Regent Street, London - One of Reginald Blomfield's most noticeable projects

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Reginald Blomfield was born in Nymet Tracey, Devon, son of the local clergyman. He was educated at Haileybury school and at Exeter College, Oxford. His uncle, Sir Arthur Blomfield, was an architect and Blomfield followed him into the profession, training first under his uncle, then at the Royal Academy in London, where he later (1906) became Professor of Architecture. Coat of arms of Haileybury College This article refers to the school in England. ... This article refers to an art institution in London. ...

After establishing his own practice, he designed the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, Flanders, the Pall Mall premises of the Carlton Club destroyed in World War 2 (rather than the current premises in St James's Street), Lambeth Bridge, works at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford and Goldsmiths College. He became known for remodelling streets in the early 20th Century such as Regent Street in London in the 1920s ^[1] and The Headrow in Leeds from 1929. These are notable for being constructed in a uniform architectural style, and Pevsner comments on the similarity of the Leeds scheme to the earlier one in Regent Street. The Menin Gate Memorial at the eastern exit of the town of Ieper (usually known in English as Ypres) in Flanders, Belgium, marks the starting point for one of the main roads out of the town that led Allied soldiers to the front line during World War I. Designed by... Ypres municipality and district in the province West Flanders Ypres (French, pronounced generally used in English1) or Ieper (official name in Dutch, pronounced ) is a Belgian municipality located in the Flemish province of West Flanders. ... Flanders (Dutch: ) has several main meanings: the social, cultural and linguistical, scientific and educational, economical and political community of the Flemings; some prefer to call this the Flemish community (others refer to this as the Flemish nation) which is, with over 6 million inhabitants, the majority of all Belgians; a... The Carlton Club is a gentlemens club in London. ... Lambeth Bridge, seen from Millbank, looking north and downstream Lambeth Bridge from Millbank, facing east towards Lambeth Image:Lambeth. ... Lady Margaret Hall is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... The Main Building The Ben Pimlott Building Goldsmiths College, University of London (founded in 1891 as Goldsmiths Technical and Recreative Institute) is a college of the University of London specialising in teaching of and research into creative, cultural and cognitive disciplines. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... The Quadrant at the bottom of Regent Street. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The 1920s was a decade sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... The Headrow, Leeds The Headrow is one of the main streets in Leeds, United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see Leeds (disambiguation). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nikolaus Pevsner (January 30, 1902 - August 18, 1983) was a German-born British historian of art and, especially, architecture. ...

In 1913 he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and was elected to the Royal Academy in 1914. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects in the United Kingdom. ...

Reference

Riddington, Peter and others, Regent Street, History and Conservation. Donald Insall Associates, London 2001.

Notes

Richard Norman Shaw (1831 - 1913) was a successful Victorian architect. ... Sir Aston Webb, portrait by Solomon Joseph Solomon, ca 1906 Sir Aston Webb (May 22, 1849 - August 21, 1930) was an English architect, active in the late 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century. ... Sir John James Burnet (1857 - 1938) , son of the architect John Burnet was born in Glasgow. ...

External links

• http://www.gardenvisit.com/b/blomfield.htm
• http://www.veteransagency.mod.uk/remembrance/remembrance_blomfield.htm