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George Dance the Younger
b. London, 1741;
d. London, 1825.
English Neo-Classical architect, Dance absorbed the rudiments of architecture from his father, George Dance the Elder, who was Clerk of Works in the City of London. He studied in Rome and imbibed the principles of European Neo-Classicism. On returning to London he became his father’s assistant and shortly [...]

Sir John Soane
b. Goring-on-Thames, 1753;
d. London, 1837.
Sir John Soane’s architecture is in a class by itself; original, mannered, with a brilliant control of internal space and light, and a fondness for shallow domes, repeated segmental arches, clerestories, linear ornament and colour. Whether or not it was his humble origin as the son of a [...]