Isambard Kingdom Brunel -- A Victorian Frank Lloyd Wright

By: PRLog
Robert Hulse, Director of Brunel Museum, London, will give a lecture on the accomplishments of this remarkable Victorian engineer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - April 26, 2016 - PRLog -- Robert Hulse, Director of London's Brunel Museum, will present a lecture at the Linda Hall Library, 5109 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo., on Tuesday, May 3, 2016. The English-Speaking Union, Kansas City Branch is co-sponsoring this free lecture program with the Linda Hall Library. This lecture is part of the ESU's Evelyn Wrench Lecture Series.

Americans need little introduction to their favorite architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, but they may not know Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), the Englishman who changed the world. His first project, the oldest tunnel in the London subway, changed the shape of our cities.

In his lecture, Robert Hulse will introduce us to this extraordinary Victorian Englishman and discuss the remarkable similarities he shares with the 20th-century American architect, both of whom challenged the way we think about buildings and cities.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel is Britain's most famous engineer. He built the biggest ship in the world three times. He built the fastest railway in the world, a hundred bridges, the first river tunnel, and said, "I wish to be the first engineer and an example to all future ones." Frank Lloyd Wright designed more than a thousand structures, many of them in Chicago, and many of them award-winning. He introduced a new school of architecture, and when asked his profession, said, "I am the World's Greatest Living Architect."

Date/ Time: Tuesday, May 3, 2016, 7:00 pm

Where: Linda Hall Library, 5109 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.

Admission: This is a free lecture program, open to the public; however, E-tickets are required. E-tickets are limited to four per order.

Click here to obtain E-tickets:  http://ow.ly/4n7MB8

Contact
English-Speaking Union, Kansas City Branch
***@esuus.org

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