Person    | Male  Born 22/3/1907  Died 17/10/1975

William Holford, Baron Holford

Categories: Architecture

Countries: South Africa

Architect and town planner. Born South Africa. Designed a rejected plan for pedestrians to be raised on walkways around Piccadilly Circus, and a much-loathed Paternoster Square which was, partly, built in the 1960s, only to be redone in the new century. Designed the modern London Bridge.

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William Holford, Baron Holford

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London Bridge - information/viewing panel

Unveiled by the Duke of Gloucester, this is actually an "interpretation panel...

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John & Ruth Howard Charitable Trust

John & Ruth Howard Charitable Trust

The Trust will consider giving grants for the preservation of buildings of historic or architectural interest anywhere in England (but not Wales), with a preference for the Greater London area (not...

Group, Architecture, History, Philanthropy

1 memorial
George Godwin

George Godwin

Architect, journalist and social reformer. Editor of "The Builder". Honorary Secretary to the Executive Committee for the Great Exhibition Memorial. Born in Brompton Terrace, Kensington. Died at h...

Person, Architecture, Journalism / Publishing, Social Welfare

2 memorials
Antony Lloyd

Antony Lloyd

Married the daughter of the architect, William Curtis Green, who in the 1930s took Lloyd into the practice that he had founded in 1898. The style was initially heavily influenced by Edwin Lutyens a...

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2 memorials
W. H. Gunton

W. H. Gunton

Architect. Photo shows another work of Gunton's in London, "The exterior of Jacob's biscuit factory on Dockhead, Bermondsey. The building still exists, renamed The Italian Building, and with a furt...

Person, Architecture

1 memorial
Sir John Miller-Bryson

Sir John Miller-Bryson

Architect active in 1863.

Person, Architecture, Ireland

1 memorial