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Repairs to the Saloon Roof at the Reform Club, London
It would appear to be a universally acknowledged truth that a great architect in pursuit of a good effect will push the available technology to its limits. Sir Charles Barry was no exception to the rule. In designing the glass roof above the Saloon at the centre of the Reform Club, completed in Pall Mall in 1841, he called for a complex structure of curved cast-iron frames supporting lead crystal lozenges, bedded in linseed-oil putty.
One hundred and sixty years later, the repair of this roof has revealed both strengths and weaknesses in the original design and has highlighted the need for a balanced common sense approach as well as a clear understanding of what it is that is being conserved.
Repairs to the Saloon Roof at the Reform Club, London
It would appear to be a universally acknowledged truth that a great architect in pursuit of a good effect will push the available technology to its limits. Sir Charles Barry was no exception to the rule. In designing the glass roof above the Saloon at the centre of the Reform Club, completed in Pall Mall in 1841, he called for a complex structure of curved cast-iron frames supporting lead crystal lozenges, bedded in linseed-oil putty.
One hundred and sixty years later, the repair of this roof has revealed both strengths and weaknesses in the original design and has highlighted the need for a balanced common sense approach as well as a clear understanding of what it is that is being conserved.
Repairs to the Saloon Roof at the Reform Club, London
Vonberg, Paul (author) / Hammond, Mark (author)
Journal of Architectural Conservation ; 6 ; 7-20
2000-01-01
14 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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