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William Chambers, né le 23 février 1723 à Göteborg et mort le 10 mars 1796 à Londres, est un architecte écossais.
Sir William Chambers RA (23 February 1723 – 10 March 1796) was a Swedish-Scottish architect, based in London. Among his best-known works are Somerset House, and the pagoda at Kew. Chambers was a founder member of the Royal Academy .
William Chambers (born February 23, 1723, Gothenburg, Sweden—died March 8, 1796, London, England) was a British eclectic architect of the Georgian period who was one of the leading Palladian-style architects of his day.
An online exhibition at Sir John Soane's Museum celebrates the tercentenary of the birth of Sir William Chambers, one of the most acclaimed architects of the later eighteenth century. It features his likeness, publications, drawings, books and Soane's Office drawings of his buildings.
22 juin 2017 · Learn about the life and work of William Chambers, the Swedish-born Scot who taught and collaborated with George III on various buildings and projects. Explore the King's Topographical Collection at the British Library, which features views of Chambers' designs at Kew Gardens and Richmond.
The present Somerset House was designed by Sir William Chambers, begun in 1776, and was further extended with Victorian era outer wings to the east and west in 1831 and 1856 respectively. The site of Somerset House stood directly on the River Thames until the Victoria Embankment parkway was built in the late 1860s.
William Chambers (1723-96) was the most cosmopolitan among British architects of his time. He was born in Sweden into the family of a Scottish merchant, and he travelled in the East from an early age, visiting China ; he then studied architecture in Paris under J-F. Blondel.
