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Francis Fowke

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A medal was issued by the Royal Engineers in 1865, as a memorial prize for architectural works carried out by members of the corps. With the demise of great architectural works the prize has transformed into the prize awarded to the top student on the
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style, although he made use of relatively new technologies to create iron framed buildings, with large open galleries and spaces.
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Parliament declined the Government's proposal to purchase the building; the materials were sold and used for the construction of
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Some account of the buildings designed by Francis Fowke ... for the International exhibition of 1862
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Before his sudden death from a burst blood vessel, he won the competition for the design of the
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in London. The International Exhibition building was described as 'a wretched shed' by
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Victoria & Albert Museum, north side of garden, original main entrance
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Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art (Royal Museum), main hall
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in Dublin. He was also responsible for planning the 1862
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Ballysillan
Belfast
Ireland
Victoria & Albert Museum
Chiswick House
Royal Albert Hall
Royal Museum
engineer
architect
captain
Corps of Royal Engineers
Renaissance
Ballysillan
Belfast
Dungannon
Royal Military Academy
Woolwich
Bermuda
Paris
Prince Consort's Library
Aldershot
Royal Albert Hall
Victoria and Albert Museum
London
Industrial Museum of Scotland
Edinburgh
National Gallery of Ireland
International Exhibition
The Art Journal

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