Charles Henry Holden (12 May 1875 - 1 May 1960) was an English architect best known for his designs of some of the 1920s and 1930s stations on the London Underground railway system, but who was already a distinguished architect before then, notably in his Imperial War Graves Commission war cemeteries in Belgium and northern France. Holden's childhood in Bolton was not easy. His father's drapery business went bankrupt, and his mother died when he was eight.

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  • Charles Henry Holden (12 May 1875 - 1 May 1960) was an English architect best known for his designs of some of the 1920s and 1930s stations on the London Underground railway system, but who was already a distinguished architect before then, notably in his Imperial War Graves Commission war cemeteries in Belgium and northern France. Holden's childhood in Bolton was not easy. His father's drapery business went bankrupt, and his mother died when he was eight. After leaving school, he worked first as a railway store clerk, and as a chemical laboratory assistant. His brother-in-law, Frederick Green, a land-surveyor, employed Holden at the age of twenty to be apprenticed to E. W. Leeson, a Manchester architect. He studied at the Manchester School of Art and Technical College, with such success that he was soon teaching. Around 1896, Holden revealed his grasp of architectural form in designs he submitted to the Building News Designing Club, using the pseudonym 'The Owl'. Holden's friends in Manchester included artist Francis Dodd (1874-1949) and Dodd's brother-in-law, the etcher and draughtsman Muirhead Bone who, with his brother, James, remained lifelong friends. Modestly believing that architecture was a joint effort, Holden twice declined the offer of a Knighthood. Charles Holden's great-niece Dr Jean Ward in 1999 presented to the RIBA Architectural Library Drawings Collection many topographical drawings, family photographs and ephemera by or relating to him. They joined a large body of material acquired in the 1970s at the closure of his partnership, Adams, Holden & Pearson.
  • Charles Henry Holden war ein englischer Architekt. Er wurde international bekannt, weil er eine Reihe von Haltestellen der London Underground entwarf. Eine seiner ersten großen Arbeiten war die Bristol Central Library, mit der er 1902 einen Designwettbewerb gewann. Holden war Mitglied Königlichen Kriegsgräber-Kommission und entwarf einige ihrer Denkmäler.
  • Charles Henry Holden était un architecte anglais surtout connu pour ses dessins de quelques-unes des stations de métro de Londres des années 1920 et 1930, mais qui étéit déjà un éminent architecte avant, notamment avec les cimetières militaires en Belgique et au nord de la France du Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  • Charles Henry Holden was een Engelse architect die vooral bekend geworden is door zijn ontwerpen voor metrostations voor de metro van Londen in de jaren '20 en '30. Daarvoor had hij al naam gemaakt met zijn ontwerpen voor begraafplaatsen voor oorlogsslachtoffers in België en Frankrijk. Een van Holdens eerste belangrijke ontwerpen was dat voor de centrale bibliotheek in Bristol, waar hij in 1902 een ontwerpwedstrijd mee won. In 1907 ontwierp Holden het gebouw voor de British Medical Association aan de Strand in Londen, wat tegenwoordig Zimbabwe House is.
  • Charles Holden, født 1875, død 1960, var en engelsk arkitekt. Han tegnet mange tunnelbanestasjoner for London Public Transport Board under Frank Pick. I en tid da de historiske stilene fremdeles holdt Storbritannia i et jerngrep, tegnet Holden stasjonshus i en renskrapet klassisk stil dominert av tegl. Samtidig innebar Holdens arbeid at stasjonene fikk en mer enhetlig utformning med mye kunstnerisk utsmykning. Holden tegnet også Zimbabwe House.
  • Charles Henry Holden (12 de Maio de 1875 - 1 de Maio de 1960) foi um arquitecto inglês famoso pelo design que projectou para algumas estações do Metropolitano de Londres durante os anos 20 e 30.
  • Charles Holden, född 1875, död 1960, var en brittisk arkitekt. Han ritade många tunnelbanestationer för London Public Transport Board under Frank Pick. Under en tid då de historiska stilarna fortfarande höll Storbritannien i ett järngrepp, ritade Holden stationshus i en renskrapad klassisk stil dominerad av tegel. Samtidigt innebar Holdens arbete att stationerna fick en mer enhetlig utformning med mycket konstnärlig utsmyckning.
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  • Charles Henry Holden (12 May 1875 - 1 May 1960) was an English architect best known for his designs of some of the 1920s and 1930s stations on the London Underground railway system, but who was already a distinguished architect before then, notably in his Imperial War Graves Commission war cemeteries in Belgium and northern France. Holden's childhood in Bolton was not easy. His father's drapery business went bankrupt, and his mother died when he was eight.
  • Charles Henry Holden war ein englischer Architekt. Er wurde international bekannt, weil er eine Reihe von Haltestellen der London Underground entwarf. Eine seiner ersten großen Arbeiten war die Bristol Central Library, mit der er 1902 einen Designwettbewerb gewann. Holden war Mitglied Königlichen Kriegsgräber-Kommission und entwarf einige ihrer Denkmäler.
  • Charles Henry Holden était un architecte anglais surtout connu pour ses dessins de quelques-unes des stations de métro de Londres des années 1920 et 1930, mais qui étéit déjà un éminent architecte avant, notamment avec les cimetières militaires en Belgique et au nord de la France du Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  • Charles Henry Holden was een Engelse architect die vooral bekend geworden is door zijn ontwerpen voor metrostations voor de metro van Londen in de jaren '20 en '30. Daarvoor had hij al naam gemaakt met zijn ontwerpen voor begraafplaatsen voor oorlogsslachtoffers in België en Frankrijk. Een van Holdens eerste belangrijke ontwerpen was dat voor de centrale bibliotheek in Bristol, waar hij in 1902 een ontwerpwedstrijd mee won.
  • Charles Holden, født 1875, død 1960, var en engelsk arkitekt. Han tegnet mange tunnelbanestasjoner for London Public Transport Board under Frank Pick. I en tid da de historiske stilene fremdeles holdt Storbritannia i et jerngrep, tegnet Holden stasjonshus i en renskrapet klassisk stil dominert av tegl. Samtidig innebar Holdens arbeid at stasjonene fikk en mer enhetlig utformning med mye kunstnerisk utsmykning. Holden tegnet også Zimbabwe House.
  • Charles Henry Holden (12 de Maio de 1875 - 1 de Maio de 1960) foi um arquitecto inglês famoso pelo design que projectou para algumas estações do Metropolitano de Londres durante os anos 20 e 30.
  • Charles Holden, född 1875, död 1960, var en brittisk arkitekt. Han ritade många tunnelbanestationer för London Public Transport Board under Frank Pick. Under en tid då de historiska stilarna fortfarande höll Storbritannien i ett järngrepp, ritade Holden stationshus i en renskrapad klassisk stil dominerad av tegel. Samtidigt innebar Holdens arbete att stationerna fick en mer enhetlig utformning med mycket konstnärlig utsmyckning.
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