1891 – Aston Webb design for South Kensington Museum Competition, London
Architect: Aston Webb
The selected design for the new museum now known as the Victoria &
The selected design for the new museum now known as the Victoria &
Unsuccessful design in architectural competition to design vast museum.
The Building News felt that the view seemed conjured “up in the mind the ruins of some stately edifice in the Venetian Lagoons: the dark and massive features appear to rise out of a wet shiny pavement or lake.