Herbert Baker
Sir Herbert Baker (9 June 1862 in Cobham, Kent – 4 February 1946 in Cobham, Kent) was a British architect.
Baker was the dominant force in South African architecture for two decades, 1892–1912.
Among the many churches, schools and houses he designed in South Africa are the Union Buildings Pretoria, St John's College, Johannesburg, Wynberg Boys School, Cape Town and Groote Schuur - Rhodes' remodelled house on the slopes of Table Mountain in Cape Town and the Champagne Homestead and Rhodes Cottage on the historic seventeenth century estate Boschendal, between Franschhoek and Stellenbosch.
With Edwin Lutyens he was instrumental in designing New Delhi. His tomb is in Westminster Abbey.
Read more about Herbert Baker: Early Life, South Africa, Some Herbert Baker Buildings in South Africa, Union Buildings, South Africa, Rhodes Cottage, Boschendal South Africa, India, United Kingdom, Belgium, Kenya, France, Australia
Famous quotes containing the words herbert and/or baker:
“Throw away thy rod,
Throw away thy wrath;
O my God,
Take the gentle path.”
—George Herbert (1593–1633)
“All of the valuable qualities ... like helping in the development of others—will not get you to the top at General Motors, were that path open to women.... The characteristics most highly developed in women and perhaps most essential to human beings are the very characteristics that are specifically dysfunctional for success in the world as it is.... They may, however, be the important ones for making the world different.”
—Jean Baker Miller (20th century)