Giovan Battista Filippo Basile
architect; d. 1891.
A distinguished architect of Palermo, Italy. Basile made one of the best designs in the competition of the facade of the Cathedral of Milan. He built the Victor Emmanuel Theater in Palermo, and was director of the Royal Italian School of Engineering. He published Curvatura delle Linee dell' Architettura Antica (2d ed., 1896, with atlas folio), Calcolo di Stabilità della Cupola del Teatro Massino di Palermo (1878, 8vo), and other works.
Frantz Wellens
engineer; d. December 6, 1897.
A Belgian engineer. He was vice-president of the jury of Classe 66 (civil engineering) at the Paris Exposition of 1878. For a long time he directed the works at the Palais de Justice at Brussels (Belgium).
bought in Paris by Ludwig II, Moorish House (Oberammergau, Bavaria: 1878).
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In association with Semper, Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer designed at Vienna the Museums of Art and Natural History, built between 1872 and 1884.
Gottfried Semper Der Stil (2d ed. Munich, 1878-1879, 2 vols., 8vo).
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Frank Furness, Emlen Physick House (Cape May, NJ: 1048 Washington Street, 1878), images: 2000.09.18.
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Plans of the Emlen Physick House are available through the Library of Congress HABS/HAER collection--search 'Emlen Physick'.
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