Robert Smirke
Sir Robert Smirke (Londres, 1 de outubro de 1780 – Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 18 de abril de 1867) foi um arquiteto inglês. Foi um dos líderes da arquitetura neogrega, embora tenha empregado outros estilos arquitetônicos. Como arquiteto do Metropolitan Board of Works projetou diversos edifícios públicos de Londres, incluindo o bloco principal e a fachada do Museu Britânico. Foi um pioneiro no uso de fundações de concreto.

O bloco principal e a fachada do Museu Britânico foram projetados por Robert Smirke.
| Robert Smirke | |
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| Nascimento | 1 de outubro de 1780 Londres |
| Morte | 18 de abril de 1867 (86 anos) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire |
| Nacionalidade | |
| Prêmios | Medalha de Ouro do RIBA (1853) |
Esboçou a maior parte das construções antigas de Moreia.
British Museum, 1852
Entrance portico, British Museum
Plan of the British Museum
Great Staircase, British Museum
King's Library, British Museum
Bookcases in the King's Library, British Museum
Egyptian Gallery, British Museum

Canada House
Covent Garden Theatre, burnt and rebuilt
Lancaster House
Inner Temple Library
King's College London, east wing of Somerset House
Paper Buildings, Inner Temple

No.12 Belgrave Square
Eden Bridge Carlisle
Perth Sheriff Court
Courts Lincoln Castle
Wellington Testimonial
Old Council House, Bristol
Former Salop Infirmary, Shrewsbury
Former County Courts, Carlisle
The former Market House, Appleby
Gloucester Shire Hall
Hereford Shire Hall
Brightling Observatory
Luton Hoo
Whittingehame House
Normanby Hall
Erskine House
Lowther Castle
Lowther Castle
Cholmondeley Castle
Eastnor Castle
Oulton Hall
Armley House
Strathallan Castle
Igrejas
St Anne's Wandsworth
St Anne's Wandsworth
St Mary's Bryanston Square
St. Mary's Church, Bryanston Square
St. Philip's Church, Salford
St George, Brandon Hill
St George Tyldesley
The Mausoleum Milton
St. Peter's church Askham
St. Nicholas's Church, Strood
St. John's Church, Chatham
Belgrave Chapel on the right, demolished c.1910

The choir stalls, York Minster, Smirke's recreation of the original ones, 1830-32
Referências
Bibliografia
- Colvin, H.M. (1997). A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. not cited. ISBN 0-300-07207-4
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