@Trad_Arch_Bdays A very talented student of Barry, carrying the 19th century classic tradition of him Pennethorne and Cockerell forward almost into the 20th century. When Shaw and others were awkwardly reconstructing the 'lost' rigor of classicism, Gibson was practicing it in an unbroken form
@Trad_Arch_Bdays It's hinting at something noble, I like chastity and refinement, but the Greeks, the Georgians, the 18th century French, Schinkel, always alleviate this heavy masculine, lithic manner with notes of feminine elegance- curved forms, carving, delicate/ enriched mouldings