Bernardo Vittone Architect of the Transcendent
Bernardo Vittone (1704-1770) was one of the most inventive and prolific architects of the late Italian Baroque. Living and working in Turin, he created a unique group of churches, chapels, monasteries, nunneries, palazzi and town halls. Julian Bicknell has assembled an extensive archive of drawings and photographs of these unique buildings. He will illustrate, describe and analyse some of the most remarkable of Vittone’s religious buildings ~ exploring his philosophical, aesthetic and architectural agenda, his design methodology, spatial composition and his use of sophisticated geometry.
Julian Bicknell
MA Dip Arch RIBA FRSA AWG
Julian Bicknell (b 1945) studied at King's College, Cambridge. He worked with Edward Cullinan, the Royal College of Art Project Office and at Arup Associates before setting up his own architectural practice in 1983.
His work is focused on the design and construction of new buildings, in which the lessons of history are combined with contemporary architectural thinking and technology. It includes a number of significant private houses: Henbury Rotonda and Carden Hall in Cheshire, Upton Parva in Warwickshire, Arragon Mooar on the Isle of Man as well as new interiors at Castle Howard, a Shakespearian Village and Theatre in Japan, and an estate of 50 luxury houses near Runnymede.
He was a founding trustee and teacher at the Prince of Wales Institute of Architecture, and Master of the Art Workers Guild for 2013.
George Saumarez Smith is one of the leading classical architects of his generation. George’s work has ranged in scale from new country houses and garden buildings to large housing schemes. Much of his inspiration comes from the appreciation and study of historic buildings, combined with a keen interest in the continued use of the techniques of classical design handed down through history. George has written several books on architecture and regularly teaches classicism at schools across Europe and North America.
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