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Peter Ellis (1805 – 1884)〔Robert Ainsworth and Graham Jones, ''In the Footsteps of Peter Ellis. Architect of Oriel Chambers and 16 Cook Street, Liverpool'', Liverpool History Society, 2013. It is from this book that the additions and corrections to the previous narrative have been derived.〕 was a Liverpudlian architect. From the mid-1840s he lived at 40 Falkner Square, a house which he designed and on which an English Heritage Blue Plaque is now sited. ==Buildings== Peter Ellis designed Oriel Chambers in 1864 at the corner of Water Street and Covent Garden in Liverpool, considered by many architectural historians to be one of the most influential buildings of its age, a precursor of the modernist style in architecture and one of the earliest attempts to break away from the classical tradition of commercial architecture.〔Q. Hughes, ''Seaport'', Bluecoat Press, 1993, pp. 59-60.〕 It was described by Charles Reilly, Professor of Architecture at Liverpool University as the "oddest building in Liverpool, at once so logical and so disagreeable...as a cellular habitation for the human insect it is a distinct asset to the town,"〔C. Reilly, ''Some Liverpool Streets and Buildings in 1921'', Liverpool Daily Post and Echo, 1921, pp. 40-41.〕 and by Nikolaus Pevsner as "one of the most remarkable buildings of its date in Europe."〔R. Pollard and N. Pevsner, ''The Buildings of England - Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West''. Yale University Press, 2006, p.342.〕 His other well-known commission was 16 Cook Street, Liverpool, of 1866. This building has been noted for its "surprisingly modern" spiral staircase, cantilevered out from the main building and clad with sheets of iron and glass.〔Hughes, p.65.〕 From evidence in the ''Liverpool Mercury'' he is known to have had commissions for at least four other buildings (1856-1874), whilst the Corporation Lease Registers reveal that his early career (1833-1844) involved his design and construction of a variety of houses for sale, rent or personal use (see Career). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Ellis (architect)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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