Книга: Maxwell Ayrton «Wrought Iron and Its Decorative Use»
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Book Description A superb treasury of decorative wrought iron, this well-illustrated volume presents an informative survey of the ancient craft's practice throughout England. Its history can be traced simply by admiring the crisp black-and-white illustrations of gates, railings, screens, and other elaborately rendered works. Beginning with a general retrospective, the text cites specific examples throughout the ages, with particular emphasis on the seventeenth-century artistry of Jean Tijou. A regional perspective profiles the works of smiths from Wales, the West of England, and the Midlands, concluding with a discussion of the decay and revival of smithcraft. 241 black-and-white illustrations.
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Maxwell Ayrton
Ormrod Maxwell Ayrton FRIBA (1874 – 18 February 1960), known as Maxwell Ayrton, was a Scottish architect. He spent most of his adult life working in London and designed houses, public buildings, and bridges.
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Career
Ayrton began his career in 1890 as an articled apprentice to Harry Beswick of Chester, remaining with him until 1897.[1] He then moved to London, where from 1897 to 1899 he was an assistant first to Richard Creed, then to William Alfred Pite, and finally to Edwin Landseer Lutyens. During these years he studied at the South Kensington Schools of the Royal College of Art. He passed the Royal Institute of British Architects qualifying examination and was admitted an Associate on 30 November 1903, having been proposed by Pite, John William Simpson and Lacy William Ridge.[2]
Ayrton was in practice on his own from 1899, and in 1903 was at 14, Belsize Park Gardens, London. One of his early buildings was a house called Hall Ingle, at Heath End, Checkendon (1902), "...by Mr. O. Maxwell Ayrton, for, and decorated by, Arthur Hacker, Esq., ARA". [3] Hacker painted Ayrton's wife and exhibited the portrait at the Royal Academy in 1902.[4]
In 1905, Ayrton joined John William Simpson's practice, and from then on he carried out most of the firm's design work. He became a partner in the firm in 1910 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1920, having been proposed by his old master Lutyens and by Sir Aston Webb, who at the time was President of the Royal Academy.[2][5]
Simpson's practice included much work for schools, and Ayrton was the architect of a new chapel for Gresham's School, Holt, constructed in knapped flint and limestone (flushwork), with two angle turrets and an embattled parapet, between 1912 and 1916, which is now a listed building.[6]
Ayrton's most notable public building from his years with Simpson was the old Wembley Stadium, a simple structure in reinforced concrete which they designed together, built between 1921 and 1923 for the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley of 1923 to 1925.[7][8] It had echoes of the Olympic stadium of 1908 at White City.[7] Simpson received a knighthood for their Exhibition work, while as a result of it Ayrton came into an association with the project's civil engineer, Owen Williams, and this led to their working together on the design of Williams's bridges in Scotland.[2]
In 1928 Ayrton's partnership with Simpson was dissolved. Although by then over seventy, Simpson continued his practice, taking into partnership Frank W. Knight and Henley Cornford, while Ayrton returned to private practice.[2]
Ayrton's National Institute for Medical Research at Mill Hill, London, is an imposing copper-roofed building. Although construction began in 1937, it was delayed by the Second World War, and the opening ceremony in the presence of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth did not take place until 5 May 1950.
Ayrton was still in practice when he died in 1960 at the age of eighty-five. The Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects reported that "Mr R. Courtenay Theobald, following the death of his partner Mr Maxwell Ayrton in February 1960, will practise under his own name from 9 Church Row, Hampstead, London NW3 and 21A Heath Street, NW3."[9]
Major works
- Chapel of Gresham's School (1912–1916)[6]
- New Western Australian Offices, London (1915, with John William Simpson)[10]
- Beach House, Worthing (refurbishment, 1918)
- Wembley Stadium, Palace of Industry, and Palace of Engineering (1921–1923, all now demolished) for the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley (1924–1925) (with John William Simpson)
- Twickenham Bridge (1933)
- National Institute for Medical Research (1937)
Publications
- Some Modern Weather Vanes (1903)
- Wrought Iron and its Decorative Use (London: Country Life, 1929, with Arnold Silcock)[11]
References
- ^ Gray, Alexander Stuart; Jean Breach, & Nicholas Breach, Edwardian Architecture: a Biographical Dictionary (University of Iowa Press, 1986), p. 96
- ^ a b c d Ormrod Maxwell Ayrton at scottisharchitects.org.uk, accessed 4 February 2009
- ^ The Builder vol. 82 (1902), p. 638
- ^ Blackburn, Henry, (ed.) The Academy Notes 1902 (Chatto and Windus, 1902) p. 24
- ^ The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year (1934), p. 114
- ^ a b NHER Number 40924: Gresham's School Chapel at heritage.norfolk.gov.uk, accessed 4 February 2009
- ^ a b Sutcliffe, Anthony London: An Architectural History (Yale University Press, 2006, ISBN 0-300-11006-5), p. 172 online at google.com, accessed 4 February 2009
- ^ IoE Number 198776 WEMBLEY STADIUM at imagesofengland.org.uk, accessed 12 February 2009
- ^ RIBA Journal vol. 69 (Jan. 1962), p. 434
- ^ Sir J W Simpson & E J Milner Allen at glasgowsculpture.com, accessed 4 February 2009
- ^ Wrought iron and its decorative use / by Maxwell Ayrton and Arnold Silcock at catalogue.nla.gov.au, accessed 4 February 2009
External links
- Wrought Iron and its Decorative Use by Maxwell Ayrton & Arnold Silcock (new edition by Courier Dover Publications, 2003) – preview available at books.google.com
- 1874 births
- 1960 deaths
- Alumni of the Royal College of Art
- Scottish architects
- Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects
- Artists' Rifles soldiers
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