All articles by Christopher Woodward – Page 2

  • Richard Seifert: in need of a little post-modern theory.
    Review

    When Richard Seifert stalked the land

    2009-03-13T00:00:00Z

    This take on Richard ‘Colonel’ Seifert’, one of the stalwarts of London’s architectural scene in the 1960s, was a little too cosy

  • Review

    How Lutyens honoured the dead

    2008-11-14T00:00:00Z

    Edwin Lutyens’ work with the Imperial War Graves Commission to commemorate soldiers lost in the first world war is explored in this moving new book

  • The Marx Memorial Library (centre) on Clerkenwell Green, which housed Lenin’s office c.1900, and St James’ Church, built in 1792.
    Review

    Survey of London’s fair prints of the city

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    The latest two volumes in English Heritage’s Survey of London, on the architectural history of Clerkenwell and Pentonville, are a treatward

  • Building Study

    Musical chairs

    2007-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Allies & Morrison’s makeover of the much-loved Royal Festival Hall has been hailed as a respectful transformation, but do the changes go too far

  • Review

    A machine for living in

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    This latest book adds to knowledge of a fascinating house, but there is only one way to really know it: go there

  • Review

    Who cares about the Smithsons any way?

    2005-04-22T00:00:00Z

    Has the brutalist duo’s influence been overstated

  • Swiss Re by Foster & Partners
    Building Study

    Foster's higher calling

    2004-04-30T00:00:00Z

    The Swiss Re headquarters officially opens this week. Has Foster's rewritten the history of the tall building or just created another City monument? Christopher Woodward takes a look inside