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Architectural Models by Timothy Richards
Single Models






 

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Imperial:
Height: 8"
Width: 12"
Depth: 6"


Metric:
Height: 203mm
Width: 305mm
Depth: 153mm

Weight: 4.5 kg

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All dimensions, weight and colouring vary due to the natural materials used and the throughout handmade process.


Ellis Island New York

Designed by Edward Lippincott Tilton and William Alciphron Boring

1900 New York, USA

Over one hundred million Americans are able to trace their ancestry to a man, woman or child, whose names are recorded in the great registry room on Ellis Island.
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Based in the Upper New York Bay area, Ellis Island was the gateway to the United States from 1892 – 1954.

When the wooden structure burnt down in 1897 a competition was launched to design a fireproof immigration station.

Tilton and Boring won the competition at the 1900 Paris Exposition with their French Renaissance Revival style design to build the first phase.

This included the main building (which this model shows) the powerhouse, hospital wings and laundry.

The building opened in December 1900 built of red brick with limestone trim. This was one of the first federal buildings to be designed by a private architect, rather than those directly employed by the government.




 

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Imperial:
Height: 8"
Width: 14"
Depth: 4.8"


Metric:
Height: 203mm
Width: 356mm
Depth: 122mm

Weight: 3.5 kg

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All dimensions, weight and colouring vary due to the natural materials used and the throughout handmade process.


Euston Arch London
Demolished
Designed by Philip Hardwick
Completed 1838,
Demolished 1961

A statement of modernism and a symbol of building links between London and the North. The Euston Arch was the centrepiece of Euston Station, the world’s first main line terminus in a capital city.

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Built on a huge scale, it symbolised modernity and new links between London and the North.

It was the first great monument of the railway age, which Britain pioneered.

The arch was designed in the Greek Revival style, standing 70 feet high. Being factually correct, the structure was not an arch at all, but a propylaeum or ‘gateway’.

It was modelled on the famous Propylaeum at the Acropolis in Athens, built in c. 450 BC.

But the arch was no copy or pastiche – it was an inspired interpretation of great refinement, also drawing on Roman buildings such as the gate to the Roman Agora in Athens.

Yet the Euston Arch also, in its ingenious and pioneering construction, expressed pride and confidence in its own age. Although inspired by ancient Greek architecture and apparently of traditional masonry construction, the Arch was in fact modern in conception and incorporated much structural ironwork.

The Arch was demolished in 1962 after a failed campaign to save it, most of the stones from the Arch ended up at the bottom of the river Lea in east London.

The model represents what the proposed rebuilt arch would look like, being built between the two lodges on Euston Square overlooking the Euston Road.  

The lodges are all that remain of the old station.

The model is made from plaster with details in etched brass. In the centre of the plinth can be seen the names of the locations where the trains from Euston used to serve.

These names can be seen for real on the two lodges.

This model is hand made to order and may take 4 weeks to produce. If you require this model urgently please contact the workshop directly.





 

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Imperial:
Height: 6.5"
Width: 9"
Depth: 4.5"


Metric:
Height: 165mm
Width: 229mm
Depth: 114mm

Weight: 2.5 kg

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All dimensions, weight and colouring vary due to the natural materials used and the throughout handmade process.


Lincoln Memorial Washington DC
Where: West Potomac Park – Washington DC
2009 saw the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. Born on February 12th 1809.

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Henry Bacon designed the memorial to the 16th President, and Daniel Charles French designed the 19ft statue inside. The memorial was opened to the public in 1922.


The memorial sits on the edge of the Potomac River with the Kennedy Center and infamous Watergate hotel to its left.




 

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Imperial:
Height: 7.5"
Width: 12"
Depth: 9.5"


Metric:
Height: 191mm
Width: 304.8mm
Depth: 241mm

Weight: 5kg

Disclaimer:
All dimensions, weight and colouring vary due to the natural materials used and the throughout handmade process.


New York Stock Exchange
Designed by George B. Post
When – 1903
Where – New York, USA

Prior to 1901 the New York Stock Exchange moved from building to building as the need for more space increased.

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During the years of 1896 and 1901 volume of stocks traded increased by six times and it was decided that a huge permanent Exchange building was required.

Eight architects were asked to submit their designs in competition which George B. Post won with his neoclassical design.

The new building opened at 18 Broad Street on 22nd April 1903. The marble pediment contains high relief sculptures and sits atop 6 tall columns topped with Corinthian capitals. The pediment relief of the Stock Exchange was sculpted by John Quincy Adams Ward and carved by the Piccirilli Brothers. It represents Integrity Protecting the Works of Man.




 

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Imperial:
Height: 7.5"
Width: 12"
Depth: 9.5"


Metric:
Height: 191mm
Width: 304.8mm
Depth: 241mm

Weight: 5kg

Disclaimer:
All dimensions, weight and colouring vary due to the natural materials used and the throughout handmade process.


The Orangery Kew Gardens
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Imperial:
Height: 6"
Width: 8.5"
Depth: 2.5"


Metric:
Height: 216mm
Width: 152mm
Depth: 64mm

Weight: 2.1 kg

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All dimensions, weight and colouring vary due to the natural materials used and the throughout handmade process.


Palm House Kew Gardens, London
The Palm House by Decimus Burton and Richard Turner 1847
Is a fine example of cast iron and glass Victorian engineering.

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The botanical craze was reaching it's zenith in Victorian England.

Following the success at Chatsworth House Yorkshire in 1840, where Joseph Paxman had built a heated glass house for Lord Devonshire,
Burton and Turner were commissioned by The Royal Botanic Gardens to build The Great Palm House at Kew Palace Richmond, London.

For the first time Victorian England could see the beautiful plants of the orient kept in their preferred conditions within the pioneering greenhouse.

Palm trees and other large exotic plants could be seen for the first time.

This was the largest structure prior to the Christal Palace built for the Great Exhibition in 1851, also by Paxton.

Weight: 2.1 kg
Dimensions: 6″w x 8.5″h x 2.5″d




 

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Imperial:
Height: 11"
Width: 9"
Depth: 5.5"


Metric:
Height: 278mm
Width: 229mm
Depth: 140mm

Weight: 5 kg

Disclaimer:
All dimensions, weight and colouring vary due to the natural materials used and the throughout handmade process.


Radcliffe Camera Oxford
Designed by James Gibbs
When – 1748
Where – Oxford, England

The Bodleian Library commissioned the model and copies of the original plans were used to make it.

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The Radcliffe Camera was designed by James Gibbs in the English Palladian style with Baroque overtones to house the Radcliffe Science Library. It is situated in the beautiful University city of Oxford, England next to the Bodleian Library.

The estate of the notable Doctor John Radcliffe, physician to Queen Anne, funded the construction of the Library after his death in 1714.

Construction began in 1737 and the library finally opened in 1749. The building occupies a central square within Oxford and has become a landmark and symbol of the city.

 

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Dimensions:
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Imperial:
Height: 11"
Width: 9"
Depth: 5.5"


Metric:
Height: 278mm
Width: 229mm
Depth: 140mm

Weight: 5 kg

Disclaimer:
All dimensions, weight and colouring vary due to the natural materials used and the throughout handmade process.


Radcliffe Camera Oxford
Designed by James Gibbs
When – 1748
Where – Oxford, England

The Bodleian Library commissioned the model and copies of the original plans were used to make it.

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The Radcliffe Camera was designed by James Gibbs in the English Palladian style with Baroque overtones to house the Radcliffe Science Library. It is situated in the beautiful University city of Oxford, England next to the Bodleian Library.

The estate of the notable Doctor John Radcliffe, physician to Queen Anne, funded the construction of the Library after his death in 1714.

Construction began in 1737 and the library finally opened in 1749. The building occupies a central square within Oxford and has become a landmark and symbol of the city.


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Dimensions:
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Imperial:
Height: 11"
Width: 9"
Depth: 5.5"


Metric:
Height: 278mm
Width: 229mm
Depth: 140mm

Weight: 5 kg

Disclaimer:
All dimensions, weight and colouring vary due to the natural materials used and the throughout handmade process.


Radcliffe Camera Oxford
Hallmarked & Plated in Sterling Silver with Savanna Marble Base
Please contact our office on 0044 1225 311 664 for details.
The production of this model can take up to 20 weeks as it has to go through different time consuming stages including hall marking.


The Bodleian Library or Radcliffe Camera in Sterling Silver (electro formed) has developed its own patina typical for silver, over time.
Designed by James Gibbs
When – 1748
Where – Oxford, England

The Bodleian Library model was initially commissioned by the Bodleian Library. Copies of the original plans were used to make this model.


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The Radcliffe Camera was designed by James Gibbs in the English Palladian style with Baroque overtones to house the Radcliffe Science Library. It is situated in the beautiful University city of Oxford, England next to the Bodleian Library.

The estate of the notable Doctor John Radcliffe, physician to Queen Anne, funded the construction of the Library after his death in 1714.

Construction began in 1737 and the library finally opened in 1749. The building occupies a central square within Oxford and has become a landmark and symbol of the city.

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Dimensions:
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Imperial:
Height: 11"
Width: 9"
Depth: 5.5"


Metric:
Height: 278mm
Width: 229mm
Depth: 140mm

Weight: 5 kg

Disclaimer:
All dimensions, weight and colouring vary due to the natural materials used and the throughout handmade process.


Radcliffe Camera Oxford
Hallmarked in Bronze with a black Italian Slate Marble Base
Please contact our office on 0044 1225 311 664 for details.
The production of this model can take up to 20 weeks as it has to go through different time consuming stages including hall marking.


The Bodleian Library or Radcliffe Camera in Sterling Silver (electro formed) has developed its own patina typical for silver, over time.
Designed by James Gibbs
When – 1748
Where – Oxford, England

The Bodleian Library model was initially commissioned by the Bodleian Library. Copies of the original plans were used to make this model.


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The Radcliffe Camera was designed by James Gibbs in the English Palladian style with Baroque overtones to house the Radcliffe Science Library. It is situated in the beautiful University city of Oxford, England next to the Bodleian Library.

The estate of the notable Doctor John Radcliffe, physician to Queen Anne, funded the construction of the Library after his death in 1714.

Construction began in 1737 and the library finally opened in 1749. The building occupies a central square within Oxford and has become a landmark and symbol of the city.

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Dimensions:
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Imperial:
Height: 11"
Width: 9"
Depth: 5.5"


Metric:
Height: 278mm
Width: 229mm
Depth: 140mm

Weight: 5 kg

Disclaimer:
All dimensions, weight and colouring vary due to the natural materials used and the throughout handmade process.


Radcliffe Camera Oxford
Hallmarked in Bronze with a black Italian Slate Marble Base
Please contact our office on 0044 1225 311 664 for details.
The production of this model can take up to 20 weeks as it has to go through different time consuming stages including hall marking.


The Bodleian Library or Radcliffe Camera in Sterling Silver (electro formed) has developed its own patina typical for silver, over time.
Designed by James Gibbs
When – 1748
Where – Oxford, England

The Bodleian Library model was initially commissioned by the Bodleian Library. Copies of the original plans were used to make this model.


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The Radcliffe Camera was designed by James Gibbs in the English Palladian style with Baroque overtones to house the Radcliffe Science Library. It is situated in the beautiful University city of Oxford, England next to the Bodleian Library.

The estate of the notable Doctor John Radcliffe, physician to Queen Anne, funded the construction of the Library after his death in 1714.

Construction began in 1737 and the library finally opened in 1749. The building occupies a central square within Oxford and has become a landmark and symbol of the city.




 

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Imperial:
Height: 9.3"
Width: 7.5"
Depth: 5.5"


Metric:
Height: 235mm
Width: 190mm
Depth: 98mm

Weight: 5 kg

Disclaimer:
All dimensions, weight and colouring vary due to the natural materials used and the throughout handmade process.


Royal Ontario Museum Canada


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Imperial:
Height: 12"
Width: 9"
Depth: 4"


Metric:
Height: 216mm
Width: 229mm
Depth: 102mm

Weight: 3.5 kg

Disclaimer:
All dimensions, weight and colouring vary due to the natural materials used and the throughout handmade process.


Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Where: Covent Garden, London

Designed by Edward Middleton

When: 1858

This is a model of the third and present theatre, which was designed by Edward Middleton Barry.

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The theatre only became known as The Royal Opera House in 1892.

The original theatre (Theatre Royal) was designed by Edward Shepherd, and was built with funds raised by the enormous success of the Beggar s Opera by John Gay.

It was opened in 1732 but sadly the theatre was destroyed by fire in 1808. The second Theatre Royal was built and opened in September 1809, but it was to last a mere 47 years as once again fire destroyed the theatre in March 1856.

The Royal Opera House model is made of plaster with detail in etched brass, lead and beautiful hand-made rose coloured glass.

Weight; 3.5kg

Dimensions: 12″ x 4″ x 9″




 

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Height: 8"
Width: 13"
Depth: 2.5"


Metric:
Height: 203mm
Width: 330mm
Depth: 64mm

Weight: 3.7 kg

Disclaimer:
All dimensions, weight and colouring vary due to the natural materials used and the throughout handmade process.


Somerset House London
Designed by Sir William Chambers

When – 1776
Where – London

This palatial building in the Neoclassical style is positioned on the south side of the Strand, London.

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It overlooks Waterloo bridge on the River Thames and is the original site of the Tudor Palace.

Somerset House was designed by Sir William Chambers in 1776 as the pay office for the Royal Navy at the height of its power.

The nations hero, Lord Nelson would have walked through these arches on many an occasion.

Sir William Chambers’ work was eventually eclipsed by the work of Robert Adam whose classical styling swept through London at this time, pushing aside the Palladian purity adopted by Chambers.

Somerset House commissioned this model which shows shows one part of the building, its arched centre being the main entrance to the office and courtyard.

Weight: 3.7 kg
Dimensions:13″w x 8″h x 2.5″d




 

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Height: 9.75"
Width: 6"
Depth: 3"


Metric:
Height: 248mm
Width: 152mm
Depth: 76mm

Weight: 2 kg

Disclaimer:
All dimensions, weight and colouring vary due to the natural materials used and the throughout handmade process.


Toronto Stock Exchange Canada
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Approx. size of model:

Height with the glass dome is 26cms from standing surface;

Height of the model itself is 18cms;

Width of wooden base is 19cms and the

Width of the model itself is 15cms taken from the bottom of the steps.
Temple of Vesta
Sir John Soane's impressive Model Room has been re-opened to the public and featured within it is the Temple of Vesta Fouquette model, which has been replicated by Timothy Richards exclusively to for the Soane Museum.
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The original model of this replica is just one of twenty in Soane's collection of models.

They are amongst the most beautiful objects in the collections of Sir John Soane's Museum and are plaster model reconstructions of antique, classical buildings and monuments showing them in their '...pristine condition, just as they left the hands of the architect, on the day when the magistrates performed the dedication ceremony consecrating them to the tutelary divinities of Attica', as one contemporary writer described them.

A unique collection, they were constructed by the French model-maker François Fouquet (1787-1870), probably sometime between 1801 and 1834. Beautifully crafted by master-model maker, Timothy Richards (winner of the 2013 Arthur Ross Award for Artisanship in the classical tradition), in his Workshop in Bath, and an exact replica of the original model by François Fouquet, complete with hand-blown glass dome.

The replica is beautifully presented and boxed, includes A5 information booklet and is available exclusively from Sir John Soane's Museum.

Approx. size of model: height with the glass dome is 26cm from standing surface; the height of the model itself is 18cm; width of wooden base is 19cm and the width of the model itself is 15cm taken from the bottom of the steps.
Please note that although we endeavour to have these models in stock at all times, they are specialist items and your order may need to be specially crafted. Please contact us to check stock before ordering.






 

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Imperial:
Height: 13"
Width: 7.5"
Depth: 6.5"


Metric:
Height: 330mm
Width: 191mm
Depth: 165mm

Weight: 4.7 kg

Disclaimer:
All dimensions, weight and colouring vary due to the natural materials used and the throughout handmade process.


USCapitol Washington
Designed by William Thornton and expanded by Henry Latrobe, Charles Bullfinch & Thomas Ustick Walter
When – 1793
Where -Washington, USA

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The Capitol was originally designed by William Thornton in 1793, rebuilt after the 1814 fire and expanded over many years (by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Charles Bulfinch and Thomas Ustick Walter).

Thornton’s scheme was in the Anglo-Palladian tradition of a half-century earlier and called for a central Pantheon-type saucer dome.

The Capitol’s most defining feature today, Walter’s enormous cast-iron dome, was added in 1860-63 to replace a lower dome, reconstructed after the 1814 fire.





 

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Imperial:
Height: 8"
Width: 8.5"
Depth: 2.5"


Metric:
Height: 203mm
Width: 216mm
Depth: 63.5mm

Weight: 3.1 kg

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All dimensions, weight and colouring vary due to the natural materials used and the throughout handmade process.


Victoria & Albert
Museum Entrance London

Designed by Aston Webb 1899 to 1909
, London, England

This complex entrance includes the statues of Queen Victoria above and Prince Albert below whose personal interest, innovative drive raised the quality of industrial design in the 19th century, as well as the social working conditions of the nation.

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The words around the main door read ‘The excellence of every art must consist in the complete accomplishment of its purpose.’ This detailed inscription is reproduced on the model.

This entrance design exemplifies the Victorian preference in borrowing from all styles, a medley of architectural invention and revival.  

The doorway highlights the Victorian themes of beauty, knowledge, truth and inspiration. It also shows Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in niches to either side.

Weight: 3.1kg
Dimensions: 8.5″w x 8″h x 2.5″d




 

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Height: 8"
Width: 9"
Depth: 3.5"


Metric:
Height: 203mm
Width: 229mm
Depth: 89mm

Weight: 2.6 kg

Disclaimer:
All dimensions, weight and colouring vary due to the natural materials used and the throughout handmade process.


Vilar Floral Hall, Covent Garden, London
Designed by Jeremy Dixon and Edward Jones of Dixon Jones BDP Architects 1858.

This former Covent Garden flower market is steeped in history and atmosphere and is one of the focal points of the Royal Opera House.

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Like the main theatre entrance, the Floral Hall was originally constructed in 1858, and along with the rest of the site was extensively refurbished in the late 1990s.

The floral hall is a stunning iron and glass structure.

The model is made of plaster and a considerable amount of brass to replicate the ironwork.

As with the model of the theatre entrance we have used rose coloured glass.

Weight: 2.6kg
Dimensions: 9″ x 3.5″ x 8″




 

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The San Francisco Ferry Building 1st Edition
(Please contact the office for enquiries about this model)
On top of the building is a 245-foot-tall (75 m)clock tower with four clock dials, each 22 feet (6.7 m) in diameter, which can be seen from Market Street, a main thoroughfare of the city.

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Designed in 1892 by American architect A.Page Brown in the Beaux Arts style, the ferry building was completed in 1898.

At its opening, it was the largest project undertaken in the city up to that time.

Brown designed the clock tower after the 12th-century Giralda Bell Tower in Seville, Spain, and the entire length of the building on both frontages is based on an arched arcade.
 

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The San Francisco Ferry Building 2nd Edition
(Please contact the office for enquiries about this model)
On top of the building is a 245-foot-tall (75 m)clock tower with four clock dials, each 22 feet (6.7 m) in diameter, which can be seen from Market Street, a main thoroughfare of the city.

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Designed in 1892 by American architect A.Page Brown in the Beaux Arts style, the ferry building was completed in 1898.

At its opening, it was the largest project undertaken in the city up to that time.

Brown designed the clock tower after the 12th-century Giralda Bell Tower in Seville, Spain, and the entire length of the building on both frontages is based on an arched arcade.