Glass Queen
Glass Queen
Understanding Queen Anne Architecture
Queen Anne style homes are often easy to spot, but hard to define. It's partially that elusivity combined with distinctness that makes the style so attractive to buyers and preservationists across the nation. Queen Anne homes are often referred to as the most ornate buildings of the Victorian era, and combine a variety of aesthetics and building methods from the late 1800s and early 1900s.
One of the reasons Queen Anne architecture looks so different from other styles is that it was generally only used on houses. While other styles like Gothic Revival and Federal were being adapted for commercial buildings, churches, and public institutions, Queen Anne architecture was specifically made for upscale houses and mansions, using the latest materials and methods of the machine age. Another developmental difference between Queen Anne and other styles is that it didn't tend to draw on past eras, but instead produced a new building school that helped set the stage for 20th century homes.
The defining characteristics of the Queen Anne style are many and not always consistent, but there are a few key elements. In general, Queen Anne homes use high-pitched, irregular roofs, spindles and lookouts, decorative structure elements such as columns, and covered balconies. Many Queen Anne homes also employ stained glass, turrets, half timbering in the gables similar to the Tudor style, and patterned masonry. Different sub-styles of the Queen Anne movement include Spindled, Free Classic, Half-Timbered, and Patterned Masonry.
While generally very attractive, Queen Anne homes are often derided as being excessive, or "ginger-bread" like. It's true that Queen Anne architecture was the product of a rapidly changing era, and many of the homes included features never seen before, so the criticism holds some weight.
The name for the Queen Anne style is often attributed to an 1852 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray entitled "The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne," which was popular for decades in the English speaking world. By contrast, stylish and modern furnishings from the historical reign of England's Queen Anne, came to be classified in a style known as "William and Mary."
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A guide to the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
A few minutes' walk from Parliament Square and a stone's throw from the London Eye across the River Thames, the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre is a state of the art facility with rooms accommodating 40 to 1,300 delegates. Purpose built as a conference venue, the QEII Conference Centre offers wireless broadband, state of the art audio-visual services, online conference services, and webcasting. To keep everything and everyone cool, the building is fully air-conditioned.
What makes the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre such a popular venue with companies and organisations is not simply its central location but the fact that the building inside offers a tremendous choice of spaces that are ideal for all sizes of event including grand exhibitions and modest exhibitions with pop-up stands. .
Conference and hospitality peak on the third floor of the Queen Elizabeth II Conference centre which is the largest area in the centre and is used by major corporations who have a very important message to convey. In another area within the Conference Centre's third floor are the Fleming and Whittle rooms which are complemented by the Benjamin Britten lounge. To a backdrop of an illuminated Westminster Abbey, these rooms provide the perfect venues for silver-service dinners.
Go up to the fourth floor in the QEII Conference Centre and there is a rich choice of meeting rooms which are ideal for press conferences and training sessions and other business events. Looking out over the delightful Japanese Garden, the St. James' and Westminster suites are ideal meeting rooms adjacent to catering facilities. Various other meeting rooms on the floor have walls that can be moved to provide larger or smaller venues.
Take the lift to the fifth floor and the Elizabeth Windsor and Mountbatten rooms can be joined together for a large corporate event or separated to offer differing themes and experiences. Between the fifth and sixth floors is a glass staircase that leads to the Mountbatten room where picture windows offer guests and delegates magical views of London's finest landmarks including St. Stephen's Tower, often called Big Ben after the bell within, the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and that great wheel called the London Eye.
The theatre facilities are perfect for presentations and workshops if you are planning to organise an event or exhibition at the venue. When it comes to catering, the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre also offers an excellent cuisine that is supplied by Leith's of London in first rate kitchens. Menus can be customised to clients' needs and tables decorated to suit the tone of a particular event. Catering budgets are always highly competitive whether it is providing for a grand banquet or canap
és for a product launch. The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre is an ideal location for any type or size of presentation or event to get across an important business message.
About the Author
Catherine writes about Exhibition AV accessories and Exhibition Stands and services.