Directory of Brunel, Isambard Kingdom Resources

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The life and works of the British architect and engineer.

Resources in This Category

• A Brunel Travelogue

  http://www.tc.umn.edu/~frede005/Brunel.html
  Article describes several of Brunel's creations by Karen Frederickson.

• BBC History: Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859)

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/brunel_kingdom_isambard.shtml
  A biography with photograph of this British engineer and architect, linked to a longer article on Brunel by Prof. Ross Peters, with bibliography.

• Bristol University: Brunel Collection

  http://www.bris.ac.uk/is/library/collections/specialcollections/archives/brunel/
  A description of what is the finest collection of original Brunel source material.

• Brunel 200

  http://www.brunel200.com/
  Details the programme of events and exhibitions to celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of his birth. Also provides information about Brunel, his projects, his contemporaries and successors, and their impact upon the modern world.

• Brunel, Isambard Kingdom (1806-59)

  http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel.html
  Brief biography of the Victorian architect and engineer notable for the Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol and the Great Western Railway. Part of Great Buildings Online.

• Isambard Kingdom Brunel

  http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/history/isambard-kingdom-brunel
  Biography with links to his major works. From Brunel University.

• Structurae: Isambard Kingdom Brunel

  http://structurae.net/persons/isambard-kingdom-brunel
  Biography, links, literature and list of works.

• The Mechanics Institution in Swindon

  http://www.swindon.org.uk/mechanics.htm
  Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by the railway workers, it has now been derelict for two decades. This site has a proposal to save the building.

• Wikipedia: Isambard Kingdom Brunel

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel
  Biography, works, related links and references.

 

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