S ir John Soane (1753-1837) is remembered as the Regency period architect of the Bank of England, a pioneer of the Neoclassical style, and an avid Regency Period collector. What sets his house and ...

Soane, who designed the Bank of England and the Dulwich Picture Gallery, used some of the miniature models as teaching tools for his pupils. They were also a way to transport the classical ...

The Old Bank of England has been turned into a drinking ... surrounded by grand architecture and two interesting museums. Sir John Soane's Museum offers the chance to walk in the footsteps of ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the life and work of John Soane, architect of the old Bank of England and collector of the antiquities displayed in his home which became a museum. Show more Melvyn ...

A whole series of photos is dedicated to John Soane's 'lost' Bank of England, a building he spent 45 years working on, only for it to be demolished and rebuilt by Sir Herbert Baker a century later.

The son of a humble bricklayer from a small village in Oxfordshire, Soane rose to become one of the UK’s most influential architects. His designs include the Bank of England (although his ...

When he wasn’t designing notable buildings (among them the original Bank of England), Sir John Soane (1753-1837) obsessively collected art, furniture and architectural ornamentation. In the ...

As antiquary John Britton wrote in his short biography of the architect, Soane would impart the ‘results’ of his Italian studies to the public, not least with his work as architect of the Bank of ...

Soane designed an extension entirely in glass ... greatest and most inventive architect of his era, designing the Bank of England, major interventions at the Houses of Parliament and the Law ...