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Richard Seifert [real
name Reuben Seifert, later Robin but popularily Richard]
(1910-2001)
Swiss-Jewish architect
Key Richard Seifert buildings:
Nat West Tower (latterly Tower 42 - International Financial Centre)
25 Old Broad Street, City of London, EC2
1971-80/81
R. Seifert & Partners
183m high, 47 floors

Richard Seifert
: Natwest Tower
Tallest building in London until 1990. Damaged by IRA bombs in 1992 &
1993.
Centre Point (or Centrepoint)
101 New Oxford Street, central London
1963
35 storeys; 116m high

Richard Seifert
: Centrepoint Tower
became tallest building in London when completed
glass-clad precast concrete-frame office block
Location: junction of Charing Cross Road and Oxford Street
Property developer : Harry Hyams
Unlet for 15 yrs
First Tenant: The Confederation of British Industry 1979
Richard Seifert - Education:
Bartlett School of Architecture, University of London: scholarship
1927-33
Richard Seifert & Partners - Buildings:
Berners St, London
1958
Charing Cross office tower, Glasgow, Scotland
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Drapers Gardens, London
1972
Princess Grace hospital, Euston Road, central-north London
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Rival Lamps factory building, London
1947
Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington, southwest London
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Space House, off Kingsway, London
1962/65
Tolworth House, Kingston bypass, London
1960
22 storey reinforced concrete office building
Wembley Hotel & Conference Centre, northwest London
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Woolworth House, Marylebone Road, London
1955/56
Richard Seifert - unbuilt projects:
Tower in Liverpool, England
150 storeys
Natwest Tower 2 - adjacent second tower
Melbourne tower, Australia
1980
Building Centre, Store Street
2nd prize in competition for design of façade
1939
More Richard Seifert buildings online soon
London skyscrapers
R. Seifert & Partners in 1984 taken over by Richard's son John
Smiths New Court House, 20-50 Farringdon Road, London EC1
1990s
John Seifert Architects
London architects
London Buildings
Richard Seifert Exhibition
1984
Royal Institute of British Architects, central London
World Architecture : e-architect
- a guide to key buildings across the globe
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Richard Seifert buildings
- page : adrian welch / isabelle lomholt
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