The Driehaus Prize is awarded to an architect whose work embodies the principles of traditional and classical architecture in contemporary society.
State Drawing Room at 10 Downing Street
Quinlan Terry's work includes the restoration of the three State Drawing Rooms at 10 Downing Street, the historic office of the British Prime Minister. The restoration required the retention of three of William Kent's original fireplaces and cornices. The rest of the rooms has lost earlier ornamentation, partly through successive incumbents and partly through bomb damage. The Greek Orders were used in the new overmantels over the three mantelpieces: Ionic for the Pillared Drawing Room with a straight pediment; coupled Doric columns for the more formal central room where guests are received; and the more delicate Corinthian order for the White Room. Ornamental and enriched ceilings and door surrounds were added using the rose, shamrock, thistle and daffodil in the four corners. These four national flowers were also worked into the frieze over the central doors along with a figure of a thatcher in honor of the incumbent at that time.
Detail of Frieze
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