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
-

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

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London skyscrapers

R. Seifert & Partners in 1984 taken over by Richard's son John

Smiths New Court House, 20-50 Farringdon Road, London EC1
1990’s
John Seifert Architects

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London Buildings

Richard Seifert Exhibition
1984
Royal Institute of British Architects, central London

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