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London Buildings : A - D

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London Buildings : I - M

London Buildings : N - R

London Buildings : S - Z



Key London buildings - contemporary (alphabetical):

A

Abbey Mills, West Ham, east London
2006-
Mangera Yvars Architects

image authorised by Mangera Yvars Architects 10 Nov 2006

Adelaide House
1925
John James Burnet

photo © adrian welch

Alexandra Road Housing
1969
Neave Brown

Alie Street
2006
Hamiltons Architects

1 America Square, City of London
1988
Renton Howard Wood Levin – RHWL

Aquatics Centre, London Olympics site – project
2006-
Zaha Hadid Architects

Architecture Foundation, Southwark, south London
2008
Zaha Hadid with Allies & Morrison Architects

Ark, Hammersmith, west London
1992
Ralph Erskine Architects

building photo © adrian welch
The Ark London

Arrowhead, London Docklands
2007-
SOM

SOM © Miller Hare Limited

Ashburton Triangle, Holloway
2007
HOK Sport

photo © adrian welch

Asprey, Bond St, West End
-
Foster & Partners

B

BAA Headquarters, Heathrow, west of London
-
Niels Torp Architects

Banqueting House, Whitehall
1622
Inigo Jones

Barbican Centre
1982
Chamberlin, Powell and Bon

photo © adrian welch

Battersea Power Station, west London
Rafael Viñoly

building photo © adrian welch
Battersea Power Station London

BBC - Broadcasting House redevelopment
2003-
MacCormac Jamieson Prichard; Sheppard Robson Architects


BedZed, south west London
-
Bill Dunster Architects

Bermondsey Undeground Station
-
Ian Ritchie Architects


Big Ben + Houses of Parliament

image © isabelle lomholt

Billingsgate Securities Market, City of London
1988
Richard Rogers Partnership
London architecture

201 Bishopsgate, City of London
2008
SOM Architects

photo © adrian welch

Bishops Square project, Spitalfields, City of London
2008
Matthew Lloyd Architects

London building

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

building photo © adrian welch
London Jewellers

Bracken House, City of London
1992
Michael Hopkins & Partners

photo © adrian welch
London building

Brick House
2005
Caruso St John Architects
Brick House London - Stirling Prize nominee 2006

Brit Oval Cricket Ground Stand, Kennington, south London
-
Miller Partnership

building photo from Miller Partnership

British Library (New), north central London
-
Colin St John Wilson

photo © adrian welch

British Museum, north central London
1847
Sir Robert Smirke

British Museum Great Court, north central London
-
Foster & Partners

Broadgate, City of London
1991
Arup Associates with SOM

photo © adrian welch

Brunel University School of Engineering extension
2008
YRM Architects

London University building

Brunswick Centre
-
Patrick Hodgkinson

BT Tower, north central London
1961
Chief Architects: Eric Bedford & G. R. Yeats

building photo © adrian welch
BT Tower London

Buckingham Palace London

Butlers Wharf, Bermondsey, southeast London
1989 redevelopment
Conran Roche

C

Camden Roundhouse Redevelopment, Camden, north London
2006
John McAslan Architects

Camden Sainsburys + Housing, Camden, north London
1989
Nicholas Grimshaw

Canada Water - Bus Station, Southwark
-
Eva Jiricna Architects Ltd


Canary Wharf, Isle of Dogs, east London
1991
Cesar Pelli

building photo © Jason Baxter 2007
London skyscraper

Cascades Apartment Tower, Isle of Dogs, east London
1987
CZWG Architects

The Cenotaph, Whitehall, central London
-
Edwin Lutyens Architect

Central Saint Giles development, Oxford Street
2008-
Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Central St Martins campus development, Southampton Row, west London
2008-
Woods Bagot


Centre Point, Oxford St, north central London
-
Richard Seifert, Architect

photo © adrian welch

Channel 4 TV, Horseferry Road, West End
1994
Richard Rogers Partnership

Charing Cross Station + offices – Embankment Place, Villers St
1990
Terry Farrell & Partners

building photo © adrian welch

5 Cheapside
2008
John McAslan & Partners


Christ Church, Spitalfields, East End
1715-29
Nicholas Hawksmoor, Architect

151 City Road
2007
SMC Alsop
43-storey tower

Clore Gallery, Tate Gallery
1985
James Stirling Michael Wilford and Associates Ltd then Bain + Bevington Architects Ltd

building photo © adrian welch
London Art Gallery

’The Cloud’ – Walbrook Square, City of London
2006-
Foster & Partners / Jean Nouvel Architects

Coin Street housing, off Stamford St, Southwark
1995
Lifschutz Davidson Architects

Commonwealth Institute - Restoration + new-build, Holland Park, west London
2008-
OMA, Architecture Competition winner

© OMA
Commonwealth Institute

Crystal Palace Bandstand
1997
Ian Ritchie Architects

D

Darwin Centre Phase Two, Natural History Museum, west London
-
C. F. Møller Architects

David Mellor Offices & Showroom, Shad Thames, southeast London
1991; later converted for Conran
Michael Hopkins & Partners

Design Museum, Shad Thames
1989
Conran Roche

Dirty House, Shoreditch, east London
2002
Adjaye/Associates

Donnybrook housing, east London
2006
Peter Barber, Architect

Dulwich Gallery, south London
1814
Sir John Soane, Architect

E

Emirates Stadium, Holloway, north London
HOK Architects
2006
London stadium

Euston Station Redevelopment
2007-
Leo A Daly

Evelina Children's Hospital, Lambeth, south London
2005
Hopkins Architects
Evelina Hospital London

F

Fawood Children's Centre, 35 Fawood Avenue, Brent, northwest London
-
SMC Alsop

Fenchurch Street Towet - 'Walkie Talkie' building
-
Rafael Vinoly Architects

Finsbury Health Centre, Finsbury, northeast London
1938
Berthold Lubetkin Architect
London Modernist building

Fleet Road Terrace Housing
1967
Neave Brown

FT Building - Finanical Times, east London
1988
Grimshaws - Architects

building photo © isabelle lomholt
London building

G

GLC building - London County Hall, South Bank, central London
1922
London County Hall

Globe Theatre, Southwark, south London
1614
unknown

Goldsmith's College Building, southeast London
2005
Will Alsop

Greenwich Hospital, southeast London
1715
Sir Christopher Wren, Architect

Greenwich Maritime Museum - 'National Maritime Museum Extension'
-
Rick Mather Architects

Greenwich Millenium Village, southeast London
1997-
Ralph Erskine Architect

H

Heathrow Airport Terminal 5
2007
Richard Rogers Partnership

Highpoint, Highgate
1935
Berthold Lubetkin Architect

Hopkins House, Hampstead
1975-76
Hopkins Architects

Houses of Parliament, Whitehall
1868
Sir Charles Barry & Pugin

Hungerford Bridge, Westminster, central London
2002
Lifschutz Davidson Architects

I

Idea Store, Poplar, east London
2004
Adjaye/Associates

Idea Store Whitechapel, east London
2005
Adjaye/Associates

Imagination Building, Store St, central-north London
1989
Herron Associates

Imperial College Building
2005
Foster & Partners

Institute of Cell + Molecular Science, 'The Blizzard Building'
2006
Alsop Design

Ismaili Centre, 1-7 Cromwell Gardens
1983
Casson Conder

ITN Headquarters, Gray’s Inn Rd, City of London
1989
Foster & Partners

J

Jigsaw shop, Bond St, central London
-
John Pawson

John Soane's House
1834
John Soane, Architect

Jubliee Line Stations
Eva Jiricna; Will Alsop; Foster & Partners; van Heyningen & Haward; MacCormac Jamieson Prichard

K

Keeling House + Bradley House, Bethnal Green
1959
Denys Lasdun Architectsbr>
Kensington Palace London
-
Christopher Wren

Kew Gardens Pagoda, southwest London
1762
William Chambers, Architect

Kings Cross area Redevelopment
2006-
various architects

L

Laban Dance Centre
-
Herzog and de Meuron Architects

Latham House Redevelopment, Aldgate, City of London
2006-
Foreign Office Architecture

Lawn Road Flats, Hampstead
1934
Wells Coates

Leadenhall Market

building photo © adrian welch

Leadenhall Building, City of London
2007-
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
London office tower

Legends, Mayfair
-
Eva Jiricna Architects

Lisson Gallery, 52 Bell St, Lisson Grove, northwest London
1990
Tony Fretton Architects

Lloyds Building, City of London
1984
Richard Rogers Partnership

building photo © adrian welch
Lloyds Building London

London Bridge City, London
1998
Foster & Partners

London City Hall, central London
2003
Foster & Partners

London Eye, central London
-
Marks Barfield Architects
London architecture

London Millennium Bridge, central London
1994
Foster & Partners
London bridge

London School of Economics - 24 Kingsway Building, Aldwych, east London
2006-
Grimshaw Associates

London Tower Bridge Hilton - interior/architecture
-
Jestico + Whiles Architects

London Zoo Buildings, Regent's Park, north London
-
various architects, incl. Berthold Lubetkin
Zoo Buildings

Lord's Cricket Ground Media Stand, northwest London
1999
Future Systems
London architecture

Lots Road Power Station redevelopment
2006
Terry Farrell Architects

Lough Road Housing - Ashburton Grove (Arsenal), north London
2006
CZWG Architects

Ludgate West, City of London
1992
SOM Architects

M

Maggies London, Charing Cross Hospital
2007
Richard Rogers Architects

Maiden Lane Estate, London
1989
Benson + Forsyth Architects

Marcus, Bond St, Mayfair, central London
-
Eva Jiricna Architects

Michelin House - redevelopment, Brompton Road, southwest London
1987
Conran Roche

Millennium Dome, Isle of Dogs, east London
1999
Richard Rogers Partnership

building photo © adrian welch
Millennium Dome London

Minerva Building, St Botolph St, City of London
-
Grimshaw Associates

Minster Court, Mark Lane, City of London
1991
GMW Partnership

Mound Stand, Lord's Cricket Ground, northwest London
1987
Michael Hopkins & Partners

N

No. 1 Poultry, City of London
-
James Stirling / Michael Wilford
Number One Poultry

National Gallery, central London
-
William Wilkins

National Gallery London East Wing + Central Portico Phase I, London WC2
2006
Dixon Jones Ltd

National Gallery Extension - Sainsbury Wing, central London
-
Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates

Natural History Museum
1880
Alfred Waterhouse
London Museum

North London University Building, Holloway Rd, north London
2001
Daniel Libeskind Architects
North London University Building

O

One New Change, City of London
2010
Jean Nouvel Architect

Oxford Street Shop, London
Future Systems Architects, London

building photo © adrian welch
London building

P

Paddington Station, northwest London
1854
Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Palestra, Southwark, south London
2006
Alsop Architects

Paternoster Square buildings

Peckham Library
-
Will Alsop, Architect

Penguin Pool, London Zoo, northwest London
1933
Berthold Lubetkin, Architect

Piccadilly Circus - advertising buildings, central London
-

building photo © adrian welch
Piccadilly Circus London

Portcullis House - Parliament building, Westminster, London, England
2000
Hopkins Architects
Portcullis House

Potters Field Towers, Tower Bridge, central London
2006-
Ian Ritchie Architects

Q

Queen's House, Greenwich, southeast London
-
Christopher Wren, Architect

Queen Mary College Library, Mile End Rd, east London
1988
Colin St Wilson & Partners

R

Ravensbourne College building
2006
Architects: Foreign Office Architects
London architecture

Richmond House, 79 Whitehall, Westminster
1988
William Whitfield

Riverbank Park Plaza Hotel, central London
2005
RHWL Architects

photo by Hufton & Crow, received from RHWL Architects 050906
London building

Riverside offices / apartments, 22 Hester Rd, Battersea, southwest London
1990
Foster Associates

Robin Hood Gardens
1972
Architects: Alison & Peter Smithson
London housing

Rothschild Bank Headquarters, London
2006-
OMA (Rem Koolhaas)

London building

Royal Academy London, Piccadilly, west London
-
-

Royal Albert Hall, west London
1871
Francis Fowke, Architect

Royal College of Physicians, central/northwest London
1964
Denys Lasdun Architects

Royal Festival Hall, south London
-
Leslie Martin, Architect

Royal National Theatre, London
1976
Denys Lasdun Architects

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, central London
2000
Dixon.Jones Architects

S

St Clement Danes, The Strand, central London
1680
Sir Christopher Wren, Architect

St George’s Church, Bloomsbury, northwest London
1730
Nicholas Hawksmoor, Architect

St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, central London
1726
James Gibbs, Architect

St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, London
1683
Sir Christopher Wren, Architect
London church

St Mary Woolnoth, City of London
1724
Nicholas Hawksmoor, Architect
London church

St Pancras Station, north London
1868
William Henry Barlow
London station

St Paul's Cathedral, City of London
1710
Sir Christopher Wren, Architect
London cathedral

Sackler Galleries, Royal Academy, central-west London
1991
Foster & Partners

building photo © isabelle lomholt
London interior

Sadlers Wells Theatre, northeast London
1998
RHWL with Nicholas Hare Architects

photo by Nicolas Kane, received from RHWL Architects 050906
London theatre

Sainsburys Store Camden + housing, Camden, north London
1988
Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners

Sainsbury Wing – National Gallery Extension, Trafalgar Square, central London
1991
Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates

Savoy Hotel - redevelopment
2007-
-

Selfridges Store - interiors, Oxford St, central London
2004
Future Systems & David Adjaye Architects

Serpentine Gallery Pavilion - designer varies, summer months only
2007
Kjetil Torsen + artist Olafur Eliasson
London building : Serpentine Pavilion

Shadwell Basin, London
1987
MacCormac Jamieson Prichard Architects

Soane Museum, Lincoln's Inn Fields, central London
1834
Sir John Soane, Architect

Sir John Soane Museum restoration
-
Julian Harap

Somerset House, central London
1786
William Chambers, Architect

South Bank Centre - masterplan
National Theatre:
Denys Lasdun, Architect
-

building photo © isabelle lomholt
London building
Royal Festival Hall: br> Leslie Martin, Architect
-

Stealth House, London
-
Robert Dye Associates
London house

Stephen Lawrence Centre, London
2007
Adjaye/Associates

Spa Green Estate, Finsbury, northeast London
-
Berthold Lubetkin Architect

Stonebridge - health and community centre for Stonebridge Housing Action Trust
-
Alsop Architects

190 Strand, City of London
-
KPF - Kohn Pederson Fox Architects

Stratford - DLR Station, east London
2007
Will Alsop

Swiss Cottage Leisure Centre originally 'Swiss Cottage Swimming Baths',
1960
Basil Spence Architect

Swiss Cottage Masterplan, northwest London
2006
Farrells; S&P Architects; Bennetts Associates & Farrells; Gustafson Porter

London Park

Swiss Re Tower - 30 St Mary Axe, City of London
2004
Foster & Partners

photo © adrian welch
Swiss Re

T

Tate Modern, central London
-
Herzog & de Meuron Architects

building photo © adrian welch
London building

Tate Modern extension, central London
2006-
Herzog & de Meuron Architects

Housing adj. Tate Modern by CZWG Architects:

building photo © adrian welch

Telecom Tower - BT Tower, Holland St, central London
Telecom Tower London

Thames Barrier, Unity Way, east London
1984
GLC Department of Architecture

Thames Water Pumping Station, Isle of Dogs, east London
1988
John Outram

Thames Wharf Studios + River Café + Housing, Rainville Rd, west London
1987
Richard Rogers Partnership with Lifschutz Davidson Design

The Ark, Hammersmith, west London
1990
Ralph Erskine, Architect
London Ark building

The Mound Stand - Lord's Cricket Ground, St. John's Wood, London
1987
Michael Hopkins Architects

Tower Bridge, central London
1894
Horace Jones

photo © adrian welch
Tower Bridge

Tower 42, former Nat West Tower, City of London
1980
Architect: Richard Seifert - R. Seifert & Partners
London skyscraper

Tower of London, central / east London
1078
unknown
Tower of London

Trellick Tower, west London
1972
Erno Goldfinger, rest. John McAslan + Partners

TV-AM Building, Hawley Crescent, northwest London
1983
Terry Farrell & Company

U

UCL - School of Slavonic and East European Studies, London WC1
2006
Short and Associates

Unicorn Theatre, London
2006
Keith Williams Architects

Photo credit : Hélène Binet
London Theatre

Unilever House redevelopment, City of London
-
KPF

University of North London - Postgraduate Centre
2001
Stephen Hodder Architects

V

Vauxhall Cross - MI6 Headquarters, Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, southwest London
1993
Terry Farrell & Company

Vauxhall Tower, central London
2007-
Broadway Malyan

Victoria & Albert Museum Gallery - V&A Architecture Gallery, west London
2005
Gareth Hoskins Architects

architecture image from gareth hoskins architects
London interior

Victoria Transport Interchange
2007-18
Architects: Wilkinson Eyre; KPF; Benson + Forsyth; Lynch Architects
London masterplan

W

Wagamama, central London
-
David Chipperfield Architects

The Walbrook, City of London
2006-
Foster & Partners

'Walkie Talkie' building, Fenchurch St, City of London
2006-
Rafael Vinoly Architects

Wallace Collection - refurbishment: Centenary project, central London
-
Rick Mather Architects

Waterloo Station redevelopment, south London
1993
Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners
London Station building

Waves Hair Salon, London
-
Tom Heneghan Architects

Wellcome Trust Gibbs Building, Euston Road, north London
2004
Hopkins Architects

Wellcome Wolfson Building, London
2003
MacCormac Jamieson Prichard Architects

Wembley Stadium Redevelopment, northwest London
2007
Foster & Partners with HOK Sport

Westbourne Grove Public Lavatories, Westbourne Grove, west London
1993
CZWG Architects

Westminster Underground Station, Westminster, London, England
1999
Hopkins Architects

Weymouth Street housing, Westminster, central London
2007-
make

White City Masterplan, northwest London
2006-
Rem Koolhaas

White City Media Village development [BBC], northwest London
-
Allies and Morrison Architects

2 Willow Road, Hampstead, London
1930's
Ernö Goldfinger, Architect
London house

Wood Street, 88, City of London
2001
Richard Rogers Partnership

Wood Street, 100, City of London
2000
Foster & Partners

Wrap House, London W4
2006
Alison Brooks Architects

Y

Young Vic Theatre Renovation
2006
Haworth Tompkins


London Skyscraper Architecture


Key Buildings near to London:

Stansted Airport London
1991
Foster & Partners [Norman Foster]


English Architecture

Contemporary Architects


Proposed London Skyscrapers:

London Bridge Tower - The Shard
Renzo Piano, architect with Ove Arup & Partners
1016 ft tall
projected completion 2009

Minerva Building
Grimshaw Associates

Heron Tower
KPF Architects


London Building Project never realised:

Mansion House, City of London
1988-
for Peter Palumbo - Mies van der Rohe tower design

Architecture Foundation, Bankside

2006-08
Zaha Hadid with Allies & Morrison Architects

Key London Architect of the past - Christopher Wren

Key current London Architect - Norman Foster

London Wall
Alban Gate
City Point

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

London Building Centre
26 Store St, central London

Key Public Spaces in London: Parks, Squares
Hyde Park
Leicester Square
Trafalgar Square
St James Park
Regent's Park
Greenwich Park
Parliament Hill
Hampstead Heath
Highgate Cemetery

Trafalgar Square London

Diana Memorial Fountain London



London Architects

London Building List - full list of historic & contemporary architecture

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

London Buildings - Introduction & 10 key historic + contemporary buildings

London Houses

North London Architecture

London Building Photos - Scans of old photographs

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