Reginald Blomfield
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 82 years ago |
| Date of birth | December 20,1856 |
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | Kent |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | December 27,1942 |
| Died | Frognal |
| London | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Children | Austin Blomfield |
| Job | Architect |
| Designed | Cross of Sacrifice |
| Menin Gate | |
| The Holburne Museum | |
| Education | Royal Academy of Arts |
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| ID | 1207440 |
A Short History of Renaissance Architecture in England, 1500-1800
Studies in architecture
The Mistress Art
A History of French Architecture: From the Reign of Charles VIII Till the Death of Mazarin
The Touchstone of Architecture
Byways: Leaves from an Architect's Note-book
Six architects
Three Hundred Years of French Architecture 1494-1794
History of French Architecture from the Reign of Charles 8th Till the Death of Mazarin 1494-1661 and History of French Architecture from the Death of Mazarin Till the Death of Louis 15th 1661-1774
A History of French Architecture: From the Death of Mazarin Till the Death of Louis XV, 1661-1774
Architectural drawing and draughsmen
Sebastien Le Prestre de Vauban, 1633-1707
The Formal Garden in England - Scholar's Choice Edition
Reginald Blomfield Life story
Sir Reginald Theodore Blomfield RA was a prolific British architect, garden designer and author of the Victorian and Edwardian period.
UK gets first new-style pylons in a century
The First 36 of a new T-shaped design of electricity pylon have been wired up, National Grid has announced.
The Plan is to Roll Out the pylons, The First new design in the UK since 1927, across England and Wales.
Instead of an Eiffel-Tower-style lattice A-frame with a series of arms holding the electricity cables, they are strung below a cross-arm atop a single pole.
The aim is to reduce the visual impact on The Environment .
The new design, submitted by Danish company Bystrup, was selected from More Than 250 entries in a 2011 competition run by The Royal Institute of British Architects and the government.
At 35m (115ft), they are about a third shorter than traditional high-voltage pylons, with a smaller ground footprint.
The First ones form part of a 57km (35-mile) route that will carry low-carbon electricity between Bridgwater and Portbury, in Somerset.
They will connect the Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power station to six million homes and businesses, National Grid says.
The electricity supply will be turned on in October.
As part of The Project , 249 old-style pylons will be removed.
Their design, submitted by US engineering company Miliken Brothers, was chosen by leading British architect Sir Reginald Blomfield , the designer of London's Lambeth Bridge , in a 1927 competition.
Formally known as " transmission towers" they became known as " pylons" from The Greek word " pyle" meaning " gateway".
Egyptology was all The Rage after the 1922 discovery of boy king Tutankhamun's tomb and mummy.
And The Public thought the New Steel towers resembled the impressive obelisks on either side of The Doors of ancient Egyptian temples.
There are about 22,000 pylons in England and Wales, covering More Than 4,300 miles.
They need to be high to straddle obstacles such as roads, rivers and railway lines and ensure nothing comes Too Close to them.
The electricity cables on pylons are uninsulated, So There is a very High Risk of electric shocks.
But birds are not electrocuted, because they are not touching the ground, so the electricity stays in the Power Line .
Source of news: bbc.com
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