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Select architecture: being regular designs of plans and elevations well suited to both town and country; in which the magnificence and beauty, the purity and simplicity of designing, For every Species of that noble Art, is accurately treated, and with great variety exemplified. From the Plain Town-House to the Stately Hotel; And in the Country from the genteel and convenient Farm-House to the Parochial Church. With Suitable Embellishments. Also Bridges, Baths, Summer-Houses, &c. with Estimates to each Design by the Great Square, and such Remarks, Explanations and Scales are annexed, that the Comprehension is rendered easy, and Subject most agreeable. Illustrated with fifty copper plates, Quarto. By Robert Morris, Surveyor.
Morris, Robert, 1701-1754.Date: MDCCLVII. [1757]- Books
Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital : architectural competition / David Reilly.
Reilly, DavidDate: 1995- Books
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Chinese and Gothic architecture properly ornamented. Being twenty new plans and elevations, on twelve copper-plates: Containing A great Variety of Magnificent Buildings accurately Described; AS Also, Several of a Smaller Kind elegantly Design'd, with all necessary Offices, of great Strength, easy Construction, and graceful Appearance. Scales are annexed, and regular Estimates are made for each Design. The Whole carefully calculated by the Great Square; With Instructions to Workmen, &c. in several Pages of Letter-Press. Intended as an Improvement of what has been published of that Sort. Correctly engraved from the designs of William and John Halfpenny, Architects. Published according to Act of Parliament, April 24, 1752.
Halfpenny, William, -1755.Date: [1752]- Books
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The builder's magazine, and complete architectural library for architects, surveyors, carpenters, masons, bricklayers, &c. As well as for every gentleman who would wish to be a competent judge of the elegant and necessary art of building. Consisting of designs in architecture, in every stile and taste, from the most magnificent and superb structures, down to the most simple and unadorned. Together with the plans, sections, and elevations, serving as an unerring assistant in the construction of any building, from a palace to a cottage. In which will be introduced, grand and elegant designs for chimney-pieces, ceilings, doors, windows, &c. proper for halls, saloons, vestibules, state rooms, dining rooms, parlours, drawing rooms, anti rooms, dressing rooms, bed rooms, &c. Together with designs for churches, hospitals, and other public buildings. Also plans, elevations, and sections, in the Greek, Roman, and Gothic taste, calculated to embellish parks, gardens, forests, woods, canals, mounts, vistos, islands, extensive views, &c. Exclusive of the new and elegant designs, ample instructions are given in the letter-press concerning all the terms of art used in every branch of building. Also, under proper heads, the laws for the regulation of buildings-the substance of the Builders Act, &c.-and a list of the prices allowed by the most eminent surveyors in London to the several artificers concerned in building. The whole forming a complete system of architecture in all its branches, and so disposed as to render the surveyor, carpenter, bricklayer, mason, &c. equally capable to erect a cathedral, a mansion, a temple, or a rural cot. ... Embellished with upwards of three hundred elegant quarto and folio engravings. By a Society of Architects, each having undertaken the department in which he particularly excels. Revised, corrected, and superintended, by Andrew George Cook, architect and builder.
Carter, John, 1748-1817.Date: [between 1794 and 1817]- Books
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The rudiments of architecture: or, the young workman's instructor. In two parts. Part First, Containing The five Orders of Columns entire, with Frontispieces, Doors, Windows, Porticoes, Intercolumniations, and Arcades, suited to each; Rustic Doors and Windows; Block and Cantaliver Cornices; Rustic; Quoins; the manner of constructing Brick and Stone-Arches; Centuring for Groins and Vaulting; Stairs, Twisted Rails, Roofs and Domes; Inspectional Scales, Tables, &c. Directions for Drawing Plans and Elevations with Indian Ink: Likewise, the French and Spanish Orders. Part Second, Containing Geometry; the Mensuration of Solids and Supersicies; Plain Trigonometry, and Surveying of Land. With twenty-four elegant designs of buildings, the most of which have been actually executed in North Britain. To which is added, the builder's dictionary : Intended for those whose time will not allow them to attend Teachers.
Date: M.DCC.XCIX. [1799]- Books
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The builder's magazine: or, a universal dictionary for architects, carpenters, masons, bricklayers, &c. AS Well AS For Every Gentleman who would wish to be a competent Judge of the elegant and necessary Art of Building. Consisting of designs in architecture, In Every Stile and Taste, from the most magnificent and superb Structures, down to the most simple and unadorned; together with the plans and sections, serving as an unerring Assistant in the Construction of any Building, from a Palace to a Cottage. In Which Will BE Introduced Grand and Elegant Designs for Chimney-Pieces, Ciblings, Doors, Windows, &c. proper for Halls, Saloons, Vestibules, State Rooms, Dining Rooms, Parlours, Drawing Rooms, Anti Rooms, Dressings Rooms, Bed Rooms, &c. Together With Designs for Churches, Hospitals, and other Public Buildings. Also, Plans, Elevations, and Sections, in the Greek, Roman, and Gothic Taste, calculated to embellish Parks, Gardens, Forests, Woods, Canals, Mounts, Vistos, Islands, extensive Views, &c. The whole forming a complete system of architecture, in all its Branches, and so disposed, as to render the Surveyor, Carpenter, Mason, &c. equally capable to erect a Cathedral, a Mansion, a Temple, or a Rural Cot. By a Society of architects.
Carter, John, 1748-1817.Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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The practical house carpenter; or, youth's instructor: containing a great variety of useful designs in carpentry and architecture; As Centering for Groins, Niches, &c. Examples for Roofs, Sky-Lights, &c. The Five Orders laid down by a New Scale. Mouldings, &c. at large, with their Enrichments. Plans, Elevations and Sections of Houses for Town and Country, Lodges, Hot-Houses, Green-Houses, Stables, &c. Design for a Church, with Plan, Elevation, and two Sections; an Altar-Piece, and Pulpit. Designs for Chimney-Pieces, Shop-Fronts, Door-Cases. Section of a Dining-Room and Library. Variety of Stair-Cases, with many other important Articles, and useful Embellishments. To which is added, A list of prices for materials and labour, labour only, and day prices. The whole illustrated, and made perfectly easy, by 148 copper plates, With Explanations to each, By William Pain, Author of the Practical Builder, and British Palladio.
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?.Date: MDCCXCIV. [1794]- Books
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The practical house carpenter, or The youth's instructor: Containing a great variety of useful designs in carpentry and architecture; the five orders laid down by an entire new scale; with frontispieces, chimney pieces, stair cases, and mouldings at large; with their proper embellishments for practice. plans, elevations, and sections, for town and country houses. Printed on fifty-four quarto copper plates, with explanations to face each plate. By William Pain, author of the golden rule and British palladio.
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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The practical house carpenter, or the youth's instructor: containing a great variety of useful designs in carpentry and architecture; The Five Orders laid down by an entire new Scale; with Frontispieces, Chimney Pieces, Stair Cases, and Mouldings at large; with their proper embellishments for practice. Plans, elevations, and sections, For Town and Country Houses. Printed on seventy-five quarto copper plates, with explanations to face each plate. By William Pain, Author of the Golden Rule and British Palladio.
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?.Date: M.DCC.XC. [1790] [1791]- Books
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A new and compleat system of architecture delineated, in a variety of plans and elevations of designs for convenient and decorated houses. Together with Offices and Out-Buildings proportioned thereto, and appropriated to the several Uses and Situations required. As Also An Estimate of each by the great Square. Prefix'd to these Are ten different Sorts of Piers, with Gates of various Compositions suitable to the same; intended for Entrances to Courts, Gardens, &c. As Also New Architectonic Rules for drawing the Members, in all Kinds and Proportions of the Orders. And to them are also added A Perspective View of the sinking Pier of Westminster-Bridge, with the two adjoining Arches; and a Method proposed by Trusses &c. to take off ? of the Weight, or Abutment and Pressure now on the Pier, and discharge it as set forth on the Plate. The whole comprised on 47 copper plates, with Explanations thereto in common Press-Work. Neatly engraved, and design'd by William Halfpenny, Architect.
Halfpenny, William, -1755.Date: 1749- Books
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A general treatise of architecture. In seven books. Containing All that is Necessary to be known in Building, with several new designs of houses, &c. and also the Plans of their different Situations. In a Manner entirely New and Pleasant. Being an Easy Introduction to the Knowledge of Architecture and Building, and for the better understanding the rules of Vitruvius, Palladio, Scamozzi, And others both Antient and Modern. By Thomas Rowland, of New-Windsor, Gent. To which is added, a work of infinite Labour and Expence, consisting of tables for the mensuration of all sorts of works us'd in building, of great Use and Service to all Architects, Artificers, and Measurers whatsoever.
Rowland, Thomas, of New-Windsor.Date: M.DCC.XXXII. [1732] [1739?]- Books
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Ornamental architecture in the Gothic, Chinese and modern taste, being above fifty intire new designs of plans, sections, elevations, &c. (many of which may be executed with roots of trees) for gardens, parks, forests, Woods, Canals, &c. Containing Paling of several Sorts, Gates, Garden Seats, both close and open, Umbrello's, Alcoves, Grotto's and Grotesque Seats, Hermitages, Triumphal Arches, Temples, Banqueting Houses and Rooms, Rotundo's, Observatories, Ice-Houses, Bridges, Boats, and Cascades, also, An Obelisk or Monument, with Directions where proper to be erected, and the Method how to execute them. The Whole neatly Engrav'd On Fifty Four Copper-Plates. From the designs of Charles Over, architect.
Over, Charles.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]- Books
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The practical house carpenter; or, youth's instructor: containing a great variety of useful designs in carpentry and architecture; As Centring for Groins, Niches, &c. Examples for Roofs, Sky-Lights, &c. The Five Orders laid down by a new Scale. Mouldings, &c. at large, with their Enrichments. Plans, Elevations, and Sections of Houses for Town and Country, Lodges, Hot-Houses, Green-Houses, Stables, &c. Design for a Church, with Plan, Elevation, and Two Sections; an Altar-Piece, and Pulpit. Designs for Chimney-Pieces, Shop-Fronts, Door-Cases. Section of a Dining-Room and Library. Variety of Stair-Cases: with many other important Articles and useful Embellishments. To which is added, A list of prices for materials and labour, labour only, and day prices. The whole illustrated, and made perfectly easy, by 148 copper-plates, with Explanations to each. By William Pain, Author of the Practical Builder, and British Palladio.
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?.Date: 1799- Archives and manuscripts
Wellcome Building refurbishment plans
Date: 1990-1991Reference: WT/A/3/3/7Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
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Ferme ornée; or, Rural improvements. A series of domestic and ornamental designs, suited to parks, plantations, rides, walks, rivers, farms, &c. Consisting of fences, paddock houses, a bath, a dog-kennel, pavilions, farm-yards, fishing houses, sporting-boxes, shooting-lodges, single and double cottages, &c. Calculated for landscape and picturesque effects. Engraved in aqua-tinta on thirty eight plates. With appropriate scenery, plans, and explanations. By John Plaw, architect. Author of rural architecture, and sketches for cottages, villas, &c.
Plaw, John, 1744 or 1745-1820.Date: 1800- Books
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Pain's British Palladio: or, the builder's general assistant. Demonstrating in the most easy and practical method, all the principal rules of architecture, from the ground plan to the ornamental finish. Illustrated With Several New and Useful Designs of Houses, with their Plans, Elevations, and Sections. Also, Clear and Ample Instructions, annexed to each Subject, in Letter-Press; with a List of Prices for Materials and Labour, and Labour only. This Work will be universally useful to all Carpenters, Bricklayers, Masons, Joiners, Plaisterers, and others, concerned in the several Branches of Building, &c. comprehending the following Subjects, viz. Plans, Elevations, and Sections, of Gentlemen's Houses. Designs for Doors, Chimneys, and Ceilings, with their proper Embellishments, in the most modern Taste. A great Variety of Mouldings, for Base and Surbase Architraves, Imposts, Friezes, and Cornices, with their proper Ornaments, for Practice, drawn to Half-Size: To which are added, Scales for enlarging or lessening at Pleasure. Also, great Variety of Stair-Cases; shewing the practical Method of executing them, in any Case required, viz. Groins, Angle-Brackets, Circular Circular Flewing and Winding Soffits, Domes, Sky-Lights, &c. all made plain and easy to the meanest Capacity. The Proportion of Windows for the Light to Rooms. Preparing Foundations; the Proportion of Chimneys to Rooms, and Sections of Flews. The principal Timbers properly laid out, on each Plan, viz. the Manner of framing the Roofs, and finding the Length and Backing of Hips, either square or bevel. Scantlings of the Timbers, figured in Proportion to their Bearing. The Method for trussing Girders, Scarfing Plates, &c. And many other Articles, particularly useful to all Persons in the Building Profession. The whole correctly engraved on forty-two folio copper-plates, fro the original designs of William and James Pain.
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?.Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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Pain's British palladio: or, The builder's general assistant. Demonstrating, in the most easy and practical method, all the principal rules of architecture, from the ground plan to the ornamental finish. Illustrated with several new and useful designs of houses, with their plans, elevations, and sections. Also, clear and ample instructions annexed to each subject, in letter-press; with a list of prices for materials and labour, and labour only. This work will be universally useful to all carpenters, bricklayers, masons, joiners, plaisterers, and other concerned in the several branches of building, &c. comprehending the following subjects, viz. Plans, elevations, and sections of gentlemen's houses. designs for doors, chimneys, and ceilings, with their proper embellishments, in the most modern taste. A great variety of mouldings, for base and surbase architraves, imposts, friezes and cornices, with their proper ornaments, for practice, drawn to half-size: to which are added, scales for enlarging or lessening at pleasure. Also, great variety of stair-cases; shewing the practical method of executing them, in any case required, viz. groins, angle-brackets, circular flewing and winding soffits, domes, sky-lights, &c. all made plain and easy to the meanest capacity. The proportion of windows for the light to rooms. Preparing foundations; the proportion of chimneys to rooms, and sections of flews. The principal timbers properly laid out, on each plan, viz. the manner of framing the roofs, and finding the length and backing of hips, either square or bevel. Scantlings of the timbers, figured in proportion to their bearing. The method for trussing girders, scarsing plates, &c. And many other articles, particularly useful to all persons in the building profession. The whole correctly engraved on forty-two folio copper-plates, from the original designs of William and James Pain.
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?.Date: M.DCC.XCIII. [1793]- Books
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The builder's pocket-treasure; or, Palladio delineated and explained, in such a manner as to render that most excellent author plain and intelligible to the meanest Capacity, in which not only the Theory, but the Practical Part of Architecture has been carefully attended to. Illustrated With New and Useful Designs of Frontispieces, Chimney-Pieces, &c. with their Bases, Capitals, and Entablatures, at large for Practice; Architrave Frontispieces, Cornices, and Mouldings for the Inside of Rooms, &c. the Construction of Stairs, with their Ramp and twist Rails; framing of Floors, Rooss, and Partitions; with the Method of finding the Length and Backing of Hips, streight or curvi-linear; the tracing of Groins, Angle-Blackets, splay'd or circular Soffits; with Plans and Elevations of a Dwelling-House, Hot-House, Garden Temple, Seat and Bridge; and a Table of Scantlings for cutting Timber for Building. The Whole neatly and correctly engraved on Forty-Four Copper Plates, With printed Explanations to face each Plate. By William Pain. Engraved by Isaac Taylor.
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?.Date: [1766]- Books
Hospitals : design and development / W. Paul James, William Tatton-Brown.
James, W. Paul (William Paul)Date: 1986- Books
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The rudiments of architecture: or, the young workman's instructor. In two parts. Part First, Containing The five Orders of Columns entire, with Frontispieces, Doors, Windows, Porticoes, Intercolumniations, and Arcades, suited to each; Rustic Doors and Windows; Block and Cantaliver Cornices; Rustic Quoins; the manner of constructing Brick and Stone-Arches; Centuring for Groins and Vaulting; Stairs, Twisted Rails, Roofs and Domes; Inspectional Scales, Tables, &c. Directions for Drawing Plans and Elevations with Indian Ink: Likewise, the French and Spanish Orders. Part Second, Containing Geometry; the Mensuration of Solids and Superficies; Plain Trigonometry, and Surveying of Land. With twenty-three elegant designs of buildings, the most of which have been actually executed in North Britain. To which is added, the builder's dictionary: Intended for those whose time will not allow them to attend Teachers.
Date: M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778]- Books
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The modern builder's assistant; or, a concise epitome of the whole system of architecture; In which The various Branches of that excellent Study are establish'd on the most familiar Principles, And rendered adequate to every Capacity; Being useful to the Proficient, and easy to the Learner. Divided into three parts. Containing I. A Correct View of the Five Orders, explained in several Sheets of Letter-Press. II. Consisting of Regular Plans, Elevations, and Sections of Houses, in the most elegant and convenient Manner, either for the Reception of Noblemen, Gentlemen or Tradesmen with large or small Families, adapted to the Taste of Town or Country. To which Part is added, A great Variety of other Plans for Offices or Out-Houses adjoining to them of different Dimensions for Domestic Uses; Such as Kitchens, Wash-Houses, Malt-Houses, Bake-Houses, Brew-Houses, Dairies, Vaults, Stables, Coach-Houses, Dog-Kennels, &c. &c. Together with the Estimates of each Design, and Proper Instructions to the Workmen how to execute the same. III. Exhibiting (ornamental as well as plain) a Variety of Chimney-Pieces, Windows, Doors, Sections of Stair-Cases, Rooms, Halls, Saloons, &c. Skreens for Rooms, also Cielings, Piers, and Gate-Roofs, &c. &c. The whole beautifully engraved on eighty five folio copper plates, from the designs of William and John Halfpenny, Architects and Carpenters, Robert Morris, Surveyor, and and T. Lightoler, Carver.
Halfpenny, William, -1755.Date: MDCCVLII [1757]- Books
Happy by design : a guide to architecture and mental wellbeing / Ben Channon.
Channon, BenDate: [2018]- Books
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The rudiments of architecture or, The young workman's instructor. In two parts. Part first, containing the five orders of columns entire, with frontispieces, doors, windows, porticoes, intercolumniations, and arcades, suited to each; rustic doors and windows; block and cantaliver cornices; ru...; quoins; the manner of constructing brick and stone arches; centuring for groins and vaulting; stairs, twisted rails, roofs and domes; inspectional scales, tables, &c. Directions for drawing plans and elevations with Indian ink. Likewise, the French and Spanish orders. Part second, containing geometry; the mensuration of solids and superficies; plain trigonometry, and surveying of land. With twenty-four elegant designs of buildings, the most of which have been actually executed in North Britain. To which is added, The builder's dictionary: included for those whose time will not allow them to attend teachers. The third edition, corrected. Illustrated with upwards of three hundred and seventy-three examples, accurately engraven upon fifty large copper-plates.
Date: M.DCC.XCIX. [1799]- Books
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The builder's pocket-treasure; or, Palladio delineated and explained, In such a Manner as to render that most excellent Author plain and intelligible to the meanest Capacity, in which not only the Theory, but the Practical Part of Architecture has been carefully attended to. Illustrated with new and useful designs of frontispieces, chimney-pieces. &c. their Bases, Capitals, and Entablatures, at large for Practice; Architrave Frontispieces, Cornices, and Mouldings for the Inside of Rooms, &c. the Construction of Stairs, with their Ramp and twist Rails; framing of Floors, Roofs, and Partitions; with the Method of finding the Length and Backing of Hips, streight or curvi-linear; the tracing of Groins, Angle-Brackets, splay'd or circular Soffits; besides Plans and Elevations of a Dwelling-House, Hot-House, Garden Temple, Seat and Bridge; and a table of scantlings for cutting Timber for Building. The whole neatly and correctly engraved on forty-four copper plates. With printed Explanations to face each Plate. By William Pain. Engraved by Isaac Taylor.
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?.Date: M.DCC.LXXXV. [1785]- Journals
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Architecture + design
Date: 1984-