Designs for alterations and extensions to Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, for the use of the Royal Academy of Arts: plan and exterior elevation for alterations to the entrance hall Architect/Designer Smirke, Sydney (1798-1877) Country UK: England City London Subject Date 1874 Image Date 1868 View Plan | Exterior Style Classical Revival Medium Drawing Library Reference SC95/18(8) Orientation Landscape Colour Info Colour Credit RIBA Collections Subject Art galleries ; Educational buildings ; Societies' buildings ; Entrances
NOTES: In 1854 Burlington House was acquired from the government, with the northernmost part of the site being used for a new building for London University. Burlington House itself was altered for the use of the Royal Academy, with several learned societies being housed in new buildings in the Piccadilly forecourt. Smirke built the north extension in 1867-69 and carried out the alterations to Burlington House itself between 1872 to 1874.
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