Joseph Bonomi the Elder practised at a period when the terms of architecture itself were under argument.
The record lists Joseph Bonomi the Elder as Italian architect and draughtsman (1739–1808).
Joseph Bonomi the Elder was born at Rome in 1739. His recorded nationality is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Baroque and neoclassical building served courts, churches and states, and architecture became an instrument of display.
He is recorded as architect.
His best-known building is Laverstoke House. Buildings outlast their architects and usually their purposes, which is what makes the discipline unforgiving.
That the work was built in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Joseph Bonomi the Elder died in 1808, aged 69. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Laverstoke House
