Architect. Born 17 Pembridge Place, Kensington. Died at Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham.
Works in London: Hallfield primary school Paddington; Keeling House Bethnal Green; Royal College of Physicians Regents Park; Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Institute of Education, SOAS library, all Thornhaugh Street; National Theatre and the IBM building next door on the South Bank.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Denys Lasdun
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National Theatre foundation - 1976
The National Theatre, opened by the Queen on 25 October 1976, designed for th...
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Charles Jones
Architect, engineer and surveyor. Born in Beccles, Suffolk. His works include two Ealing Town Halls: the current one and the previous one, now (2024) NatWest bank at 1a The Mall, Ealing, and severa...
Sir Christopher Wren
Born East Knoyle, Wiltshire, died London. Designer of 54 London churches, of which 13 were destroyed in the Blitz. Part of one of his churches, St Antholin, has ended up in an unexpected location...
Sir Hugh Maxwell Casson, C.H., K.C.V.O., P.R.A., R.D.I.
Hugh Casson was an architect, notably for the 1951 Festival of Britain and the London Zoo Elephant House. President of the Royal Academy (PRA) from 1976 to 1984. He was also president of The Frie...
James Morton Lethbridge
Born London, a son of George Lethbridge. He articled in architecture under his father for four years (September 1894 to early 1898). After assisting several British architects, including Charles F....
Harold Arthur Woodington
Harold Arthur Woodington was born in 1866, the seventh of the nine children of William Frederick Woodington (1830-1922) and Sophia Elizabeth Woodington née Looker (1834-1920). His birth was registe...
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Dame Sybil Thorndike
SW3, Carlyle Square, 6
English Heritage Dame Sybil Thorndike, 1882-1976, actress, lived here, 1921-1932.
Sir Alexander Fleming
Born Lochfield, Scotland. Pharmacologist and bacteriologist who discovered penicillin in 1927. However he did not realise the significance and it was not until 1940 that Florey and Chain demonstrat...
Mark Gertler - NW3
NW3, Well Road, 1, Well Mount Studios
Gertler moved to Hampstead in January 1915.
RAF, RFC & RNAS
SW1, Victoria Embankment
A time capsule is buried beneath this monument. From Londonist: "The box, filled with first world war memorabilia, is fashioned from the...
Lloyd-Baker plaque
WC1, Lloyd Street
As indicated by the local street names, the Lloyd Baker family owned this area of land for about 250 years until the 1950s. They develop...
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