Richard Seifert

Richard Seifert (25 November 1910 – 26 October 2001) was a British architect, best known for designing the Centrepoint tower and Tower 42 (formerly the NatWest Tower), still the tallest building in the City of London. He was also responsible for two other tall buildings in London, Drapers Gardens and the King's Reach Tower, as well as numerous other towers.

List of works

London and suburbs

* 90 Long Acre, Westminster
* Barnet House, High Road, Barnet
* Blackfriars Station, Queen Victoria Street, City of London ("to be demolished")
* Britannia Hotel (Millennium Mayfair), Grosvenor Square, Mayfair
* Centre Point, New Oxford Street, Camden
* Corinthian House, Lansdowne Road, Croydon
* Drapers Gardens, Throgmorton Avenue, City of London ("demolished")
* Essoldo Paddington Cinema, Great Western Road, Westminster ("demolished")
* Euston Station, Eversholt Street, Camden ("to be demolished")
* Hilton London Metropole, Edgware Road, Westminster
* Holborn Centre, Holborn, Camden
* I.C.T. House, Putney High Street, Putney
* International Press Centre, Shoe Lane, City of London
* King's Reach Tower, Stamford Street, Southwark
* Kellogg House, Baker Street, Westminster
* Limebank House, Gracechurch Street, City of London ("demolished")
* London Forum Hotel (Kensington Forum Hotel), Cromwell Road, Kensington and Chelsea
* New Printing House Square, Gray's Inn Road, Camden
* No. 1 Croydon (the NLA Tower), Addiscombe Road, Croydon
* One Kemble Street (Space House), off Kingsway, Camden
* Orbit House, Blackfriars Road, Southwark ("demolished")
* Planet House, Baker Street, Westminster
* Princess Grace Hospital, Nottingham Place, Westminster
* Ramada Jarvis Hotel, Bayswater Road, Westminster
* Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington High Street, Kensington and Chelsea
* Royex House, Aldermanbury Square, City of London ("demolished")
* 1, 2 & 3 St John’s Square, Finsbury (now known as Gate House, 1 St John's Square, Clerkenwell, Islington) [H.M. Land Registry Title number LN49048, drawing numbers 376.8 to 376.15 & 376.28, plans to the deed of 30 January 1963 made between W. McQueen & Co Ltd, Arrol Investment Company Limited and Cornersites (Investments) Limited]
* St Martin's Lane Hotel, Covent Garden, Westminster
* Sheraton Park Tower Hotel, Knightsbridge, Kensington and Chelsea
* Sobell Sports Centre, Hornsey Road, Islington
* Telstar House, Eastbourne Terrace, Westminster ("demolished")
* Tolworth Tower, Ewell Road, Kingston upon Thames
* Tower 42, Old Broad Street, City of London
* Wembley Hotel & Conference Centre, Wembley (demolished)
* Westel House, Uxbridge Road, Ealing
* Woolworth House, Marylebone Road, Westminster

Elsewhere

* Alpha Tower, Ladywood, Birmingham
* ATV Centre, Broad Street, Birmingham (demolished)
* British Steel Corporation Research Laboratories, Middlesbrough
* Central Television Complex, Nottingham
* Centre City Tower, Hill Street, Birmingham
* Charing Cross Office Tower, Glasgow
* Concourse House, Lime Street, Liverpool, the scene of the giant mechanical spider La Princesse's first appearance in Liverpool; to be demolished 2008
* Gateway House, Piccadily, Manchester
* Hexagon Tower (ICI Research Laboratories), Blackley, Manchester
* Metropole Hotel, Birmingham
* National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham
* Princess Margaret Hospital, Windsor
* Rival Lamps factory building, Brighton (demolished)

External links

* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,582430,00.html Richard Seifert obituary] [http://www.guardian.co.uk The Guardian] 21 October 2001
* [http://www.emporis.com/en/cd/cm/?id=110779 List of buildings by R Seifert and Partners] at [http://www.emporis.com Emporis]

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