He commissioned Robert Smirke, who used an authoritative, symmetrical design to give it the appearance of a medieval fortress. 250 men worked around the clock ... Welby Pugin received his training ...
The 1835 competition to redesign the Palace was won by the Westminster-born architect Charles Barry ... Barry came to rely heavily on Pugin in the execution of these plans, and particularly in the ...
Big Ben, the famous clock ... Barry’s plan for the Palace of Westminster. Augustus Pugin designed it in Gothic Revival style, adding detailed touches that are now iconic. The tower is massive ...
The tower also houses a large, four-faced clock designed by Augustus Pugin. Pugin's drawings for the tower were in fact the last work he did for the Palace's architect Charles Barry, and it is known ...