Henry L. Florence

Last updated

Henry Louis Florence
Born9 June 1843
Died17 February 1916
NationalityEnglish
Occupation(s)Architect, and arts benefactor

Henry Louis Florence (9 June 1843 - 17 February 1916 [1] [2] ) was a British architect, arts benefactor and member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), [3] of which he was also vice-president (1897-1899 [4] ) and Fellow of the Geological Society. He was a member of the Junior Athenaeum and The Arts Club. [5] He also served in the Rifle Volunteers from 1871 to 1892, retiring from it with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. [6]

Life

Henry Louis Florence was privately educated before being articled to an architect's studio in 1860. He later studied at the Atelier Questel practice in Paris. In 1869 he won RIBA's Soane Medal and the following year the Royal Academy awarded him its gold medal. The Royal Academy also made him its travelling student, granting him the funds that enabled him to visit Italy later in 1870. He began to practice as an architect in 1871 in partnership with Lewis Henry Isaacs - their collaborations included completing the work of Charles J. Phipps on the Carlton Hotel, London and Her Majesty's Theatre after his death. [7] He also later worked in practice with Herbert Arnold Satchell. [8]

Florence's own designs include the Woolland Brothers department store in Knightsbridge; [9] the Victoria Memorial in Kensington;, [10] the Stourbridge and Kidderminster Bank, Worcester [11] and the Electric Railway House, previous home of London Transport. [12] His other designs include Holborn station, St James's Park station, the old Holborn Town Hall on Gray's Inn Road, and the Paddington branch of the London Joint-Stock Bank. He also designed several hotels (including the Holborn Viaduct Hotel, the Delahay Street Hotel in Victoria, Australia, the Empire Hotel, Lowestoft and the Coburg Hotel). He worked extensively for Edward Lloyd, building him offices at Salisbury Square in east London as well as a private mansion. At Gray's Inn he not only restored the Hall but created a new pension-room, classrooms and library. He altered and extended the United Services Club, designed the Institute of Journalists and added a library and museum to the Freemasons' Hall in London [13]

He was an art collector and on his death he made monetary bequests to the National Gallery, British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum. [14] These were used to found purchase funds, known at the National Gallery as the Florence Fund and at the British Museum as the H L Florence Fund. The latter was invested, with income from the investments assigned to purchasing prints and drawings from western Europe, providing the Department of Prints and Drawings's main source of purchase funds during the Great Depression. [15] He also bequeathed several objects to the Victoria & Albert Museum, including a vase made by Baccarat, [16] and several paintings to the National Gallery. [17] Florence's will also made provision for the establishment of the Henry L. Florence Studentship's Fund, which is run by The Architectural Association. [18] Research scholars with the fund have included Scottish architect Geoffrey Copcutt. [19] In the 1930s, another bequest by his relation, H. S. E. van der Plant, enabled the construction of the Florence Hall, London after Henry Louis [20] which is owned by RIBA.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mayfair</span> Area of central London, England

Mayfair is an affluent area in the West End of London towards the eastern edge of Hyde Park, in the City of Westminster, between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Park Lane. It is one of the most expensive districts in the world.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Victoria and Albert Museum</span> Art museum in London, England

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles Holden</span> English architect (1875–1960)

Charles Henry Holden was an English architect best known for designing many London Underground stations during the 1920s and 1930s, for Bristol Central Library, the Underground Electric Railways Company of London's headquarters at 55 Broadway and for the University of London's Senate House. He created many war cemeteries in Belgium and northern France for the Imperial War Graves Commission.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Holborn Viaduct</span> Road bridge in London

Holborn Viaduct is a road bridge in London and the name of the street which crosses it. It links Holborn, via Holborn Circus, with Newgate Street, in the City of London, England financial district, passing over Farringdon Street and the subterranean River Fleet. The viaduct spans the steep-sided Holborn Hill and the River Fleet valley at a length of 1,400 feet (430 m) and 80 feet (24 m) wide. City surveyor William Haywood was the architect and the engineer was Rowland Mason Ordish.

The year 1914 in architecture involved some significant events.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dr Johnson's House</span> Building in London, England

Dr Johnson's House is a writer's house museum in London in the former home of the 18th-century English writer and lexicographer Samuel Johnson. The house is a Grade I listed building.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Chipperfield</span> English architect

Sir David Alan Chipperfield, is a British architect. He established David Chipperfield Architects in 1985, which grew into a global architectural practice with offices in London, Berlin, Milan, and Shanghai.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Art Workers' Guild</span> Organization of British artists

The Art Workers' Guild is an organisation established in 1884 by a group of British painters, sculptors, architects, and designers associated with the ideas of William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement. The guild promoted the 'unity of all the arts', denying the distinction between fine and applied art. It opposed the professionalisation of architecture – which was promoted by the Royal Institute of British Architects at this time – in the belief that this would inhibit design. In his 1998 book, Introduction to Victorian Style, University of Brighton's David Crowley stated the guild was "the conscientious core of the Arts and Crafts Movement".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lady Feodora Gleichen</span> British sculptor (1861–1922)

Lady Feodora Georgina Maud Gleichen was a British sculptor of figures and portrait busts and designer of decorative objects.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Harris (curator)</span> British curator, historian, and author (1931–2022)

John Frederick Harris OBE was an English curator, historian of architecture, gardens and architectural drawings, and the author of more than 25 books and catalogues, and 200 articles. He was a Fellow and Curator Emeritus of the Drawings Collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects, founding Trustee of Save Britain's Heritage and Save Europe's Heritage, and founding member and Honorary Life President of the International Confederation of Architectural Museums.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chancery Lane</span> London street in the ward of Farringdon Without

Chancery Lane is a one-way street situated in the ward of Farringdon Without in the City of London. It has formed the western boundary of the City since 1994, having previously been divided between the City of Westminster and the London Borough of Camden. The route originated as a 'new lane' created by the Knights Templar from their original 'old Temple' on the site of the present Southampton Buildings on Holborn, in order to access to their newly acquired property to the south of Fleet Street sometime before 1161.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stephen Rowland Pierce</span> British architect (1896–1966)

Stephen Rowland Pierce F.R.I.B.A, F.S.A. (1896–1966) was an architect and town planning consultant. In partnership with Charles Holloway James he designed several large British public buildings, including Norwich City Hall.

Alick Horsnell (1881–1916) was an architect, draughtsmen and artist working in London during the early years of the 20th Century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John McAslan</span>

John Renwick McAslan is a British architect.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eric Parry</span>

Eric Owen Parry is a British architect, designer, writer and educator. Parry is the founder and principal of Eric Parry Architects established in London in 1983. His built work includes the restoration and renewal of St Martin-in-the-Fields in London, the Holburne Museum in Bath, 50 New Bond Street, 23 Savile Row, One Eagle Place in Piccadilly, Aldermanbury Square by London Wall, 30 Finsbury Square in London, and the London Stock Exchange. His projects also include a number of residential developments. Eric Parry's architectural work and design has been shown internationally on major exhibitions, including the Royal Academy of Arts, the British School at Rome, and the 2012 Venice Biennale of Architecture.

The year 2014 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

The year 2016 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Sir Henry Tanner (1849–1935) was a prominent British architect during the late 19th and early 20th century, working for HM Office of Works.

Hugh Giles Keyworth Broughton is an English architect and one of the world's leading designers of polar research facilities. His practice, Hugh Broughton Architects, was founded in 1995 and is based in London, works internationally. The practice has won several high profile international design competitions, including Halley VI Research Station, Juan Carlos 1 Spanish Antarctic Base, the Atmospheric Watch Observatory in Greenland for the US National Science Foundation and a new health facility on Tristan da Cunha, the world's most remote inhabited island. As of 2020, current polar work includes the redevelopment of Scott Base for Antarctica New Zealand, designed in collaboration with Jasmax; and the modernisation of the Rothera Research Station for the British Antarctic Survey (2023). In 2019 the practice completed the conservation of the Grade I listed Painted Hall in the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1696.

RIBA National Awards are part of an awards program operated by the Royal Institute of British Architects, also encompassing the Stirling Prize, the European Award and the International Award. The National Awards are given to buildings in the UK which are "recognised as significant contributions to architecture" which are chosen from the buildings to receive an RIBA Regional award.

References

  1. ↑ James Stevens Curl, Susan Wilson (ed.s), The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture (Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2015), page 479
  2. ↑ "Henry L. Florence - RIBApix" . Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Brodie, Antonia; Library, British Architectural (20 December 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834-1914: Vol. 2 (L-Z) pg.754. ISBN   9780826455147 . Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  4. ↑ Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, Volume 45 (1937), page 908
  5. ↑ Dictionary of Scottish Architects - Henry Louis Florence
  6. ↑ "Cabinet - V&A" . Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  7. ↑ Hibbert, Christopher; Weinreb, Ben; Keay, John; Keay, Julia (9 September 2011). The London Encyclopaedia (3rd Edition) by Christopher Hibbert, Ben Weinreb, John Keay, Julia Keay. p. 131. ISBN   9780230738782 . Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "No. 26528". The London Gazette . 3 July 1894. p. 3831.
  9. ↑ "Plate 14: Woollands - British History Online" . Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  10. ↑ "1905 - Victoria Memorial, Kensington - Archiseek" . Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "1875 – Stourbridge & Kidderminster Bank, Worcester" . Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  12. ↑ "Broadway Complex - Pre-Application Heritage Assessment - John McAslan & Partners for Transport for London pg.10" (PDF). Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  13. ↑ "Freemasons Hall". British History Online.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  14. ↑ National Archives (T & M 496/1916)
  15. ↑ British Museum - H L Florence Fund
  16. ↑ "Vase - V&A" . Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  17. ↑ "A Boy with a Mousetrap by Adriaen van der Werff - The National Gallery" . Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  18. ↑ "HENRY L FLORENCE STUDENTSHIP'S FUND - Open Charities" . Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  19. ↑ "Geoffrey Copcutt - scottisharchitects.org.uk" . Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  20. ↑ "Florence Hall - architecture.com" . Retrieved 13 February 2017.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.