Latrobe, Benjamin Henry

Japanese: ラトローブ(英語表記)Latrobe, Benjamin Henry
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry
Born: 1 May 1764, Fulneck, near Leeds
[Died] September 3, 1820. New Orleans. Born in England, he was an American architect and engineer. After studying in Germany and England, he emigrated to Virginia in 1796. He designed the State Prison in Richmond, the first building to use a pure Ionic order. In 1798, he designed the Bank of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, the first to introduce the style of a Greek temple facade on a rotunda with a stone vault. His construction of the water gates in Philadelphia (1811-19) is an excellent example of the combination of architecture and engineering. In 1803, he was commissioned by President Jefferson to survey the capital's public buildings, and he oversaw the completion of the Capitol. His Baltimore Cathedral (05-18) was America's first masterpiece of the neoclassical style.

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Japanese:
[生]1764.5.1. リーズ近郊フルネック
[没]1820.9.3. ニューオーリンズ
イギリス生れのアメリカの建築家,エンジニア。ドイツ,イギリスで学んだのち,1796年バージニア州に移住。リッチモンドに州刑務所を設計し,純粋のイオニア式オーダーを初めて採用した。 98年フィラデルフィアのペンシルバニア銀行を設計,石造のボールトを載せた円堂の前面にギリシア神殿のファサードをつける様式を初めて紹介する。同市の水門建築 (1811~19) は建築とエンジニアを結合させた秀例。 1803年にジェファーソン大統領から首都の公共建造物調査を依頼され,国会議事堂の完成工事を監督。ボルティモア大聖堂 (05~18) はアメリカ最初の新古典主義様式の傑作。

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