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The Hall was designed by civil engineers Captain Francis Fowke and Major-General Henry Y. D. Scott of the Royal Engineers and built by Lucas Brothers. The designers were heavily influenced by ancient amphitheatres but had also been exposed to the ideas of Gottfried Semper while he was working at the South Kensington Museum . [5]
Henry Young Darracott Scott RE (2 January 1822 – 16 April 1883) was an English Major-General in the Corps of Royal Engineers, best known for the construction of London's Royal Albert Hall.
Designed by Captain Francis Fowke and Major-General Henry Y. D. Scott of the Royal Engineers, the Hall showcases a distinctive blend of architectural influences, borrowing elements from ancient amphitheaters and inspired by contemporary works, such as the Cirque d'Hiver in Paris.
May 20, 2020 · It was designed by Fowke but completed by another military engineer, Major-General H.Y.D. Scott, after Fowke’s sudden death in 1865.
Francis Fowke (7 July 1823 – 4 December 1865) was an Irish engineer and architect, and a captain in the Corps of Royal Engineers. Most of his architectural work was executed in the Renaissance style, although he made use of relatively new technologies to create iron framed buildings, with large open galleries and spaces.
After Prince Albert’s death (1861), Henry Cole (director of the Great Exhibition of 1851) determined to build a concert hall to his memory and, following visits by himself and Fowke to Roman amphitheatres in France, a model of a large oval (elliptical) hall was approved by Queen Victoria in 1864.
The Royal Albert Hall is an Amphitheater in England designed by Captain Francis Fowke and Major-General Henry Y. D. Scott and constructed in 1871.
