Buckingham Palace

Name: Chenfei Cao

Course:Arch 162- M 12
Buckingham Palace
       The Buckingham Palace acts as the British Monarch’s official residence and an its administrative headquarters. The building was originally built in 1703 only to be bought in 1761 by King George III for Queen Charlotte. It is made up of 775 rooms which are divided into staterooms, Royal and guest bedrooms, staff bedrooms, offices, and bathrooms. Of these, 19 are staterooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 78 bathrooms, 52 Royal and guest rooms, and 92 offices. The building’s measurements are 120 meters in breadth, 24 meters in height and 108 meters in length across its front with a total floor space of 77,000 square meters. Also, the building has 1,514 doors in total with another 760 wall space occupied by windows (Palace, Buckingham).
The buildings principle rooms are found in its piano nobile which faces the garden facing the west, at the back of the building. These staterooms surround the Music room placed at their center. On each side of the Music room, the Blue and White drawing rooms flanks it (Healey). On the opposite end is the Gallery which is 50 meters long. The Gallery is also connected to the Throne Room and the Green drawing room. These make up for the rooms set for entertaining the official guests and are the most popular sections of the building
The building has been redesigned at least three times in its entire history with the last major addition being the structures made after it was bombed nine times during World War 1. This included the addition of the forecourt, the East front, gates, and railings in 1911 and designed by Sir Aston Webb. Its interior is decorated in ‘Belle epoque’ cream with a touch of gold color schemes with the addition of bright Scagliola with pink and blue lapis (Healey). Stairs within the Palace are made of marble and lined with gold-coated steel rails.
The building was originally built as a private retreat for King George III's wife, Queen Charlotte, and was accordingly known as The Queen's House. In 1762, the structure of the building started remodeling.  An Act of Parliament settled the property on Queen Charlotte in 1775, in exchange for her rights to Somerset House where 14 of her 15 children were born there. Part of the furniture was transferred from Carlton House, and others had been bought in France after the French Revolution of 1789. While St James's Palace remained the official and ceremonial royal residence, from at least 1791 the name "Buckingham-palace" was used. (En.wikipedia.org, 2018).
Healey, Edna. The Queen's house: a social history of Buckingham Palace. Open Road Media, 2012.
Palace, Buckingham. "Buckingham Palace." Probation Journal 23.3 (2016): 65-65.

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