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In July 1820, John Soane was commissioned to prepare plans to rehouse the Law Courts, which for c... more In July 1820, John Soane was commissioned to prepare plans to rehouse the Law Courts, which for centuries had sat in Westminster Hall. On a very restricted site, and with the exacting requirements of seven different courts in mind, Soane was successful in creating a design which marked the apotheosis of his mature style. Built around existing structures, the Law Courts displayed a masterful handling of unified circulation around their component parts. Characteristically of Soane, each courtroom was lit from above by elaborately contrived skylights and ceilings. One startled critic recorded that the Law Courts had “more the air of fairy halls than seats of justice”. This talk will address the evolution of Soane’s design, the influences and precedents which underpin it, and how far the building represented Soane’s effort to create an architectural expression of the nature of English Law.
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