In the history of building, Thomas Leverton Donaldson is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Thomas Leverton Donaldson as British architect (1795–1885).
Thomas Leverton Donaldson was born at London in 1795. 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, writer and art historian.
His best-known building is Holy Trinity Brompton. An architect is judged by how a building is used a century after the drawings.
Recognition followed: Royal Gold Medal.
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.
Thomas Leverton Donaldson died in 1885, aged 90. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Holy Trinity Brompton
- Royal Gold Medal
