THE GEORGIAN GROUP
10th September 2008 --
City Walk / Oxford’s Georgian interiors.
Malcolm Axtell, Chairman of Symm Group, repeats his highly successful walk from last year, offering privileged access to some of Oxford’s finest eighteenth century interiors. We hope to include on the itinerary the Great Hall and Upper Library at Christ Church, the latter considered by Colvin to be Oxford’s best Georgian interior; Queen’s College (Hall, Chapel, Library); and the Codrington at All Souls, the first Oxford library built at ground floor level. A.L. Rowse thought it ‘the summit of perfection and imagination.’ Who would disagree? Lunch (included) is in the Dining Hall at Worcester, fully restored to its original Wyatt design (from the Victorian Burges scheme) by Symm in the 1960s.
THE NEW PALLADIANS EXHIBITION
Symm is proud to announce it’s sponsorship of the New Palladians exhibition at the Prince’s Foundation Gallery from 3rd – 20th September. The exhibition marks the 500th birthday of Andrea Palladio and will display projects by the world’s leading practitioners of contemporary Classicism and Traditional Architecture from the UK, Europe, USA and Australia.
The exhibition has been organised by The Traditional Architecture Group at the RIBA and The Princes Foundation for the Build Environment, supported by INTBAU and The Institute of Classical Architecture / Classical America.
Details on the Princes Foundation Website
