Hospital design by Cass Gilbert (New York), in the manner of Wrenn, for a competition for the Peter Bent Brigham Hosp.
Title
Hospital design by Cass Gilbert (New York), in the manner of Wrenn, for a competition for the Peter Bent Brigham Hosp.
Description
This design of Cass Gilbert's, appearing in the American Architectural League's 25th annual exhibition volume, 1910, shows influence of Christopher Wrenn's classic Royal Naval Hospital at Greenwich (England, near London), 17th C. This, in turn, reflected Louis XIV's Chapel at Les Invalides, Paris. Gilbert's version scales down and tones down this high classicism, adding iwth the red brick a colonial or Dutch character. The design is for an administration building, with four floors surmounted by a Wrenn-like centered ower or lantern above the entry through a portico.
Source
Catalogue...of the Annual Exhibition. Architectural League of New York, 1910.
Publisher
Lake Forest College
Date
1910
Rights
http://www.lakeforest.edu/library/archives/permission.php
Format
still image
Language
eng
Type
jpg
Identifier
Special Collections [Oversize] NA 2440 .N5 1910
Files
Citation
“Hospital design by Cass Gilbert (New York), in the manner of Wrenn, for a competition for the Peter Bent Brigham Hosp.,” Digital Collections - Lake Forest College, accessed December 23, 2024, https://collections.lakeforest.edu/items/show/4013.