Relief

RIBA - Sir Christopher Wren

RIBA - door and Wren RIBA - Sir Christopher Wren

Erection date: 8/11/1934

On the Weymouth Street facade there are 5 figures carved in relief by Copnall. They are unlabelled but one can tell that they represent, left to right: a painter, a sculptor, Sir Christopher Wren (an architect, clearly the most important), an engineer and a labourer. Copnall also did the central figure (Architectural Inspiration) on the Portland Place facade, which you can see him carving in our picture of him.

Site: RIBA - door and Wren (2 memorials)

W1, Portland Place, 66

This building, opened in 1934, was designed by G Grey Wornum for the Royal Institute of British Architects. Listed in 1970, it was one of the very first examples of modern architecture to be so recognised. The external carvings are well-covered at Ornamental Pleasures and again.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
RIBA - Sir Christopher Wren

Subjects commemorated i

Sir Christopher Wren

Born East Knoyle, Wiltshire, died London.   Part of one of his churches, St A...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
RIBA - Sir Christopher Wren

Created by i

Edward Bainbridge Copnall

Other work in London includes the Light and Sound reliefs on the Vue cinema i...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
RIBA - Sir Christopher Wren

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RIBA - James Woodford

RIBA - James Woodford

The pair of massive cast bronze doors carry deep reliefs representing the Tha...

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