in Philadelphia,...
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The Tribune...Sunday Reading  Dec 20, 1998 ... Coming true, these would have by now rid us of things like poverty and illiteracy. ... If one thinks over it rationally, there's nothing particularly ... A 500-ft-tall ferris wheel has also been installed on the Thames across the Houses of Parliament. ... On the Left Bank, a 660-ft "Tower of the Earth"is being built to...
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Richard Rogers - Wikipedia  Richard George Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside CH FRIBA FREng RA (born 23 July 1933) is a British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs in high-tech architecture. Rogers is perhaps best known for his work on the Pompidou Centre in Paris, ... After working with Piano, Rogers established the Richard Rogers...
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J! Archive - Show #4487, aired 2004-02-24  Feb 24, 2004 ... James Lick of observatory fame was responsible for the Key Memorial in this San Francisco park. DD: $1,200, 29. In physics notation the speed...
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Richard Rogers - Topics  Rogers is perhaps best known for his work on the Pompidou Centre in Paris, the Lloyd's ... British architect noted for his modernist and functionalist designs in high-tech architecture. ... After working with Piano, Rogers established the Richard Rogers Partnership ... The firm maintains offices in London, Shanghai and Sydney.
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Berthold Lubetkin - Wikipedia  Berthold Romanovich Lubetkin (14 December 1901  23 October 1990) was a Georgian-born migr architect who pioneered modernist design in Britain in the 1930s. His work includes the Highpoint housing complex, London Zoo penguin pool ... for London Zoo, the gorilla house and a penguin pool (clearly showing the...