. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. LV. Scale of feet. a, steps ; b, loggia : c, entrance hall; d, dining hall; e, intermediate hall ; y, ball room ; g, staircases; li. cloak and audience room. It will not diminish the interest of the subject to our readers to know that, in his "Spas of Germany," Dr. Granville speaks of the Kursaal at Briickenau, in the following highly complimentary terras. " This is another of the great architectural works of whicli Bavaria may well be proud, and the idea and d
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. LV. Scale of feet. a, steps ; b, loggia : c, entrance hall; d, dining hall; e, intermediate hall ; y, ball room ; g, staircases; li. cloak and audience room. It will not diminish the interest of the subject to our readers to know that, in his "Spas of Germany," Dr. Granville speaks of the Kursaal at Briickenau, in the following highly complimentary terras. " This is another of the great architectural works of whicli Bavaria may well be proud, and the idea and design of which were suggested by the King himself. It is the handsomest building of the kind I have seen in my general excursions in the Spas of Germany, and its various decorations are equal to any of the most exquisite productions of the Bavarian artists. On the right a grand flight of stairs leads to the king's gallerv. The pavement is tessellated, and the plafond richly painted in stucco. From it depend five gigantic lustres which are said to give to the interior, on gala nighls, the splendour of svmshine, lighting up every part of a building which for loftiness, daring propor- tions, and dimensions is such as an English people seldom witness in their public edifices. It is the production of Gutensohn,* a native of ' Jobann Gottfried Gutensohn was born at Liudenau, on the Lake of Con- stance, in 1792. In conjunction with Knapp, he published a work on " Basi- licas," 1822-6 ; and afterwards with Thiumer. another on the Italian archi- tectural decoration of the loth century. In 1832 he proceeded to Greece, as architect to King Oiho. Kg. 45.âVol. IV.âJune, 1841. Lindenau in Switzerland, who having shown when very young, and at Munich, a considerable taste for architectural drawing, the King of Bavaria sent him at his own expense to Italy and Greece, to complete his studies. He is now residing at Wurzburg, and is employed in public works on account of the crown. I d
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