How the Great Fire of London invented the modern city

By Ike Ijeh2016-09-05T08:00:00

On the 350th anniversary of the fire’s close, Ike Ijeh shows how the disaster heralded enormous changes for architecture and urbanism despite the sidelining of Wren’s grand plan

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