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170 years ago, a river of excrement ran through the centre of London, spreading stench, disease and death. The engineer and architect who cleaned it up deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Christopher Wren
10 Dec 2025 11:17 GMT
In the hot summer of 1858, the dreadful stench of human effluent lying in the dry Thames riverbed overwhelmed London. A growing population — it was then the world’s largest city, with two or three million people — combined with the Victorian enthusiasm for …
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Astragal: It’s the taking part that counts
19 Dec 2025 11:13 GMT
… late Nicholas Grimshaw at the Christopher Wren-designed St James’s Piccadilly … Smit, as well as Grimshaw Architects’ Andrew Whalley. Grimshaw’s kindness … frequently mentioned, as was his architectural and engineering prowess.
After the …
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Gorhambury House in Hertfordshire among winners at Georgian Group Architectural Awards
05 Nov 2025 20:41 GMT
… Winner: Gorhambury House, Hertfordshire
Architect: Inskip Gee Architects
Gorhambury House (1777-84 … on the site. Designed by Christopher Wren, it is
a masterpiece of …
Poundbury (Phase III), Dorset
Architect: ADAM Architecture & Ben Pentreath Studio
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City of Boston Designates Three Freedom Trail Sites as Official Landmarks
16 Dec 2025 23:50 GMT
… of Georgian architecture built in the style of Sir Christopher Wren.
“This … represent the longstanding commitment to architectural preservation in Boston, but … districts, including the Highland Park Architectural Conservation District in Roxbury. Residents …
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Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again
28 Aug 2025 22:27 GMT
… appropriate, respect regional architectural heritage. Architecture — particularly traditional and classical architecture — that meets … , John Soane, and Christopher Wren; such 19th-century architects as Benjamin Henry Latrobe …
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Labour ministers ditch stately prints for modern art
12 Dec 2025 13:17 GMT
… Lammy, where scenes of Oxford, Christopher Wren churches and the City of … juxtaposition of safety and danger, architecture and ships, slavery and imperial …
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Edwin J. Feulner Passes, Architect of Conservative Movement
21 Jul 2025 11:11 GMT
… from the epitaph of British architect Sir Christopher Wren: “If you seek his …
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Scientific discovery was slower when women were ignored, research shows
11 Dec 2025 23:39 GMT
… world. Early male fellows included architect Christopher Wren and Isaac Newton, but it …
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The inimitable Norman Foster: our guide to the visionary architect, shaping the future
06 Jul 2025 07:11 GMT
… London than any other architect since Sir Christopher Wren. From the Wembley arch … on their representatives. For an architect occasionally accused of a technocratic … equivalent office building,' the architecture studio explains.
Queen Alia International …
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Calatrava’s only UK project among 10 featured buildings now eligible for listing
10 Dec 2025 17:40 GMT
… by the feted Spanish-Swiss architect.
Broadwell Housing. Photo: … , Cambridge, by Hopkins Architects
Enclosed by a colonnade and … chapel designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1673, Hopkins’ … original dragonfly of organic architecture, containing a small studio …
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