Buckingham Palace forms the architectural core of the palace was built for the first Duke of Buckingham and Normanby in 1703 to the design of William Winde. The style chosen was of a large, three-floored central block with two smaller flanking service wings. Buckingham House was eventually sold by Buckingham's natural son, Sir Charles Sheffield, in 1761 to George III for £21,000. Sheffield's leasehold on the mulberry garden site, the freehold of which was still owned by the royal family, was due to expire in 1774. Under the new Crown ownership, the building was originally intended as a private retreat for King
NEUF architect(e)s NEUF architect(e)s NEUF architect(e)s is a Canadian architecture firm based in Montreal, Quebec with an additional office in Ottawa, Ontario. The firm employs one hundred professionals in the field of architecture and design. The partners of the firm are André Cousineau, Bruno St-Jean, Anh Lequang, Antoine Cousineau, Azad Chichmanian, Guy Caron and Jean-François Trahan. Founded in 1971, the firm was known as DCYSA until 2012, when it changed its name to NEUF architect(e)s. It has been involved in over 6,500 jobs in the fields of urban design, hospitality, residential, retail, industrial and office around the world. The project scope includes