Guide to London Buildings / Architects

London Buildings - alphabetical list of key contemporary architecture

London is famous for historic buildings such as the Houses of Parliament and St Paul's Cathedral. More recently it has spawned the Lloyds Building by the Richard Rogers Partnership and the Swiss Re Tower by Foster & Partners. Famous architects that achieved major architecture works here include Christopher Wren and Norman Foster. London is an organically-planned city based on a series of villages. The economy is driven by financial services in the City of London, known as the Square Mile. More recently the city has expanded east in the Isle of Dogs - Canary Wharf by Cesar Pelli - and the Royal Docks.

Enjoy your visit!

Key London buildings - historic:
1. Banqueting House, Whitehall - Inigo Jones
2. Houses of Parliament, Whitehall - Barry & Pugin
3. St Pancras Station
4. St Paul's Cathedral - Christopher Wren
5. Regent Street - John Nash
6. Albert Hall
7. Christ Church, Spitalfields - Nicholas Hawksmoor
8. Soane's House, Lincoln's Inn Fields - John Soane
9. Hampton Court Palace
10. Tower of London


Key London buildings - contemporary:
1. Lloyds Building - Richard Rogers Partnership
2. Swiss Re Tower - Foster & Partners
3. Skylon - Powell & Moya Architects [demolished]
4. Waterloo Station: Eurostar Terminal - Nicholas Grimshaw
5. Penguin Pool, London Zoo - Tecton [Lubetkin]
6. Highpoint I / II - Tecton [Lubetkin]
7. British Library Great Court - Foster & Partners
8. South Bank Centre incl. Royal Festival Hall - Denys Lasdun et al
9. Isokon, Hampstead - Wells Coates
10. Tate Modern, Bankside: redevelopment - Herzog and de Meuron Architects


Featured buildings included in Guide to London Architecture (alphabetical):

Battersea Power Station
Boodle & Dunthorne Knightsbridge
Brit Oval Cricket Ground
Charing Cross Station
Clore Gallery
Finsbury Health Centre
FT Building - Finanical Times
Houses of Parliament
Lloyds of London Building
London Ark
Millennium Dome
Oxford Street shop
Riverbank Park Plaza
Royal Academy of Arts
Sadlers Wells Theatre
St Paul's Cathedral
Telecom Tower - BT
Victoria & Albert Museum Gallery

All listed alphabetically, follow the links

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London Architecture News:
Major developments being proposed but not yet built include:

'The Shard' - Renzo Piano Architects
Heron Tower - KPF Architects
Minerva Tower - Grimshaw Associates
'Telephone' Tower - Rafael Vinoly Architects
'Helter Skelter' DIFA Tower - KPF Architects
'Three Sisters' Skyscrapers - Allies & Morrison Architects
Elephant & Castle masterplan
Kings Cross masterplan

London Skyscraper Architecture

We have two lists of buildings: the first is a short list of key buildings listed by architect. The second is a fuller list of London architecture arranged by building.

Key buildings included in this Guide to London Architecture (by architect):

London Architects


Houses of Parliament London : image © isabelle lomholt

London Building Photos - images of key recent architecture

Key London buildings - contemporary (alphabetical, listed by building):

Abbey Mills, West Ham, east London
Mangera Yvars Architects

image authorised by Mangera Yvars Architects 10 Nov 2006
Abbey Mills London

Ark, Hammersmith, west London
Ralph Erskine Architects

building photo © adrian welch
The Ark London

Barbican Centre
1982
Chamberlin, Powell and Bon
London buildings

Battersea Power Station, Wandsworth
Rafael Viñoly

building photo © adrian welch
Battersea Power Station London

Boodle & Dunthorne, 1 Sloane Street, Knightsbridge
Eva Jiricna Architects

building photo © adrian welch
London Jewellers

Brick House, London W2
Caruso St John Architects
Brick House London

Brit Oval Cricket Ground Stand, Kennington
Miller Partnership, Glasgow

Brit Oval Stadium building photo from Miller Partnership

BT Tower, Holland St, north central London
Chief Architects: Eric Bedford & G. R. Yeats

building photo © adrian welch
BT Tower London

Canary Wharf, Isle of Dogs
Cesar Pelli

building photo © isabelle lomholt
Canary Wharf building

Charing Cross Station
Terry Farrell & Partners

building photo © adrian welch
Charing Cross Station London

Clore Gallery, Tate Gallery
James Stirling Michael Wilford and Associates Ltd then Bain + Bevington Architects Ltd

building photo © adrian welch
London Art Gallery

Elektra House, Whitechapel, east London
Adjaye/Associates
Elektra House London - architect

Evelina Children's Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, Lambeth
Hopkins Architects
Evelina Hospital London

Finsbury Health Centre, Finsbury
Berthold Lubetkin Architect

building photo © isabelle lomholt
London Modernist building

Finsbury Square
Eric Parry Architects

image from Eric Parry Architects re Edinburgh exhibition in 2004

FT Building, east London
Grimshaws, Architects

building photo © isabelle lomholt
FT Building London

Graduate Centre, London Metropolitan University
2001-03
Daniel Libeskind Architects

photo © adrian welch
London architecture

Hilton Canary Wharf
2006
Jestico + Whiles

Photograph : James Morris, from Jestico + Whiles 071206
London building

Hilton London Tower Bridge
2006
Jestico + Whiles

building photo from Jestico + Whiles 071206
London building

Lloyds Building, City of London
Richard Rogers Partnership

building photo © adrian welch
Lloyds Building London

Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park + Spa
Eric Parry Architects

image from Eric Parry Architects re Edinburgh exhibition in 2004

Millennium Dome, Isle of Dogs
Richard Rogers Partnership

building photo © adrian welch
Millennium Dome

Number One Poultry
James Stirling Michael Wilford

building photo © adrian welch
London building

Oxford Street Shop
Future Systems Architects

building photo © adrian welch

Piccadilly Circus - advertising buildings

building photo © adrian welch
Piccadilly Circus London

Ravensbourne College building
Architects: Foreign Office Architects
Ravensbourne College London

Riverbank Park Plaza Hotel
RHWL Architects

photo by Hufton & Crow, received from RHWL Architects 050906
Riverbank Park Plaza London

Robin Hood Gardens
Architects: Alison & Peter Smithson
East London housing

Sackler Galleries, west London
Foster & Partners

building photo © isabelle lomholt
Sackler Gallery London

Sadlers Wells Theatre
RHWL with Nicholas Hare Architects

photo by Nicolas Kane, received from RHWL Architects 050906
Sadlers Wells London

South Bank Centre - National Theatre
Denys Lasdun, Architect

building photo © isabelle lomholt
South Bank building

St Paul's Cathedral

photo © adrian welch

Stealth House
-
Robert Dye Associates

Photo from Robert Dye Associates
London house

Swiss Cottage Park
2006
Gustafson Porter

Photo from Gustafson Porter
London Park

Swiss Re - 30 St Mary's Axe


Tate Modern, central London
Herzog & de Meuron Architects

building photo © isabelle lomholt
Power Station building

Tower 42 - former Nat West Tower

London tower

Unicorn Theatre
Keith Williams Architects

Photo credit : Hélène Binet
London Theatre

Victoria & Albert Museum Gallery - V&A Architecture Gallery
Gareth Hoskins Architects

architecture image from gareth hoskins architects
V&A Architecture Gallery London

Waterloo Station redevelopment
Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners
London Station building

Key Buildings near to London:

Stansted Airport London
1991
Foster & Partners [Norman Foster]

English Architecture - Awards

Key London Architect of the past - Christopher Wren

Key current London Architect - Norman Foster

Historic London Buildings:
Buckingham Palace
Hampton Court Palace
Houses of Parliament
Kensington Palace
Royal Academy
St Pancras
St Paul's Cathedral
Senate House
Smithfield Market

London Architecture - English context

London Building Centre
26 Store St, central London

Trafalgar Square
Contains Nelson's Column, 170 ft high
Trafalgar Square London

Cambridge Architecture
New York Architecture



World Architecture : e-architect - a guide to key buildings across the globe

London: a Guide to Recent Architecture

London Architecture Book

RIBA Awards 2006 - London

London Architecture - Scans of old architecture photos

Buildings / photos for the London Architecture page welcome: info@e-architect.co.uk

London Architecture - page © adrian welch / isabelle lomholt