Sentence examples for gentleman architect from inspiring English sources
He returned a decade later as a favourite of the third Earl of Burlington, a young, fantastically wealthy gentleman architect with a deep desire to become the central arbiter of British taste.
It all seemed to add to his profile as a gentleman architect of another era, offering his clients not just a place to live, but a way to live.
The collection dates back to the 1710s and represents the luxurious materials of choice for European and American gentlemen architects, including ivory, silver, tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl.
1630 – 1 January 1710) was a Scottish gentleman-architect, "the effective founder of classical architecture in Scotland," as Howard Colvin observes.
But suppose you really want to explore one of these three books, say, "The Builder's Dictionary: or, Gentleman and Architect's Companion" (1734).
Oscar was a gentleman and a truly great architect – a virtuoso talent.
This allowed the socially ambitious Adam to be perceived as a gentleman and Grand Tourist, not a working architect.
Generations of gentlemen were influenced by visiting Italy on the Grand Tour, not least the architect Sir John Soane, who saw the excavations in 1780.
