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London18idsheet Org by Zone.Xlsx London and Culture and City Spring Break Abroad 2018 Identifications Knowlton School of Architecture, The Ohio State University All projects will at least seen from exterior unless in blue font, projects organized choronologically by location. Please inform Aimee of any errors. Building/Landscape Designer mm=master mason Date c=century Location‐ if address noted, in London Central London, North of Thames 1 Londinium no one designer 43 AD‐4th c London 2 Hadrian’s Wall unknown 122 AD Tyne to Soloway 3Tower of London Gundulf 1077‐1097 AD London 4 Westminster Abbey mm Henry de Reynes 1245 AD started London 5 Westminster Abbey Chapter House unknown 1253 AD London 6 Westminster Abbey Westworks Restoration Nicholas Hawksmoor 1735‐45 AD London 7 Palace of Westminster unknown 1394‐1402 AD London 8 Westminster Abbey Henry VII Chapel William Vertue arch. / mm Reginal Ely 1503‐1519 AD London 9Magna Carta 1215 AD Salisbury (+3 other originals) 10 Westminster Hall William II 1097‐1099 AD London 11 Middle Temple Hall 1562‐70 AD London 12 Temple Church 1185 AD London 13 St. Paul’s Covent Garden Inigo Jones 1630 AD London 14 Covent Garden Piazza 1630 AD London 15 Queen’s House Inigo Jones 1616, 1630‐35 AD Greenwich 16 Banqueting House Inigo Jones 1619‐1622 AD London 17 St. Paul’s Cathedral Christopher Wren 1675‐1710 AD London 18 Monument Christopher Wren 1671‐76 AD London 19 St. Mary le Bow Christopher Wren 1670‐83 AD London 20 St. Stephens Walbrook Christopher Wren 1672‐77 AD London 21 St. Bride Fleet Street Christopher Wren 1701‐03 AD London 22 St. George Bloomsbury Nicholas Hawksmoor 1714‐1729 AD London 23 St. Mary Woolnooth Nicholas Hawksmoor 1716‐1727 AD London 24 St Mary le Strand James Gibbs 1714‐1717 AD London 25 St Martin in the Fields James Gibbs 1720‐1726 AD London 26 Bank of England Sir John Soane 1788‐1808 AD London 27 Sir John Soane’s House/Museum John Soane 1800‐1834 AD London 28 British Museum Sir Robert Smirke 1823‐46 AD London 29 Royal Courts of Justice George Street 1871‐1882 AD London 30 Leadenhall Market Sir Horace Jones 1881 AD London 31 Tower 42 Richard Seifert 1960‐1980 AD London Building/Landscape Designer mm=master mason Date c=century Location‐ if address noted, in London 32 Centerpoint Richard Seifert 1967 AD London 33 Museum of London Powell and Moya 1976 AD London 34 Barbican Chamberlain, Powell, and Bon 1956‐81 AD London 35 British Museum ‐ Great Court Foster and Partners 1999 AD London 36 St. Paul's information pavilion MAKE 2008 AD London Central London Skyscraper Walk, in Central London 37 Lloyds of London Sir Richard Rogers 1978‐1986 AD Lime Street 38 Lloyds Register of Shipping Rogers | Stirk Harbour and Partners 2000 AD Fenchurch Street 39 St. Mary Axe (Gherkin) Foster and Partners 2004 AD 30 St. Mary Axe 40 Leadenhall building (Cheesegrater) Roger Stirk Harbour 2014 AD 122 Leadenhall Street 41 20 Fenchurch street (Walkie‐Talkie) Rafael Vinoly 2014 AD 20 Fenchurch Street West End (West or North of Trafalgar) 42 Hyde Park Serpentine 1730 AD Hyde Park, London 43 Trafalgar Square Sir Charles Barry 1830‐1840 AD London 44 Regent’s Park John Nash 1812‐1825 AD London 45 St. Marylebone Church 1816 AD London 46 Regent’s Street John Nash 1815‐1825 AD London 47 All Souls Church John Nash 1822‐25 AD London 48 Great Quadrant John Nash AD London 49 Buckingham Palace Renovation John Nash, Edward Blore 1825‐1830 AD London 50 Marble Arch John Nash 1827 AD Hyde Park, London 51 Houses of Parliament Sir Charles Barry & Augustin Pugin 1832‐1852 AD London 52 Palace of Westminster Sir Charles Barry 1840‐1860 AD London 53 Crystal Palace (no longer existing) Sir Joseph Paxton 1851 AD Hyde Park, London 54 Natural History Museum Alfred Waterhouse 1870‐1880 AD London 55 Victoria and Albert Museum Sir Aston Webb 1891‐1909 AD London 56 Westminster Cathedral John Bentley 1894 AD London 57 Sainsbury Wing‐National Gallery Robert Venturi 1985‐91 AD London 58 Princess Diana Memorial Kathryn Gustafson 2006 AD Hyde Park, London 59 193 Oxford Street Façade Future Systems 2009 AD 193 Oxford Street 60 Serpentine Sackler Gallery Zaha Hadid Architects 2013 AD Kensington Gardens Building/Landscape Designer mm=master mason Date c=century Location‐ if address noted, in London South of Thames 61 Royal Festival Hall Sir Leslie Martin 1951 AD London 62 Bankside Power Station 1954‐60 AD London 63 National Theatre Sir Denys Lasdun 1967‐76 AD London 64 Waterloo Terminal Grimshaw 1993 AD London 65 Globe Theatre Pentagram Design 1995 AD London 66 London Eye Marks Barfield 1999 AD London 67 London City hall Foster and Partners 2000 AD Tooley Street 68 Tate Modern Herzog and de Meuron 2000 AD Bankside 69 85 Southwark St. Allies and Morrison 2003 AD London 70 Bankside 123 (Blue Fin Building) Allies and Morrison 2007 AD London 71 Jubilee Gardens West8 2012 AD London 72 Tate Modern ‐ Switch House Herzog and de Meuron 2016 AD Bankside 73 The Shard Renzo Piano 2014 AD St.Thomas' Street 74 US Embassy Kieran Timberlake 2017 AD Nine Elms, London Greenwich 75 Royal Observatory Christopher Wren 1675‐76 AD Greenwich 76 Royal Naval Hospital Christopher Wren 1696‐1702 AD Greenwich 77 O2 Dome (White Elephant) Rogers | Stirk Harbour and Partners 2000 AD Drawdoc road, Greenwich 78 Folding Larch ‐ Creek Side Laban Vogt Land Schaft Architeckten 2003 AD Greenwich 79 Laban Dance Centre Herzog and de Meuron 2003 AD Creekside, Greenwich 80 Greenwich Planetarium Allies and Morrison 2007 AD London Underground Stations 81 Westminster Tube Station ‐ Jubilee Line Hopkins and Hopkins 1999 AD London 82 Southwark Tube Station ‐ Jubilee Line MacCormac 1999 AD London 83 Waterloo East Tube Station ‐ Jubilee Line MacCormac 1999 AD London 84 Canary Wharf Tube Station ‐ Jubilee Line Foster and Partners 1999 AD Canary Wharf Bridges 85 Westminster Bridge Charles Labelye 1739‐50 AD London 86 Waterloo Bridge Sir Giles Gilbert Scott 1832‐42 AD London 87 Tower Bridge Sir Horace Jones and Sir John Wolf‐Barry 1886 AD London 88 Millenium Bridge Foster and Arup Engineers 2000 AD London Building/Landscape Designer mm=master mason Date c=century Location‐ if address noted, in London 89 Hungerford Pedestrian Bridge Lifschutz Davidson 2002 AD London 90 Blackfriar Station Bridge Jacobs Architecture 2013 AD London Olympic Village 91 Olympic Stadium (cupcake) Populous 2012 AD Queen Elizabeth Olympic park 92 Olympic Aquatic Venue (Skate) Zaha Hadid Architects 2012 AD Queen Elizabeth Olympic park 93 Olympic Velodrome (Pringle) Hopkins & Partners 2012 AD Queen Elizabeth Olympic park 94 Olympic Masterplan Allies and Morrison 2012 AD Queen Elizabeth Olympic park 95 Observation Tower Anish Kapoor 2012 AD Queen Elizabeth Olympic park Kew Gardens 96 Palm House Decimus Burton 1845‐48 AD Kew 97 Temperate House Decimus Burton 1859‐62 AD Kew 98 Alpine House Wilkinson Eyre 2005 AD Kew 99 Sackler Bridge John Pawson 2008 AD London 100 Xstrata Tree Walk ‐ Kew Gardens Marks Barfield 2008 AD London Farther outside of London 101 Evelyn Grace Academy Zaha Hadid Architects 2011 AD 255 Shakespeare Road 102 Wembley Stadium Foster and Partners 2007 AD London Outside of London approx. 2750‐ 103 Stonehenge I unknown 1500 BC Amesbury 104 Cathedral of St. Mary mm Nicholas of Ely 1220‐1258 AD Salisbury 105 St. Mary Westworks Restoration George Gilbert Scott 1860 AD Salisbury 106 St. Mary Chapter House unknown 1263‐1284 AD AD Salisbury 107 Stourhead Hoare and Flitcroft 1740 AD Stourton, England.
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